As we walked through the deep forest to reach our goal of the portal, we ran afoul of some bad luck We encountered a King Grizzly... They're quite ferocious and hard to handle right before hibernation. I wouldn't have any trouble dealing with it if I was by myself, but in this situation, she might end up being exposed to danger

As I resigned myself and took knife in hand, a mysterious resonant sound reverberated from behind my back; it was neither a cry nor a song, but Reszurre's voice. When the sound reached the bear's ears, it gave a relieved breath before returning to the underbrush. It seemed like the first time I had seen this "elven" side of her