The lamia screeched,thrown into a frenzy. Her tail's movements were erratic and spasmodic, green blood coating the rock. In a last-ditch effort, she grabbed the boy by the wrist, and pulled him close, opening her maw, with fangs like a snake, and sank her teeth into the boy's neck, a sickening sound of flesh ripping could be heard by Maroe. He jumped, whimpering, and ran his sword through her chest... Finally doing enough damage, the lamia's body crumbled, chunks of her chest and tail falling off as they turned to sand, until there was nothing left but a sword under a pile of sand...