<span style="font-size: 15px">Kestrel opened his eyes, blinking as he sat up. Groaning, he felt like the ground was farther than normal, was he standing up? Looking down, he saw two giant brown furry legs. Oh no, he wasn't in Rascal's pen, was he?! Had he truly fallen asleep there? He opened his mouth to scream 'Help' but what came out was more like, <i>"Graaaahhhhhhhrrr"</i>. Covering his mouth, he almost died as he felt his nose.<br/>
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No, <i>snout</i>. What was happening?! Feeling up his face, he could feel two furry ears, a furry face, hell, he could see a furry body! Standing up, he wobbled around and fell forward, slamming into the dust. <i>'No, no no no...this isn't happening!' </i>he thought as he looked around. The poor mongooses were tucked away hiding from what looked like a very large grizzly bear inside their enclosure. Trying to get to his feet, Kestrel found it almost impossible to walk on his two feet. Stumbling and falling as if he were drunk, he let out a frustrated grunt as he reached the front gate. Finally, he could get out and...<i>he couldn't get the gate open with these paws! </i>Fumbling and hitting it, the gate burst open and broke. Whoops...he'll fix that after he fixed whatever this was. Oh he was sure his coworkers slipped him some acid or something.<br/>
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Had to have, this...this wasn't normal. This wasn't real. This <i>had </i>to be a dream.<br/>
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He spotted Cheryl making her way across the compound with a bucket of fish. She was off to feed the penguins, of course! She would help get him to the break room. His called to Cheryl weren't calls at all, though he didn't realize this, but grunts and growls. <br/>
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She took one look at him, screamed and ran. "Bear, bear bear! There's a strange bear in the compound! Call animal control, get the darts!"<br/>
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Bear? What in the world did she mean? He started to look around, he saw no bear! Could it be what he saw in the mongoose pen was real? Was he a bear? Sitting down and grabbing one of the fish, he was strangely compelled to start eating it, raw. Taking a bite, he chewed on it while he watched the sanctuary descend into a panic. Oh he was sure he'd wake up at any time.<br/>
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This was all a dream that couldn't be possibly happening. That or he'd truly gone mad. </span>