It was probably more surprising that it had never happened before than it was that it happened at all.

The brown bear was enormous, bellowing furiously and clawing at the truck, ripping long scratches in the bodywork.

Lauren wondered how annoyed she was meant to be.

Andy blasted the thing back, but that only seemed to make it angrier, and it charged at the vehicle again.

Again he blasted it back.

Lauren opened the window a crack and willed a disk, sending it flying through the air.

It cut neatly through the bear's neck, decapitating it.

Andy huffed. "You spoil all my fun."