12 ASHER We were all dressed and waiting when Ryan arrived, but I wouldn't let Kurt take off until Jesse was done. Getting pants on with his leg was going to be difficult enough without the sway of the RV. Kurt had been able to find another pair of sweatpants for Caspar, but not even Ryan's shirt would have fit the man's barrel chest. Ryan looked Caspar up and down. The bear practically consumed space. I wasn't sure whether his stillness made it better or worse. "Who is the grizzly?" I gave Caspar a double take. "Is that what kind of bear he is?" Ryan opened Kurt's mini fridge and pulled out a coke. "Could he be anything else? And does he mind us talking about him as if he weren't there?" I shrugged, but it was Simon who answered. "It's about the only way to talk about him, seeing as

