Someday they'd look back and laugh about this, but that day was a long ways off and based on the assumption that Fox survived his wild ride. "Deal!" The courier hollered back. He didn't get to be on the giving end of a lecture very often and he intended to savor every word of it.
But that meant keeping the would-be cowboy alive while also not dying himself.
With two people stabbing it the allogator was absolutely done and it let out a roar of protest at the knife that suddenly punctured the side of its thick skull. It was the opening that Tal had needed as he skidded to a halt a meager handful of feet away and made a sharp jabbing motion with the Dagger in his hand, slipping the strike into the top of its upper palate and into the brain from below. The big gator thrashed, rolled, and then lay still, its yellow eyes slowly glazing over.
Tal wheezed a breath of relief and then realized that he'd lost sight of the other man. "Uh... you okay?" he asked belatedly as Boreal floated down to investigate the fruits of their labors.
But that meant keeping the would-be cowboy alive while also not dying himself.
With two people stabbing it the allogator was absolutely done and it let out a roar of protest at the knife that suddenly punctured the side of its thick skull. It was the opening that Tal had needed as he skidded to a halt a meager handful of feet away and made a sharp jabbing motion with the Dagger in his hand, slipping the strike into the top of its upper palate and into the brain from below. The big gator thrashed, rolled, and then lay still, its yellow eyes slowly glazing over.
Tal wheezed a breath of relief and then realized that he'd lost sight of the other man. "Uh... you okay?" he asked belatedly as Boreal floated down to investigate the fruits of their labors.
