[quote=LeeRoy]
The only way I could do that would be to break character.And logically, the ejection would work. Erde is 12 feet tall and 3 feet from back to front. The tail at the point it would have to be at to reach around his body is only 5 feet thick. Ejecting it from his body would put it WELL out of the reach of the tail. Unless this thing can turn around as fast as a smaller creature, at which point I call shenanigans yadda-yadda-yadda.
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Why would the tail be 5 feet thick? It doesn't get any thinner at any point. It's just really, really, long. 400 feet to be exact. Well within reach. So evading backwards, not a good idea. Sideways, please do. The mecha does not have to turn around to use it's tail effectively, by the way.

Grabbing onto the tail? Interesting. Without doubt painful, but interesting.