The returning claw ripped through the dust as Hajin hauled the Chain inward and ducked beneath that wildly swinging arm. Its missed strike tore open space beside the shoulder, and he saw a route climbing straight toward the turning head.
'The brow felt it, the skull kept working, so go around and make that head kiss the wall.'
He kicked off the raised forelimb and landed sprawled across its back, "Around, bring that ugly head around, come on!"
The next span snapped beneath the throat while his ribs screamed through every pull he threw backward.
'The wolf taught me leverage, so let's see how this horned bastard likes the same lesson.'
Its raised arm tried scraping him off against the cliff, and he yanked the binding shorter with a whoop.
"Missed me, you overgrown goat!"
His knee jerked clear before the next claw gouged rock right beneath the horn.
"Do better, I'm getting comfortable up here!"
