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Recluse had to bite down a growl of frustration, she wasn’t going to give Medusa the satisfaction of seeing that she’d affected Recluse at all, even if Medusa was proving to be a slippery bitch. Almost the near-instant that Medusa had grabbed hold she’d released Recluse, but that wasn’t about to change Recluse’s plans, she grit her teeth and did her best to keep herself as protected as she could, her eyes remained narrowed and as Medusa’s weight came down on top of her, forepaws seeking to hook around her neck, Recluse made sure to keep her knees bent for stability, her toes splayed to grip the ground and she widened her stance so while Medusa tried to shove her Recluse stayed sturdy, a grunt the only sign of the effort it took to keep herself standing, her tail moving for a moment before returning to its position in line with her spine as she used it to keep her balance. Recluse’s tucked head meant that while Medusa’s right foreleg managed to wrap around the top of her neck all it did was put Medusa’s left foreleg right in prime biting position since the woman wasn’t able to shove it under her jaw, Recluse's chin would probably have some light bruising from the force thought. Recluse considered Medusa’s leg for a minute, but her focus was still on trying to hit her skull into Medusa’s throat she decided to do something much less aggressive than a bite. Might as well let Medusa feel like Recluse was playing with her. Instead of trying to bite for Medusa’s ankle Recluse instead quickly flashed her tongue out to try and lick at Medusa’s right foreleg, around her ankle, maybe it would skeeve Medusa out enough to make her pull her leg back. Recluse chuckled darkly at the thought.

But her head was moving already, though it was becoming clear she wouldn’t connect with her intended target instead she could feel Medusa bearing down on her, and the telltale scrape of fangs starting to clamp around her face, Recluse hissed pulling her head back and turning it to her right to keep her muzzle out of grabbing range. Recluse felt Medusa’s fangs cut into the flesh above her left brow and under her left eye but Medusa would not get a solid hold there as Recluse ripped her head away with the way she moved it, though it would leave moderate lacerations on her face above and below her left eye. Recluse’s response was quick, she parted her own jaw and surged it towards her left and forwards, hoping that Medusa’s jaws would have just closed around empty air and make for an easy hold, she was aiming to try and wrap her jaws around Medusa’s muzzle close to where it met her brow bone, if she was lucky maybe she’d even get to dig her viper fangs into Medusa’s left cheek flesh, give her a few holes to match the one in her ear, maybe she’d even get to keep Medusa’s damn mouth closed for a bit.

At the same time Recluse would make her own attempt to lift up on her hindlegs, hoping to throw off the grip Medusa had on her but also seeking to fling her own left foreleg up and over Medusa’s grip, hoping to wrap her foreleg over the middle of the back of Medusa’s neck. Recluse was hoping to use their proximity to force her weight through their connections and try to push to Medusa's left, hoping to topple Medusa.

In the grass slithered a black cobra, Lilith was doing her best to avoid the eyes of Medusa’s own companions trying to move into a position she thought would give her a good vantage to make her own strike, when she saw Medusa rising up onto her hindleg Lilith figured that was about as good a moment as she was going to get, surging towards Medusa's left hindleg she would try to come up on the left of it from behind Medusa, she angled herself so she was in a T shape with Medusa’s left rear leg then rearing up and unfolding a familiar pair of fangs from her mouth before Lilith would attempt to lunge forward and plunge her fangs into the two leftmost toes, if she was lucky crushing the inner one into the outer and impeding Medusa’s balance even more.

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