Instead of moving toward us, the badger turned around and scuttled away!
In seconds, all we could see left was a wide path of broken trees and the badger's disappearing back.
"Huh?"
I looked around us dumbly. Maybe the beast noticed something even bigger around?
Maybe it just had a sudden craving for whatever was in the opposite direction.
No way it could've spotted us from this distance *and* become so afraid that it immediately ran away! Or… could it have?
A smile spread over my face. Maybe my daughters left the badger a mental trauma for the rest of its life! As the beast deserved.
"Want us to follow it, Father?" the Sergeant Commando of my squad asked.
I shook my head, still smiling.
"No, let's just go home. We can brag about it to others—no, wait, we shouldn't. The last thing I want is for them to get a wrong idea and get smashed by this kaiju."
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