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It took us nearly

It took us nearly 30 minutes to get down to flat land again. He carried me the entire way, never complaining, never faltering. Over and over I tried to get him to let me walk, but he wouldn’t hear of it.

“I hear cougars know when their prey is wounded,” he whispered to me. “They can tell if it’s hopping that it’s easy pickings.”

I stared at him in fear. “Really?”

“Yeah. Things that hop in the wild? They go after those first. Wounded deer… rabbits… frogs…”

I watched him, fear and adrenalin coursing through my body… until I saw the corner of his mouth turn up the slightest.

“You’re just saying that!” I hissed, and slapped his shoulder again.

He burst out into a grin. “Regardless, I think I should carry you.”

“Why?!”

“Because I’m enjoying it.”

…oh.

After that, I didn’t complain any more.

I began to relax once we’d made it to level ground, and the probability of ‘death by giant cat’ began to diminish.

“We’re probably safe now,” I said. “You can put me down.”

“We’ll go a lot faster if you
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