He dodged a split claw attack and managed to make her stagger backward. "Thou hast won naught. Thy strength is giving so thou art parting. Whilst thou join us?" He asked, picking her up easily and squeezing her a little. "Thy powers will be tripled if thee chooseth right." He moved his face closer to her, hissing clouds of smoke into hers.
She glared at him and coughed up blood. "Over my dead body!" She spat, clawing the bone angrily. Since he wouldn't let go, she did the next best thing; spit her blood into his eyes. "Let me go!" She screeched, landing on her feet silently when he finally loosened his grip to rub his eyes.
He snarled in pain and anger, reaching blindly to grab her but she wasn't where she'd been a second ago. Roaring in agitation, he slammed his tail into the floor, leaving a long crater in the shape of his tail behind as he raised it again. "Where art thou, childish Mortala?" He growled, twisting his head this way and that, golden eyes stained a sickly orange-yellow.