There is a very specific way that kangaroos murder dogs. When a kangaroo is pursued by a dog it retreats into the nearest body of water. When the dog comes in after it, the kangaroo grabs the dog's head and holds it down under the water. It's a brutally simple technique. There's no counterplay from the dog. The terrain renders the entire encounter completely linear. She can accept as many hits as she needs to. Let you hit her blocking wrists, punch her jaw and kidneys, take impact after impact. Your combo carries you forwards as she cedes yet more ground, sending you both deeper into the water. No matter how much damage your opening assault inflicts it's not enough to knock her out - and then you're waist-deep in water and all your speed is gone. There's no grace in wading, no way to sidestep the grapple. And then you're in a grapple with Maxima, who is larger than stronger than you, and the mechanics of leverage play out in the only way they can. Your head goes under. She doesn't give any sort of lesson. For one, you're underwater and wouldn't hear it, but she's also not that kind of teacher. The sheer inevitability of the situation speaks for itself. You can feel her tap out the ten-count on the back of your head with one finger before she lifts you up and tosses you onto the shore. A second later, she throws a towel and a heat pack.