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The giant bear now had to deal with the blubbery nuisance once more.  Anticipating that Akhlut was trying to drag it into the water, Wechuge proved that it wasn't slow.  Attempting to evade the pounce by scooting back and standing up, retaliatory swipes accompanied the maneuver.  These swipes were warning swipes however.  But if Akhlut wished for a fight, Wechuge will bring a good fight!  Bear roars flavored the swipes in the attempt to keep the enemy at bay.  Further attempts to grapple were certain to encounter one of Wechuge's advantages: opposable thumbs.  Although it didn't seem like an advantage, an opposable thumb on each of Wechuge's front paws allowed for better climbing and (by extension) wrestling.  

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Elena, getting reports that Akhlut escaped and engaged Wechuge, didn't sigh in relief.  However, she would be pleasantly surprised that the cetacean is giving Wechuge a tussle and her some more time to mobilize defense forces against the monsters.  Interpreting the satellite data's recorded video and images, the intelligence officer predicted that the conflict would be short.  Nonetheless, this moment allowed her to assist in giving useful information to the mobilizing forces.  So far, Wechuge has been deemed a bigger threat as his size exceeded that of his opponent.  Before Elena came of age, she always recalled her father taking out the trash with a .44 Magnum revolver in case of bears.  Extrapolating from Wechuge's size, she recommended the heaviest artillery in excess of the usual M777 howitzer and the GBU-43/B Massive Ordinance Air Blast.  To her, anything less than those would only anger Wechuge.  Crossing her fingers, she hoped that her intel did not fall on deaf ears.