[It's noteworthy, particularly given Kid's pointed effort to literally not lay a hand on him when this started, to the point of giving himself a handicap. This is something more personal, too visceral a reaction to be anything less than instinct.
He's not afraid of the doll so much as utterly disgusted by the way its limbs go in too many different directions at once, and now it was in his face!
Dirk may indeed dig nails in and hope to wrench him free, but ultimately, Kid makes the choice to let go, both realizing he had him in a choke-hold and he needed to breathe, and in favor of trying to tear the offending thing away.]
How dare you bring something so foul, that's not playing fair!
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He's not afraid of the doll so much as utterly disgusted by the way its limbs go in too many different directions at once, and now it was in his face!
Dirk may indeed dig nails in and hope to wrench him free, but ultimately, Kid makes the choice to let go, both realizing he had him in a choke-hold and he needed to breathe, and in favor of trying to tear the offending thing away.]
How dare you bring something so foul, that's not playing fair!