Rayne's rapier glanced off the Ngoga's surprisingly tough hide under its orange hair. The Ngoga lashed out with its claw-tipped arm as Horse started pulling away from it again. Unfortunately Rayne's skin was much more delicate, and she took an impressively real-looking gash in the arm. She also felt a minor tingling sensation instead of actual pain, but that was welcome and deliberate - if not already handled by the application, the operating system had both software and hardware blocks to prevent pain signals from being sent to the user, for obvious reasons.<br/><br/>Fast and steady showed why it was superior to unreliable bursts of speed, as Horse steadily widened the gap between itself and the lusty ape once more. The cyclops howled in frustration and beat its chest before starting to turn away back into the jungle to look for an easier victim to catch. That left Rayne with the choice of either pressing on to Melangwi Outpost, or reversing the roles of hunter and hunted and chasing after the wounded beast.<br/><br/><hr/><br/>AoO: Ngoga hits Rayne with a 26 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=58290) for 12 damage. (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=58291)