It wasn't that he'd wanted to fight the bear, exactly. It was just that he hadn't really been paying attention to where he was going. He should have been - he was supposed to be scouting - but he'd gotten distracted watching a skirmish between mages and templars far below him, and had been considering figuring out a way to get down the cliff without wounding and/or horribly disfiguring himself. Why he wanted to jump into a magic fight with nothing but his bow was a question for another time.
Right now, the only real important thing was that a bear had suddenly taken a swipe at him, and had made the decision of how to get down the cliff an amazingly easy one - considering he was already tumbling down it.
He swore, trying to keep his footing, not die, and get his bow out at the same time, while twisting around to fire an arrow at the bear. The fact that the bear seemed to have no problem with the cliff, and simply kept barrelling down at him, was extremely unfair.
The fact that there was someone at the base of the cliff, right where Gavin needed to be if he didn't want to break every limb in his body, was also unfortunate.
Gavin Ashara | DAI: Inquisitor as OC | Dalish Archer and Resident Derpface
Right now, the only real important thing was that a bear had suddenly taken a swipe at him, and had made the decision of how to get down the cliff an amazingly easy one - considering he was already tumbling down it.
He swore, trying to keep his footing, not die, and get his bow out at the same time, while twisting around to fire an arrow at the bear. The fact that the bear seemed to have no problem with the cliff, and simply kept barrelling down at him, was extremely unfair.
The fact that there was someone at the base of the cliff, right where Gavin needed to be if he didn't want to break every limb in his body, was also unfortunate.
"Watch out!"