- The Brink of Defeat

'If I want to win this fight, I have to do it soon.'

Gus could feel the fatigue that had inexplicably spread over his body as he had taken the blows from the Primia. If the fight went on for too much longer than it had to, then he knew that his performance would suffer as a result, and he could even end up losing consciousness in a worst case scenario.

'But can I even beat this thing?'

The Primia's flesh seemed to be too tough for him to cut through too easily. But he couldn't exactly browse the shop for a new weapon right now, so he would have to come up with something that would get through the Primia.

'I've got to go with the lion. I haven't had the chance to see what exactly it can do yet, and perhaps it can give me a way to win this. My weapons didn't seem to be effective against the alien, but perhaps the claws that the lion has could get past it.'