User blog comment:FairyRaven/Fairy Tail Chapter 396: Air, Review and Commentary/@comment-103.14.62.26-20140812212151

Levy can't use solid script Air because that air will just become bubbles and just overwhelmed by the black water. It makes sense to pass the air directly through the mouth. Torafusa punched Gajeel to the bottom, then Gajeel as a shadow goes back only to be punched through the walls then punched again another distance so it's not surprising that he was thrown to the point where Levy was also near at.