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Oh, and here's another thing based on an idea I scrapped for the finale.
>As the announcer prepares the audience for the match, Azar looks nervously towards the other side of the ring.
>You've seen Elsa before -- everyone who watches the MMA circuit has -- but she seems even bigger now than usual. You're 6 foot 2 of manticore muscle, and she still seems taller. Borrowed muscles flex under her skin with amazing intensity.
>"Uh, Chuy," she whispers to her tag team partner, who's busy flexing to the crowd. "Are you sure it's not too late to back out of this? I'm a weightlifter, not a fighter, and I think she even beats me at weightlifting."
>"Oh, mi amiga, do not worry. She may be strong, but even she cannot face the Chilling Chupacabra AND the Merciless Manticore!"
>"And stop calling me that, dammit. It's hard enough to get a date without guys thinking I'm merciless."
>"Who needs dates when you have fans?"
>Azar looks out into the crowd and finds the one person holding up a Chilling Chupacabra sign: an incredibly ecstatic skeleton woman.
>"This is the last time I let you talk me into literally anything" she mutters as the bell goes off.
