[ Good question— he isn't sure he can kill this thing with his bare hands, which is part of why he jumped up here - the one place he could think of out of the claw's range. Deep down, his little reckless act was more of an act of self-preservation than heroism, but he certainly doesn't intend on mentioning it. ]
Oh, we should kill it. [ His answer is absentminded (he 100% didn't pick up on the sarcasm there), as he's focusing on anchoring himself between its shoulder blades, pulling a large, long needle out from his clothes. ] I'll immobilize it...
[ With that, he jams the long needle right through the beast's mostly blind, tiny eye, eliciting a truly awful roar. Whatever the needle is doing to it, it's clearly not pleasant for the beast, because it wriggles and squirms in debilitating pain, distracted enough by it that it stops furiously swiping it's paws around for the time being. ]
If you have some kind of blade—
[ Is all he gets out, before the beast thrashes him off its back with its tail, knocking him off and hard to the ground. Oof! Looks like this thing is tougher than he thought. ]
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Oh, we should kill it. [ His answer is absentminded (he 100% didn't pick up on the sarcasm there), as he's focusing on anchoring himself between its shoulder blades, pulling a large, long needle out from his clothes. ] I'll immobilize it...
[ With that, he jams the long needle right through the beast's mostly blind, tiny eye, eliciting a truly awful roar. Whatever the needle is doing to it, it's clearly not pleasant for the beast, because it wriggles and squirms in debilitating pain, distracted enough by it that it stops furiously swiping it's paws around for the time being. ]
If you have some kind of blade—
[ Is all he gets out, before the beast thrashes him off its back with its tail, knocking him off and hard to the ground. Oof! Looks like this thing is tougher than he thought. ]