[ Can he? He hopes the answer is yes, if only because any other answer is likely to result in him unconscious or worse on the packed dirt floor of this area, bleeding from a new set of wounds while his new friend takes on the creature by himself. Gustave looks up at the thing, rolls his shoulders as he tips his head to the side. ]
Yeah. Probably.
But maybe just try to be quick, all right?
[ Speaking of quick: that wickedly barbed tail comes slashing towards him once again, but this time he coils, braces himself, timing the strike to parry it with a ring of chitinous metal on metal. Before the creature can strike again, he's loosing another shot from his pistol at the thing's legs where they dig into the earth, dancing around the point of impact. It turns towards him, aggrieved, and he shifts back a step, chancing a look at his teammate. ]
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Yeah. Probably.
But maybe just try to be quick, all right?
[ Speaking of quick: that wickedly barbed tail comes slashing towards him once again, but this time he coils, braces himself, timing the strike to parry it with a ring of chitinous metal on metal. Before the creature can strike again, he's loosing another shot from his pistol at the thing's legs where they dig into the earth, dancing around the point of impact. It turns towards him, aggrieved, and he shifts back a step, chancing a look at his teammate. ]
Well?