[ The boy scrambles up and runs lightly along the creature's body, and for a moment it looks like he might make itโ
Ah, ow. Gustave winces as the hit connects, his body remembering missed timing and absorbed hits from clubs, fists, swords. ]
Merdeโ
[ As the boy goes flying, he shifts between him and the creature, blocking access to the boy with his body and lifting his sword as the wickedly sharp tail curves over its back and strikes. He coils, braces himself at the impact; flings the tail back in a parry and lifts his pistol in the same motion to squeeze off a shot at its head.
He has no way of knowing whether the explosives the boy planted are run by a mechanical or electric timer, doesn't dare risk a lightning strike on the off chance it would erase the countdown and render the damn things inert, but based on the previous incendiaries, it shouldn't be long before the things go up, anyway. ]
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Ah, ow. Gustave winces as the hit connects, his body remembering missed timing and absorbed hits from clubs, fists, swords. ]
Merdeโ
[ As the boy goes flying, he shifts between him and the creature, blocking access to the boy with his body and lifting his sword as the wickedly sharp tail curves over its back and strikes. He coils, braces himself at the impact; flings the tail back in a parry and lifts his pistol in the same motion to squeeze off a shot at its head.
He has no way of knowing whether the explosives the boy planted are run by a mechanical or electric timer, doesn't dare risk a lightning strike on the off chance it would erase the countdown and render the damn things inert, but based on the previous incendiaries, it shouldn't be long before the things go up, anyway. ]