Tal was tense and more than a little scared, but he was also prepared and swallowed his fears a little further down so they only caused his hands to shake a little on his spear shaft. At the first breath of incantation he was off and loping across the snow; around and then over the rocky outcrop and lightly over the crust, feet barely sinking in.
Sometimes it paid to be on the scrawny side.
The storm settled over him, around him and between him and the bear, but his See-Right goggles had no trouble peering through the localized blizzard. The ursur's head was up, but it didn't seem to notice Tal within the magic or recognize either as a threat. A rumbling moan of confusion slipped from the beast as the snow and ice surrounded the bear and the courier worked his way behind it to where the moose lay quickly freezing in the Flowerbirth cold.
That was a mistake. Some predator's sense warned the old ursur, and the big male swung back around blindly with a warning roar into the distracting ice, taking a blind swipe that missed the courier by a wide margin but forced Tal to keep his distance.
Sometimes it paid to be on the scrawny side.
The storm settled over him, around him and between him and the bear, but his See-Right goggles had no trouble peering through the localized blizzard. The ursur's head was up, but it didn't seem to notice Tal within the magic or recognize either as a threat. A rumbling moan of confusion slipped from the beast as the snow and ice surrounded the bear and the courier worked his way behind it to where the moose lay quickly freezing in the Flowerbirth cold.
That was a mistake. Some predator's sense warned the old ursur, and the big male swung back around blindly with a warning roar into the distracting ice, taking a blind swipe that missed the courier by a wide margin but forced Tal to keep his distance.
