>>23123162Grashglik plummets and bonks his head against one of the Steelix's crystals, bouncing off of it, he crashes into the ground below, cursing all the while, "GAAAAAAAH! Blast it, blast it all! I've been dismounted, worst of all I've been dismounted by a pest--a dirty common rat! There's no coming back from that!"
The assassin gets up and shakes his head to get all of the sand out of his system. Then, he turns to his Steelix, only to find it feeling less than eager to continue the battle. The once feral beast has been torn to pieces by the
"Haaaaaaagaaaaaaa...."
"Agggh!" a puff of steam bursts from Grashglik's head as he kicks the Iron Snake repeatedly in an effort to revitalize it, "Come on now, you lumbering lummox, none of us have the time and patience to sit around and wait for you to take a five hour timeout! Get up already!"
"Haaaaagaaaaaa....."
To his utter dismay and frustration, the Iron Snake refuses to get back up. And to make matters worse, Chesnaught isn't finished with them. Powered up by blind rage and a uncontrollable drive for victory, the warrior charges a Focus Blast and does not hesitate to launch it at the duo while they're still down.
"CHESSSSSNAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
The android is faced with a split-second decision as Chesnaught hurls the blast at them: Save the Steelix at the risk of hurting himself, or save himself and leave the dead weight to perish?
For Grashglik and any other villain uncontaminated by the morality of a hero, this is an easy decision
