He dodges to the side again, this time reverting back to the beholder form instead of trying to engage a dragon against dragon fight, using the eye beams to chip away at the massive red, since he figured that it was tough enough to withstand being disintegrated, though he still tried that beam as well. He might get lucky, though he would do nothing to encourage that happening. He allowed the red to claw him a few times, as well as hit with the breath weapon, though when his form got too damaged, he would simply polymorph into another.