[It is just sand, actually. The bullet zips through the sand and displaces some of it, and the scythe hacks off a chunk of the scorpion's claw. It's large and obnoxious, but not entirely unbeatable. However, now it's also pretty angry that they're putting up a fight. Its tail rears and the scorpion moves, launching balls of sand from its stinger directly at the two of them while the claw rests on the ground and the sand gravitates toward the original form to rebuild itself.]
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