One Down, Three to Go

But she felt no pain, and was able to retaliate with a swinging blow with the side of her hand aimed at the neck of the head that had bitten her. To her surprise, the blow went straight through the neck like a knife through butter. The head fell to the floor of the passage. Green ichor spurted from the severed neck, but the creature did not seem greatly inconvenienced by the loss of a head.

Astra risked a quick look at her stomach. There were tooth-marks almost an inch deep in the gold, but this seemed to have done her no harm whatsoever.

1. Meanwhile Shen Tso had frustratingly found the monster out of reach of her sword arm. It hadn't occurred to Astra to manoeuvre into a position where her "passenger" could use her sword.
2. Meanwhile Shen Tso had struck at another neck with her sword.

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