Chapter 301: Moving Away From the Bear
Elmo hadn't seen a point in them staying by the bear, just in case it turned its attention on them. Especially since Elmo recalled what had been indicated about the bear's sense of smell with his view stats spell. Including how it would go after anyone who had been around it for at least a few years before it woke up.
Which meant that he had reason to believe that it would go after him if it caught his scent. Although, he couldn't say why it hadn't already. He could only hope that there were circumstances that prevented that, of which he wasn't aware of.
Not that it helped him directly in his current situation. As the bear was already starting to continue on it's path up the mountain, towards Elmo and those with him.
"Any idea where the others went?" Patricia asked, though Elmo couldn't be sure whom she was talking to.
"Not really, Patrick replied. "All I can say is that we should do the same."
While his statement wasn't exactly helpful in and of itself, Elmo couldn't refute the main point in it. That they needed to get out of there so they could avoid getting stepped on by the bear. Especially since they couldn't get away like the others had.
"Where should we go?" Elin asked, sounding rather hesitant.
"Lets just go and we can discuss a destination on the way," Patricia replied, turning to go without allowing any debate or discussion on the matter.
Elmo didn't see any reason in arguing the point, so he merely followed Patricia, with Patrick following a moment later. Elin, however, seemed like she might actually stay where she was as she stared at them in shock. Although, she still started following them a minute after that.
After they reached the top of the rise on the side of the mountain, Patricia slowed down and looked behind her while continuing to walk. "Okay, so, we have a few options," she said. "We can go one of seven directions. The same direction the bear is going, to our left, to our right, and any direction in-between, including in-between the direction of the bear itself."
"Uh, why would we go any direction that the bear is coming from?" Elmo asked, feeling like he was missing something. After all, if they tried going to the side of the bear, why would they think that it was more ignore them just because they went to the side of it?