The first time Thomas ventures into the woods, it’s because he’s worried about John. The woods might be full of dangerous animals, after all, and John is all by himself and has been out there a long time. Thomas know he isn’t very good with his gun, but he’s probably better than nothing, right?
Turns out the woods are full of dangerous animals, and Thomas is even worse at woodscraft than he thought. The first he knows of the annoyed bear is the long, low, terrifying growl behind him. He whirls around and drops his gun and thinks, in a moment of panicky clarity, that he is about to die.
Then someone steps from the woods between him and the bear, and Thomas didn’t even know he was there, where the hell did he come from, he thinks, and blushes for the swear word. The stranger whaps the bear across the nose with an unstrung bowstave, and the bear makes an unhappy confused whuffling sound and lumbers away into the bushes again. Thomas’s rescuer turns and looks at him with unfathomable black
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The first time Thomas ventures into the woods, it’s because he’s worried about John. The woods might be full of dangerous animals, after all, and John is all by himself and has been out there a long time. Thomas know he isn’t very good with his gun, but he’s probably better than nothing, right?
Turns out the woods are full of dangerous animals, and Thomas is even worse at woodscraft than he thought. The first he knows of the annoyed bear is the long, low, terrifying growl behind him. He whirls around and drops his gun and thinks, in a moment of panicky clarity, that he is about to die.
Then someone steps from the woods between him and the bear, and Thomas didn’t even know he was there, where the hell did he come from, he thinks, and blushes for the swear word. The stranger whaps the bear across the nose with an unstrung bowstave, and the bear makes an unhappy confused whuffling sound and lumbers away into the bushes again. Thomas’s rescuer turns and looks at him with unfathomable black ( ... )
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