The Chance To Feel Alive

Kichi wasn’t happy with himself for missing the bite.  The snake got a glare as if it was his fault before he snatched up the middle of the snake in his jaws and clamped down.  He was going to thrash his head but realized that might make it hard for Relm to keep it beneath her paws. Fragile vertebrae snapped under his teeth and blood oozed out.  The part in front of where he’d bit was still trying to trash.  Stupid snake, didn’t it know it was as good as dead?

“Um, is it like, weaker at all?”  The snake didn’t have body parts like normal animals.  Where were the vital organs versus muscle?  “It should die eventually either way but,” but if it was venomous and she let go of the head while it was alive they could still be in trouble.