Northstar Vale my body's aching, but i can't sleep

They appear; the jig is up. Tupkuk roars in their direction, spittle flying madly from her jaws. The big girl reminds her of the loud-mouthed one back in the willows, so, naturally, she is the prime target. The mother bear lumbers toward her, although she is quickly flanked by two others. She has to give them credit—they are more tenacious than she would have imagined.

But she is large and in charge, and in a very short period of time, she moves to shoulder-check @Ingram and then lunges at @Kazimir, heedless of @Sadiq worrying her flanks. One of the woman's forelegs is moving more awkwardly than the rest, which intrigues her.

Tupkuk seizes the limb in question between her jaws, just below the shoulder, and bites down hard, feeling the bone crack, tasting blood and marrow on her tongue. With a couple of mighty tugs, she then rips the leg away and rears, shaking it like a dog with a chew toy.