[ Beware though, Griffin—like this, the demon is in close enough proximity to tear chunks out of Griffin; at least three fistfuls of flesh is torn from him, two from his arm and neck and one from his gut, though many more hands try to tear away what they can from him.

Amaranth's naginata is pulled from her, or more accurately she's pulled with the naginata, as many more hands reach out to try clawing bits of her flesh away—this time, at least one manages to grab a fistful each from her arms. The beast screams once more, and at this proximity it's loud enough to be painful to both Cardinal and Amaranth—they'll find themselves deaf in one ear when the ringing fades—and it strikes out toward Cardinal, at least two hands managing to grab them to pull them closer, as though to try to absorb them the way they're trying to do to the weapons. ]