The monster tried to get away, its meaty fingers clawing at the concrete. Hale dragged him back for more punishment, ten incisions carving into the floor. A thick, stuttering noise gurgled in its throat as Hale pulled it into a chokehold. A cry for help, maybe.

At this point Fourze finally had the nerve to approach him. Hale had gotten the monster wrapped up in a byzantine arm-lock, its bloated body twisted into unnatural configurations.