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Her answer wasn't as grand as he had expected, but he offered a grin anyway. Having lived by the ocean for so long, never exploring too far inland, Atreyu hadn't encountered too many bears or moose. In fact — the boy's eyes narrowed as it dawned on him — he had never actually seen a bear before. He had heard of the beasts, big and brown and if you saw one with a smaller version of itself you had to run. But, other than that, he wasn't really sure what they actually looked like.

With a tilt of his head, he turned back to the other, curiousity written all over his face. "How big were these bears?" he asked with a wag of his tail, turning to glance at the forest that loomed in the distance, adding excitedly, "Where'd you see them?"