Complex sentence: A Russian cosmonaut approaches them and extends his hand as though in friendship; instinctively aware that the cosmonaut means Trasker harm, Balkis tackles him, and he slashes the leg of Balkis' spacesuit with a switchblade.
Split into simpler sentences: A Russian cosmonaut approaches them and extends his hand as though in friendship. Instinctively aware that the cosmonaut means Trasker harm, Balkis tackles him, and he slashes the leg of Balkis' spacesuit with a switchblade.