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It hadn't occurred to him that he'd won their challenge. Iq had two stoats to Kanik's one which did, in fact, mean that he'd be the one to take out this snake. He realized this as Kanik got to the end of his spiel. Yeah. They'd have to decapitate that sucker. And, no. He wasn't about to make the kid do it. With a deep breath, he resigned himself to the task. Now it was just a matter of how to accomplish it.

"Head? Yes. Coiled like that? Not gonna happen." They'd need the snake to strike first. If it was elongated, it would have less of a chance of springing at them. Throwing things was a decent idea, but snakes liked to strike at targets. He wasn't sure how effective that would be. "We can try it," IQ said, keeping the snake in his peripheral as he picked up a rock in his mouth and lobbed it at the snake.

The rattle shook faster, but the snake didn't budge. Damn. "What about a decoy?" It was just a matter of what kind. "You have any rabbit friends willing to put themselves in the line of fire?" Yeah. That wasn't gonna work. "Maybe a long, bushy branch?" It could give them enough distance and a bit of shielding. Might even coax the snake to strike at something large enough for it to think was threatening it.