That's sort of what he does: creep around and say bad things. Lots of bad things. This isn't new.

Stupid. He lets them clamp down on the hilt, and it crumbles to sand in their jaws. The whole thing is sand, and it's falling apart... swirling and reshaping itself into black glittery ropes to wrap around their muzzle and stop this nonsense. Bad dog!

(He's backing off, well out of reach. Fight the sand, not him.)