The City Hunter does not even attempt to put its Bio-Mask back on after Harrigan removes it in the slaughterhouse; the Predator didn't intentionally remove it out of some sense of honor, and the technological edge it provided would have aided the creature greatly. The creature also apparently has trouble breathing without it, using a hand-held mask to assist in this regard. The novel attempts to explain this oversight by saying that the Mask was lost down a drain when the Predator hurls Harrigan away. It also seems somewhat strange that the Predator needs any kind of handheld device to assist in its breathing, as other Predators have been seen without their masks on Earth for comparable or longer periods of time without this requirement. One possible explanation is that the apparatus is not actually a respiratory aid, but rather administers some form of stimulant or medicinal aid to temporarily keep the Predator going, on account of the numerous gunshot wounds to the torso it had received. It is also possible that, while the atmosphere of Earth itself is not harmful to the Predator, the inherent airborne pollution of an urban area might be.

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