diff --git a/src/events/scheduled/pitFight.js b/src/events/scheduled/pitFight.js
index 9735e8a1ade4661c564c877ab0a79e827a13041a..3a62fd9c430dcc80a34bcf49dfeb00a9f1c1ff54 100644
--- a/src/events/scheduled/pitFight.js
+++ b/src/events/scheduled/pitFight.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ App.Facilities.Pit.fight = function(lethal) {
 				fighters.push(S.Bodyguard.ID);
 			} else {
 				fighters.push(available.pluck());
+				fighters.push(available.pluck());
 			}
 
 			// second fighter
diff --git a/src/js/assayJS.js b/src/js/assayJS.js
index 843314ad8e0b45e223841d5e9ea7979e93a3a6c5..5764907752a870d7ef55d19af92fe9b64c94b477 100644
--- a/src/js/assayJS.js
+++ b/src/js/assayJS.js
@@ -1404,14 +1404,10 @@ globalThis.faceIncrease = function(slave, amount) {
 };
 
 /**
- * @param {App.Entity.SlaveState|App.Entity.Animal} slave
+ * @param {App.Entity.SlaveState} slave
  * @returns {number}
  */
 globalThis.deadliness = function(slave) {
-	if (slave instanceof App.Entity.Animal || slave.hasOwnProperty('species')) {	// FIXME: temporary workaround
-		return slave.deadliness;
-	}
-
 	let deadliness = 2;
 
 	if (slave.skill.combat > 0) {