While Teddie heals him and Naoto, Souji considers for a second. He doesn't want to chance casting Garudyne and having it rebound in his face. Switching from Norn to Futsunushi, he uses Power Charge, followed by Primal Force.

The attack should be devestating, but it seems this opponent has resistance to physical skills. Rise confirms this a second later and Souji grits his teeth. It must have some elemental weakness, then. At least he hopes so. Otherwise, they'll have to batter at it and waste their resources trying to take it down.

He tries to conceal and ignore the feeling that's ballooning inside him, pressing up against his lungs so that it's getting harder to breathe. It's a lot like desperation, and he doesn't have any time for something like that.