Unbearable

Eligos was startled when another wolf slammed into the rear of the bear, as though propelled from behind rather than through deliberate choice. Maybe it was literally propelled, since immediately after that a young girl launched herself onto the bear and latched on with feline claws. Eligos backed off from the bear a moment, just in time to avoid being swatted when the bear turned towards him. He ducked, and the bear's meaty paws just skimmed the tips of those oh-so-inconvenient horns, knocking him to the side and making the bear roar in pain as one of the tips pierced the paw. Kida leaped in to sink her fangs into the offending paw. This allowed Eligos to roll to his feet and duck under the bear, jabbing upward with the horns to gouge at the bear's belly on his way to the other side of him. The bear swung his arm, Kida still attached, and at the apex of the swing Kida let go, letting momentum carry her clear before dashing back in. Cypher, meanwhile, had finally come into some sense and was beating as hasty of a retreat as one young dog could manage with a broken hind leg dragging limply behind him, panting heavily in pain. He'd almost made it to the treeline, but a smear of blood marked his passage and Eli was afraid that even if he got to a safe distance the bear would just follow the blood trail as soon as they disengaged. They'd have to beat him soundly enough that he wouldn't follow the injured dog to exact revenge - or kill him.