"Wringing off" was the phenomenon in which a fox caught in a trap would chew off its own foot to escape.
Pyke-Xi Raul considered "wringing off" as a solution to the convict tattoo attached to his arm. He knew rumours of a prisoner who had done that, (PROSE: Wringing Off) Grandfather Paradox, who removed his tattooed arm in the Act of Severance. (PROSE: Interference, The Book of the War) Ultimately, Pyke tried "wringing off" the cytosine quarter of himself through .TGA Grayspacing. (PROSE: Wringing Off)