The rules for claiming

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I know this isn't cannon (as in from the show) but what would people say are the rules for claiming? I'm dealing with it in one of my stories, and feel caught up in the mechanics. Mostly I'm trying to figure out what in a bite makes it a claiming.

So what are your opinions? I know there isn't a hard and fast rule, and I can make it work however I please in my story, I just haven't figured out what will work best in my story yet.

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You may not be a writer, but considering all the wonderful sites you have, I think you count as an expert. (Thanks by the way. I don't know how you do it, but if people like you didn't create archives, people like me would have a hard time finding readers. Plus, you make really pretty pictures.)

I had forgotten about the verbal component. That would work well in my story. Thanks. I hadn't forgotten about the. . . pRon. That is certainly an essential ingredient.