"Look on the bright side: you can make it up to me later."

The mage doesn't look back towards the bear, because that might incite a bit of panic. Not that he hasn't dealt with wild life before, but it's a bit hard to deal with angry bears without someone a bit more stocky to duck behind while setting it on fire.

And suffice it to say, Samwise does not look burly enough to deal with that.

"What'd you even do piss it off, anyhow? Take its honey?" the elf mutters, shaking his head.