[ Why is his every encounter with Naga like a showdown at the OK Corral? ]
[ Hei's entire body floods with the acrid tide of instinct, his operative mind fully online again. He rolls beyond Naga's range, swiftly, cautiously -- aware of the animal's power, a single snap of those glistening teeth, the end of his world. ]
[ At an angle from the beast, he doesn't hesitate. Strikes out with a second wire, letting it snag one massive hind leg, before his eyes flash red, the electric shock piercing along the thin bridge between them and across Naga's fur and bones without prelude or delicacy. The air crackles with the scent of singed hair, and, below that, the reek of ozone. ]
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[ Hei's entire body floods with the acrid tide of instinct, his operative mind fully online again. He rolls beyond Naga's range, swiftly, cautiously -- aware of the animal's power, a single snap of those glistening teeth, the end of his world. ]
[ At an angle from the beast, he doesn't hesitate. Strikes out with a second wire, letting it snag one massive hind leg, before his eyes flash red, the electric shock piercing along the thin bridge between them and across Naga's fur and bones without prelude or delicacy. The air crackles with the scent of singed hair, and, below that, the reek of ozone. ]