"Zhinü's grace," Rivers mutters as they see the awful chimeric beast leaping toward them. They have just enough time to bring up their prison-guard's spear to catch the creature's extended talons before its weight bears them to the ground. If the horrendous creature manages to pin them there, this will get ugly, and Rivers knows it. They've only got a moment, just the briefest opening, to try to turn the tide.
Keeping the spear braced against the screeching thing with their left hand, they cock back their right arm. A bubble of dark-blue essence, the first flare of their anima, forms around their fist.
"Ohh, shuuuuut UP!" they yell, and deck the thing in the nose, a hard right cross connecting with its beak.
Spoiler: OOCUnarmed Withering Clash! Going all-in, 6m on Become the Hammer, the Brawl Excellency. Dragons willing, I'll grapple it next round.
Spoiler: RollAttack + Excellency + Stunt: (21d10)[6][9][8][4][8][3][10][5][6][4][9][1][5][8][4][5][1][4][8][4][2](114)
Damage (11 base, minimum 1, 3i bonus damage if the Clash succeeds): (15d10)[10][3][4][3][3][9][7][2][9][7][8][7][4][1][4](81)
Reroll 6s on damage until 6s cease to appear: (8d10)[7][10][8][2][4][7][2][8](48)