diff --git a/customs.js b/customs.js
index 4fb0126..9bbf6cb 100644
--- a/customs.js
+++ b/customs.js
@@ -1308,7 +1308,7 @@ function seliciaUnbirthStruggle(predator) {
 /* LALIM */
 
 function Lalim() {
-  Creature.call(this, "Lalim", 15, 35, 25);
+  Creature.call(this, "Lalim", 25, 35, 25);
 
   this.hasName = true;
 
@@ -1393,8 +1393,8 @@ function lalimSwallow(attacker) {
         changeMode("eaten");
         return ["Lalim's jaws descend upon your little body, scooping you up feet-first and dragging you down with a lazy <i>glrrk</i>. You scrabble helplessly at slick flesh, sinking through his see-through throat...then halting, leaving you imprisoned in a bulging throat-pouch as your predator's forelimbs squeeze and knead over you."];
       } else {
-        attacker.changeStamina(-25);
-        defender.changeStamina(-25);
+        attacker.changeStamina(-10);
+        defender.changeStamina(-5);
         return ["The noodly beast squeezes and shoves, lashing at your lower body with his tongue, but you manage to keep your legs from being slurped into that ravenous maw."];
       }
     }, requirements: [
@@ -1410,10 +1410,9 @@ function lalimSwallow(attacker) {
 function lalimPull(predator) {
   return {
     digest: function(player) {
-      let success = statHealthCheck(predator, player, "str");
+      let success = statHealthCheck(predator, player, "dex");
       if (success) {
-        predator.changeStamina(-5);
-        player.changeStamina(-15);
+        player.changeStamina(-10);
         predator.flags.stage += 1;
 
         if (predator.flags.stage == 2) {
@@ -1426,8 +1425,8 @@ function lalimPull(predator) {
           return ["Another clench takes you to the very end - to the tip of Lalim's tail. It will all be over soon."];
         }
       } else {
-        predator.changeStamina(-15);
-        player.changeStamina(-25);
+        predator.changeStamina(-5);
+        player.changeStamina(-5);
         return ["You brace yourself as a wave of peristalsis rolls past, holding your ground against the onslaught of flesh and muscle."];
       }
     },
@@ -1442,7 +1441,7 @@ function lalimPull(predator) {
 function lalimDigest(predator) {
   return {
     digest: function(player) {
-      player.changeStamina(-5 * predator.flags.stage);
+      player.changeStamina(-3 * predator.flags.stage);
       if (predator.flags.stage == 1) {
         return ["Lalim's forepaws knead over your imprisoned body, squishing you about in a tube of soft flesh."];
       } else if (predator.flags.stage == 2) {
@@ -1468,50 +1467,61 @@ function lalimStruggle(predator) {
     name: "Struggle",
     desc: "Try to squirm free. Gets harder as you lose stamina. Don't get tired!",
     struggle: function(player) {
-      let escape = true; //Math.random() < 0.5 && Math.random() <= player.stamina / player.maxStamina + 0.5;
 
-      //if (player.health <= 0 || player.stamina <= 0) {
-      //  escape = escape && Math.random() < 0.25;
-    //  }
+      let escape = false;
 
-      if (escape) {
-        if (predator.flags.stage == 1) {
-          player.clear();
-          predator.clear();
-          return {
-            "escape": "stay",
-            "lines": ["You struggle and squirm, forcing Lalim to hork you up."]
-          };
-        } else {
-          predator.flags.stage -= 1;
-
-          let line = "";
-
-          switch(predator.flags.stage) {
-            case 1:
-              line = "You push against slick flesh, forcing yourself back into Lalim's neck. You can see the portal to your dimly-lit bedroom again...and those kneading, squeezing paws.";
-              break;
-            case 2:
-              line = "It's hard to tell just how deep you are...but you're back in the comforting green glow, far from that dreadful tail.";
-              break;
-            case 3:
-              line = "The tingling lessens as you force yourself into the base of Lalim's tail.";
-              break;
-            case 4:
-              line = "You drag yourself from certain doom, clawing your way out of the crushing, deadly tail-tip.";
-              break;
+      switch(predator.flags.stage) {
+        case 1:
+          escape = Math.random() < 0.1;
+          if (escape) {
+            player.clear();
+            predator.clear();
+            return {
+              "escape": "stay",
+              "lines": ["You struggle and squirm, forcing Lalim to hork you up."]
+            };
+          } else {
+            line = "You're so close to freedom that you can taste it...and the beast denies you, gulping you back into his bulging throat";
           }
-          return {
-            "escape": "stuck",
-            "lines": [line]
-          };
+          break;
+        case 2:
+          escape = Math.random() < 0.5;
+          if (escape)
+            line = "You push against slick flesh, forcing yourself back into Lalim's neck. You can see the portal to your dimly-lit bedroom again...and those kneading, squeezing paws.";
+          else
+            line = "You try to claw your way back up to the beast's throat...but a lazy ripple of stomach-muscle throws you back down, thumping you against the hard, shadowy ground under the beast's distended belly.";
+          break;
+        case 3:
+          escape = Math.random() < 0.5;
+          if (escape)
+            line = "It's hard to tell just how deep you are...but you're back in the comforting green glow, far from that dreadful tail.";
+          else
+            line = "The tail won't let you go - you squirm and writhe, to no avail.";
+          break;
+        case 4:
+          escape = Math.random() < 0.33;
+          if (escape)
+            line = "The tingling lessens as you force yourself into the base of Lalim's tail.";
+          else
+            line = "Your heart pounds as your struggles take you <i>nowhere</i>. Your body slowly digests in the ever-tightening tail.";
+          break;
+        case 5:
+          escape = Math.random() < 0.2;
+          if (escape)
+            line = "You drag yourself from certain doom, clawing your way out of the crushing, deadly tail-tip.";
+          else
+            line = "There is no hope of escape. You thrash and squirm, but Lalim's tail has you.";
+          break;
         }
-      } else {
+
+        if (escape) {
+          predator.flags.stage -= 1;
+        }
+
         return {
           "escape": "stuck",
-          "lines": ["You squirm and writhe within the noodly beast, to no avail."]
+          "lines": [line]
         };
-      }
     },
     requirements: [