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Just as Joey was getting ready to defend himself against these things even as a human, the sound of crash caught the attention of both parties. He noticed someone not far from him collapse. Now he had a decision to make, try to save this girl or fend off the sand hyenas. Then again, those things were intending to try and eat him, weren't they? [i]If they see me as food, it's likely they might try to eat her too.[/i] The sand hyenas saw the collapsed girl too, but continued to advance on Joey. He looked at the girl and by instinct, he wanted to protect. He then looked back at the advancing hyenas. "No! Back! Go away!" He was a bit angry, but it wasn't enough to wolf out yet.
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The longer it took him to find a way out of this room made it even harder for Price to keep from turning. He was at the point where he would usually be screaming 'no' by now, but he wasn't. [i]I tried shouting the first time, it didn't do anything.[/i] Instead, he just held the side of his head with one hand while keeping the other at his side. [i]Darn it.[/i]