With the next couple clips that Loretta set down, the sniper rifle clicked empty again as it ejected the mag's last shell.  None of his shots from this distance had done much more that stick in the huge Deathclaw's back or bounce off the skull after breaking it's skin.  None of them had pierced enough to be damaging.<span style="color: SeaGreen">“Thanks Loretta.”</span>he muttered as he slammed the sixth of his original mags into the rifle and began taking much more careful shots, maybe for the back of the neck.<br/><br/>While those rounds rang out, Darion watched as the deathclaw all of a sudden had a dark spurt of blood, something heavy hitting and piercing it's skin.  And he heard the shotgun ring out.  Well, that had gotten the beasts attention when his long range heavy rounds hadn't.<span style="color: SeaGreen">“And here I thought she was more sensible than the rest of us.”</span>he muttered before seeing the front of the beast, and some of the softer points, like the neck.  He immediately began aiming for the face and slowing his breathing to a completely controlled rhythm, firing more round to locations he saw he blood spray of others penetrating.<br/><br/>As the Death claw began charging the Ghoul, Darion himself took careful aim while watching the explosions of blood from all the shots that were hitting and finding purchase to spay blood, including the right eye.  He grinned to himself, taking aim and centering his crosshairs on the left.  Steadily he let a breath out slowly, using his training to track the left eye, slowly, perfectly, adjusting for wind and motion.  Slowly he squeezed while the air drained from his lungs.  With a loud crack of thunder again, his rifle kicked heavily and sent the round sailing.  He waited for the spray of blood, even as the rifle clicked empty again.  Loretta herself could escape and be saved if that spray happened.  He prayed it would in that split time it took the round to fly.  And if he was lucky the round would go even deeper than just the eye, and enter the skull.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>