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Esaha was barely fifteen feet from Rehan when the bear took him down. She watched on in horror as the animal tore Rehan's armor and pinned him agains the tree. I can't leave him here! she thought as one half of her cried out for the freedom outside the woods not two hundred feet away.
The bear didn't manage to take a hundred strides before, with a sudden crunch, Esaha's staff descended on it's head. The bear let go of Rehan and turned to face its assailant. Lifting its right forearm, the beast prepared to give a mighty sweep, but paused momentarily, as it recognised Esaha as one of those whom the mistress embargoed.
That small moment was enough for Esaha to bring down her staff on the bear's head again. Her staff cracked with a loud snap, miniature fissures running down its length. The bear was dazed from the blow and let down its paw by its side.
The third strike with the staff knocked the bear unconscious and splintered the staff into two. Esaha let fall the remainders of her weapon to the ground and knelt down next to Rehan, helping him up into a sitting position.
"We have to get out of here fast. Can you walk?" she asked. She put a hand under one of his shoulders and tried lifting him up.
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