A/N: Written for the Diversity Writing Challenge, E6 – drabble novel with "chapters" exactly 100 words.
Her Drowning
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Amidst the flow of water, she drowns.
She is Sayaka, a magical girl. She is a healer. A water-warrior. A shield and sword.
Sometimes, the water drags her down, makes her drown.
Sometimes, she wishes she were air instead, so she could float, light, without weight. So she could breathe.
There's no breath to be had by water. No light. Just the extra weight that clings to her, keeps her a prisoner of gravity and that blue cellophane, keeps her downed.
If that little safety bubble around her pops, then she will be drowned.
She drowns.
But she still lives.