[ And then his heart beats and Allen's reacted before he even knew he had to.
Left arm flung up like a swordsman might parry to block the blow and dropped into a protective crouch to shield the other boy. ]
Nnh... [ His body shakes and gets pushed back under the blow, even with pushing back with his forearm and trying to angle the claws away, but he doesn't budge. But its flesh ripples silver though. Warps, bends—
(ew...)
—until the clown's hand is wrapped around Allen's still very human-seeming left one and it smiles in an almost curious, also suddenly-human sort of manner. It's enough to make him pause and still for a second, blinking.
Then it squeezes.
And it's a very audible pop but a swallowed scream this time. ]
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Left arm flung up like a swordsman might parry to block the blow and dropped into a protective crouch to shield the other boy. ]
Nnh... [ His body shakes and gets pushed back under the blow, even with pushing back with his forearm and trying to angle the claws away, but he doesn't budge. But its flesh ripples silver though. Warps, bends—
(ew...)
—until the clown's hand is wrapped around Allen's still very human-seeming left one and it smiles in an almost curious, also suddenly-human sort of manner. It's enough to make him pause and still for a second, blinking.
Then it squeezes.
And it's a very audible pop but a swallowed scream this time. ]