The snake didn’t see the pit coming until it was already slipping over the edge. It flailed around, but it was falling down the side of the man-made crater. Fox pulled his tonfa free, turned, and ran up the length of the King Taijitu toward the edge of the cliff.

Just as he leaped off, the tail end of the snake lashed out and wrapped itself around Fox, pulling him down with it.

“What?” Fox sent.

He and the King Taijitu tumbled down the canyon. Fox’s arms were free so he jammed them into the stone wall. Metal and stone screamed against each other, sparks flew, and Fox thought his arms were going to be yanked out of their sockets. But the blades held, and Fox’s descent slowed and then stopped.

The only problem was he had half a Grimm snake hanging from his waist, and it wasn’t giving up without a fight. Fox couldn’t hold on forever.

- RWBY: After the Fall, Chapter 4