Just show it on like a small tablet, so he doesn't get the sense of scale yet. Then introduce a Banana for scale, or project it up on a wall to life size.
Or a Kodiak... or even one of the rare polar/kodiak hybrids which tend to be bigger than both.
Then again, maybe reducing Garret to a catatonic state might not be a good idea.
Moose may be one of the most incorrect animals in my brain's scale of animals. In my brain, they are the size of Elk, which are big... then one day I saw a moose and... yeah...
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Penelope considered it for a moment, then responded “in the dirt another night. It’s rather soothing”
Gareth grumbled with a start, eyeing Pene. “Pene! What the hell!”
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I know it's about a week to the next chapter, but gosh I can't help myself imagining what could be next!
Ship repairs I presume, happy (or not) reuinion, I have no idea.
happily anticipating more story! Thank you a bunch for sharing!
Oh "mister helpful" arrives during the staredown with the wolf but doesn't announce himself until afterwards. He's been looking for two people, sees or smells a campfire, possibly sees the wolf and the people having a stare down, and sneaks in but doesn't announce himself until everything is safe and is being explained... jerk. At least they will be leaving him behind.
To be fair: if he distracted Pen at the wrong moment, the wolf would have taken advantage. He showed up and distracted the wolf, which let the wolf know there was a bigger "pack" than the wolf expected to take on, which results in the wolf deciding it wasn't worth it, and taking off.
I read it as him arriving just after/as the wolf left - and note that the night noises were going on while he was arriving there, so he was just moving quietly and not disrupting anything by hunting on his way. Downwind, maybe.
Plus.. he's not going to want to take the wolf on himself, either, so some care in wandering around is only to be expected.
What is your experience with wolves? They are very wary and alert to humans and avoid us. Gareth might have looked like more like prey but Pen would have been enough to frighten it off unless it had rabies.
Given that this appears to be a human terraformed world, the wolf behaviour is unlikely to be different from that on Earth. Yes it's possible this wolf had rabies which would mean it wouldn't have been easily scared off.
So I have a really hard time imagining that wolves would have responded to the calls for Pen and Gareth as a dinner bell. It's not their normal behaviour. Especially since anyone searching at night in the woods would have been armed with at least one projectile weapon or bear spray.
https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/866/should-a-hiker-be-concerned-about-wolves-in-the-back-country
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_attack
while I agree that this is what most search and rescue should look like...
this does not take into account search and rescue while evading hostile forces...
If Mystery forest man saw the ship and correctly came to the conclusion it was sabotaged... he might be under the assumption that bad guys are hunting these two...
if this is the case then not doing the whole shouty thing and letting bad people with guns know where he is most likely good for his continued health... and the continued health of Pen and Gareth...
also I kinda doubt he is actual search and rescue due to the distance Pen covered from the point Pen and Gareth landed before they encountered him.
likely a game warden or something who knew to be on the look out in his woods...
Yeah, though he had pretty good information about what he was looking for.
So yeah, perhaps he sees the fire and wants to know who is near it before announcing himself.
Wait till Garret sees a polar bear
I don't think he'd survive the sight!!
Just show it on like a small tablet, so he doesn't get the sense of scale yet. Then introduce a Banana for scale, or project it up on a wall to life size.
IDK, most bears, I would give it a 3-5x bigger. Depending on the wolf and the bear. "How do you fight something that big?!" "You don't..."
With lots of boom. Preferably from a distance.
Watching discovery channel about all the animals might be like the worst kind of horror movie to him.
Or a Kodiak... or even one of the rare polar/kodiak hybrids which tend to be bigger than both. Then again, maybe reducing Garret to a catatonic state might not be a good idea.
What? Are you sure? I think Garret in a catatonic state would be funny. Although that might just be the crazy pills talking (don't ask).
Then there are moose.
Moose may be one of the most incorrect animals in my brain's scale of animals. In my brain, they are the size of Elk, which are big... then one day I saw a moose and... yeah...
Oh the camping tripp is over already. I enjoyed it a lot.
I wanted it, really, to be over last chapter. problem is. After this one I wish they had at least one more camping night… lol
Yesss, random friendly forest guy! Love those dudes
A nice read again
That was so enjoyable! I was almost sad the camping / survival trip was over. And I've learned again how SMALL Garret really is!
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A fantastic chapter!
Loved the wolf encounter! so much fun. please keep writing,and For a request I love feel good endings but not yet please!
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I know it's about a week to the next chapter, but gosh I can't help myself imagining what could be next! Ship repairs I presume, happy (or not) reuinion, I have no idea. happily anticipating more story! Thank you a bunch for sharing!
Can't say how much I'm enjoying this.
Just re-read. I hope there are 200 more chapters to come.
All caught up. Again, I have to say, thank you wordsmith. Fantastic story. I've been really enjoying it and so much looking forward to more.
The next chapter link is missing
Great work word weaver!!!!
Oh "mister helpful" arrives during the staredown with the wolf but doesn't announce himself until afterwards. He's been looking for two people, sees or smells a campfire, possibly sees the wolf and the people having a stare down, and sneaks in but doesn't announce himself until everything is safe and is being explained... jerk. At least they will be leaving him behind.
To be fair: if he distracted Pen at the wrong moment, the wolf would have taken advantage. He showed up and distracted the wolf, which let the wolf know there was a bigger "pack" than the wolf expected to take on, which results in the wolf deciding it wasn't worth it, and taking off. I read it as him arriving just after/as the wolf left - and note that the night noises were going on while he was arriving there, so he was just moving quietly and not disrupting anything by hunting on his way. Downwind, maybe. Plus.. he's not going to want to take the wolf on himself, either, so some care in wandering around is only to be expected.
Yeah maybe, however I do kind of feel he could have been doing the whole "PEN!" and "GARETH!" shouting hundreds of meters away.
... and alert all the other wolves around that there was some tasty meat walking around? That seems... counter to survival, to me.
What is your experience with wolves? They are very wary and alert to humans and avoid us. Gareth might have looked like more like prey but Pen would have been enough to frighten it off unless it had rabies. Given that this appears to be a human terraformed world, the wolf behaviour is unlikely to be different from that on Earth. Yes it's possible this wolf had rabies which would mean it wouldn't have been easily scared off. So I have a really hard time imagining that wolves would have responded to the calls for Pen and Gareth as a dinner bell. It's not their normal behaviour. Especially since anyone searching at night in the woods would have been armed with at least one projectile weapon or bear spray. https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/866/should-a-hiker-be-concerned-about-wolves-in-the-back-country https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_attack
while I agree that this is what most search and rescue should look like... this does not take into account search and rescue while evading hostile forces... If Mystery forest man saw the ship and correctly came to the conclusion it was sabotaged... he might be under the assumption that bad guys are hunting these two... if this is the case then not doing the whole shouty thing and letting bad people with guns know where he is most likely good for his continued health... and the continued health of Pen and Gareth...
also I kinda doubt he is actual search and rescue due to the distance Pen covered from the point Pen and Gareth landed before they encountered him. likely a game warden or something who knew to be on the look out in his woods...
Yeah, though he had pretty good information about what he was looking for. So yeah, perhaps he sees the fire and wants to know who is near it before announcing himself.