[But it works! He's tiring now enough that android reflexes and maybe a bit of luck do the trick. They both hit the ground, he's wailing, and he's dense, all prickly quills and and smooth scales over lean saurian muscle that's busy freaking the hell out.]
Nooooooo! Oh god. Oh god. Don't eat me! Aaaaah!
[and he SQUIRM and SQUIRM and SQUIRM and SQUIRM did you ever pick up a cat that tried to resist by shoving your face with its feet, that's not exactly what's happening here, but he's gonna fight vigorously with those blunt claws trying to get free.]
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Nooooooo! Oh god. Oh god. Don't eat me! Aaaaah!
[and he SQUIRM and SQUIRM and SQUIRM and SQUIRM did you ever pick up a cat that tried to resist by shoving your face with its feet, that's not exactly what's happening here, but he's gonna fight vigorously with those blunt claws trying to get free.]