This run appears to be a much more refined run from my other attempts, especially since I pulled every trick out of the hat for this one. Of course, there are a few mistakes throughout the run, but that is to be expected since I'm only human.

On level 11, a very noticeable glitch occured, where I appear to instantly teleport and grapple onto the dragon's skin, despite being in mid-air. From my playthoughs, I believe that the huge windbox from the dragon's end tail, as well as me holding down towards the dragon's other segmented hit boxes, contributed to basically an "inst-grapple". This small glitch also occurs if you hold down towards a dragon's body part that is curving outwards (into something like the top left corner of a square), but I haven't found a consistent way to set it up to a runner's advantage. If this glitch could somehow be used consistently, I can pretty much guarantee that a sub nine is possible.