His thoughts blocked out the all thoughts and sounds and it proved to be a mistake on his part. He realized this when he heard the deep toughly sounds... of a bear. He turned and fired his shot striking the beast in the chest. The monster swung one paw out hitting him in the chest. He felt the claws digging into his flesh and tearing into him. He fell and the beast came toward him, he smelled the foul breath on his face. The man placed his hand under the bear's neck trying to keep the teeth from. I really don't want to die here."Let's get started." I began walking to the house. "Will any of them have ranged weapons?" Just bolas." Bolas ... two weights attached to a rope?" Yes, about this long." She held her hands about four feet apart."That I can deal with if I am inside. What would you like me to call you?" Kira or Ma'am will do."Upon entry to the house I started moving chairs and other furniture to make a circle around the door to give me some space to work and also keep the slavers. After all, it didn't have to look like a professional portrait anyway. It was only meant for family and friends. The thing was, that spot seemed to be in nearly every picture I took! I was so angry, I was considering throwing the damned camera away, but then Maddie suggested that I take some pictures with my smartphone.I only hoped that I didn't break the camera when I slammed it down on the table. I saw the way Maddie looked at me. She had that, "Don't even think of spending the money on. She quickly tried to adjust and cut me off, but Ijust made it by before she could get the angle on me. In fact, herquick cut over the whoops nearly caused her to lose her timing and wipeout. Damn women riders. I quickly apologized for that thought though.She had given me one hell of a run for my money! But I still had NOintentions of staying as one myself!Lap 18 1/4. Time was running out. I needed to catch this 2nd placerider and FAST! Unfortunately, we just passed the whoops section (ithelped.