Perfidia - Tail is potentially a weapon

By chance he stepped and his foot appeared not far from Perfidia's waist. Shannon had stupidly closed the drawer with the gun in it and left herself unarmed, and both of them in ignorance believed a devil needed the weapons of man to rend flesh. While Perfidia remained where he threw her, the lithe tangle of her tail slowly unraveled, baring the barb at its tip as it curved like a snake, poised to gore—

"Dalt," said Shannon.

Without even looking Swaino brought his foot down and crushed Perfidia's tail into the tile, grinding with his heel until she screamed and bent up double.

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[7] Form Specifications Rather Than Formal