[i]Maru swatting at Jason was a... slight mistake, however. He felt an agonizing heat in his paw, the plasma-saber stabbed right through, the mercenary's vastly enhanced strength keeping the clawed paw at bay. With a yank, he tore the blade upwards, only to then swing it down, hacking Maru's "hand" clean off at his "wrist" with the blue blade, the heat instantaneously having cauterized the wound.[/i]