she looped towards the sun and went in high , claws outstretched , and the copacati was for a moment slow to react- '' bloody hell , it 's a feint ; damn you , '' granby yelled up at iskierka , `` don't- '' too late : she was plunging at the copacati 's exposed back , and as she descended the other dragon abruptly convulsed his body nearly in half , and so managed to flip himself to receive her with bared fangs already glistening .