[He grabs the end of his tail again and lines it up with the beaker. When he lets it go the stinger wobbles a little, and he makes a few mock strikes, watching the arc of the point. The motion he uses is a strange, fluid sort of flick. It causes a hard to follow oval trajectory rather than a straight jab, but after a few slow, slightly clumsy test moves he narrows his eyes and strikes for real.
This time the motion of his tail is a whip-like blur, and the stinger pierces through the cotton as if it were nothing. As he anticipated, flexing that unknown muscle was automatic once the strike landed. He arches his back and tenses slightly all over in an attempt to push more venom out although he's not sure it works that way. It certainly feels like that's how it works, and as he stands in a pseudo full body flex, a stream of clear fluid empties into the beaker.]
This took so long because i fell into a youtube hole of 'slow motion scorpion sting' footage.
This time the motion of his tail is a whip-like blur, and the stinger pierces through the cotton as if it were nothing. As he anticipated, flexing that unknown muscle was automatic once the strike landed. He arches his back and tenses slightly all over in an attempt to push more venom out although he's not sure it works that way. It certainly feels like that's how it works, and as he stands in a pseudo full body flex, a stream of clear fluid empties into the beaker.]