[She's not even really conscious of what she's doing -- she feels a surge of flame or a prick of claws and she lashes out at that spot, scratches at it, bites it, lashes her head back to stab at it with her knife-spines, whatever she can do.

They're probably going to pass out on each other (or more accurately he's going to pass out on top of her because otherwise he might get squished) before they actually finish fighting.]