He waited until the kishin egg had moved its head close to the crevice and then shot it pointblank into its mouth after inching as close to it as possible. The injury caused it to reel back, its own yell of pain hiding the noise the gunshot made.

Quickly dancing back out of its reach, the thief laughed, low and breathlessly. "Don't like that much, do you, ugly? Keep try, I still have a lot more for you!" It sounded a lot like a challenging hiss of a snake.