...there is a loud, long grunt - no, closer to a low yell - and
nothing happens to you - and you open your eyes -
The thing in the blackish colored armor is gone. Your armor is gone as
well - the danger must be over for now. A large, wolflike creature
stands, looking at the spot where the thing was, head hung low. It is
blue on top and white on the rest, including its head, with intrusions
of both into the other occasionally. It has a tail similar to that of
a fox, but the coloring is like the rest of its body.
It turns its head to you. Its eyes are angry and its teeth sharp, but
it apparently just saved your neck. You...
You scream. You don't like screaming because it makes you sound like a
weakling, but you do it anyway. The sword is coming down, and you
close your eyes...