Snaps the baton

The net was slung to one side, balancing the thrust of his right arm in the opposite direction- arm, ivory baton, and the blood-mad creature locked by its teeth to the ivory, as the water exploded in all directions.
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The baton struck the lip of the tufa as Lycon and the blue killer crashed down again. Ivory was denser then the porous stone, but the stone provided a fulcrum against which Lycon's hysterical grip and the teeth of the lizard-ape could lever with all their strength. The ivory baton shattered at the point of stress...
-Killer pg. 174-175