The girl's melodies continued to sound despite the ongoing commotion and continuing damage—in fact, Tear was just about ready to switch back to carrying it forward with her voice and giving her freedom to use her bow. Or so was the plan, until she saw the glint of shining metal speeding toward her out of the corner of her eye. She had barely the chance to try and brace for it when another impact of an entirely different nature pushed her out of the way, briefly interrupting her song.

Confused and dazed for the briefest of moments after finding herself on the floor, Tear could only allow herself to gasp when she recognised her rescuer. "Mikleo...!"

Biting back harsh reprimands, the melodist instead pulled him closer to her protectively, silently grateful that the effects of Symphony of Love still lingered after the song was interrupted. She set straight back to work by vocalising Boss Theme anew, though this time it came accompanied by Soul Voice as she readied her bow to begin striking again.