Crack. The impact shudders satisfyingly up his arms, and then again, bless the Ashley bat, and he lands with his knees bent to absorb the shock , looking down to see if she's still breathing. The bat is still at the ready, should she stand, but he's bent over her, grinning, showing too many large white teeth (but not those awful fangs of a moment ago) and oddly haloed by the full moon behind him in the sky.