Sawtooth Spire don't disturb the beast

His feint towards the bear worked. It distracted her for a moment, allowing the rest of the wolves to figure out where they were better needed in this situation. Echelon, zippy as ever, moved to help serve as a decoy while the rest of them moved the corpse away. He trusted the wolves at his back to do the right thing, just as they put their trust in those on the front lines to hold off the bear while they worked. Teamwork. They'd managed it in felling the moose. They could manage it again in defending their kill and sharing it with the empty bellies back at the spire.

The bear roared. Iqniq snarled back, darting inward to snap at her flanks as the bear turned her attention towards the corpse. Her heavy paw swung, clipping his nose as he yipped and darted away to tag team this bear with the coywolf. He barked to Echelon for two reasons. The first? To distract the bear. The second, to encourage a little more intention to their endeavors. The bear was something of a tank and unless they did something a little more drastic, it would barrel through their wall of defense towards their moose.

Determined to prevent such a thing from happening, Iqniq leapt for the bear, treating it like he would any prey animal. The ursa's eyes were all for their kill. The red-wolf merely served as a distraction, sinking his teeth into the folds of her scruff as he rode the bear's back for a few seconds and made himself impossible to ignore. For the moment, this appeared to be working. The bear swung around to face him and approached him with a grizzly growl and another swiping paw.