Her black jacket split along the spine.
The crop top beneath it tore open as five tails of dark energy forced through her back, pushing outward with enough force to snap the remaining fabric.
They extended in the same motion and struck the Umbral before it could reach him.
Three tails drove into its upper mass, tearing through what had formed as a head and forcing it sideways.
The structure there broke open under the impact, the shadow splitting and struggling to hold shape.
The other two pierced straight through its torso.
They did not slow.
They held.
The Umbral's forward motion ended in that instant, its body compressed against the restraint as the momentum was forced out of it and locked in place between the window and the floor.
It fought.
Its limbs twisted and struck at the tails, bending around them in attempts to pull free.
