"Do you mean Rat?" He makes a small sound of annoyance at the man's makeshift weaponry.
"No, I meant to place him in the woods with nothing but those long legs of his. His job was to spot stray bears, call that friend of yours to go make them explode if they came and to run away. I couldn't take one of those bears myself and I didn't want him to think he had a chance if I put something in his hands."
But that's only a minor irritation and something that on a good day he'd have rebuked Rat with a sharp slap for and then forgotten. The fire is what's really making him grind his teeth.
"That wasn't out of control, it was the distraction! It might have had a chance at drawing away from that barrier if someone hadn't flown about and put it out for them!" He slaps the tree beside him. "The fire should have been here in half an hour of lighting. They'd have had no choice but to stop and put it out if they wanted to salvage anything."
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"No, I meant to place him in the woods with nothing but those long legs of his. His job was to spot stray bears, call that friend of yours to go make them explode if they came and to run away. I couldn't take one of those bears myself and I didn't want him to think he had a chance if I put something in his hands."
But that's only a minor irritation and something that on a good day he'd have rebuked Rat with a sharp slap for and then forgotten. The fire is what's really making him grind his teeth.
"That wasn't out of control, it was the distraction! It might have had a chance at drawing away from that barrier if someone hadn't flown about and put it out for them!" He slaps the tree beside him. "The fire should have been here in half an hour of lighting. They'd have had no choice but to stop and put it out if they wanted to salvage anything."