This is based on a "bad" ending in the old Laserdisc game, Thayer's Quest, where beefy reptile men would grab the main character and turn him into a lizard almost instantly~ (See here at this timecode for a very fast, but well-animated TF! - https://youtu.be/YXwbqRbBOtg?t=209 ) It's not such a bad ending, I think, I mean, all the other ones had him exploding or turning to dust or melting, etc etc
Since this was a Patron suggestion that won a poll, and frankly I don't know anything about the ...