Mama bears rage

Kotori lunges in at mom then backs away and forward one more as he and the bear seem to dance in time.  Really, he’s being extra cautious but this is also a great deal of fun as the bear keeps him on his toes more than a number have.
A cub cries out in pain and mom turns to attack the wolf that had come up from behind.  In her full need to protect her child, it seems she already forgot Kotori existed.  The wolf leaps up onto her back, teeth biting into the bear’s skull, an attempt to actually crack through that instead of digging up her neck.  He hadn’t tried this approach before but it seemed worth a test.

Unfortunately, the skull doesn’t want to crack, at least not as fast as Kotori would like.  The movement also proved something mom knew she couldn’t ignore, not if she wanted to live to defend her child.  The bear rears up to full height making Kotori leap off her backside, a slight stumble on a right forefoot but quickly spinning about in perfect balance again.  Oh well, cracking the skull would have been pretty awesome and he was quite sure she had a monster headache now but back to just ripping her open to bleed out.

"Kotori"