It would fit, and fit real good in Hammer’s view. The data they got on
Striper says she uses magic, that she does vicious damage. Maybe she’s really a
mage, a mage with a vicious pet. A mage could probably teleport her pet talis 
cat wherever she wants, behind someone’s back, make it kill and then run. A
talis cat could do that, tear open Dog Bite’s back, then dash up the corridor
and out of sight. What noise it made would have been covered by the blaring 
trid.