One question I did have was about the snow-cat’s attack. Was it in fact trying to attack Marai (the smaller target), and just started biting the snowy because it was tangled in the tack / that’s what was left? Because otherwise, I would have thought a snowy would be such big prey that a snow-cat would not think of trying to take an adult. (I wouldn’t think its jaws were even big enough to truly do damage to any vital, life-threatening part of the snowy.) Snow-cats are more lynx-sized, yes? (They’re not as big as a cougar, if memory serves?) Regardless, though, I *can* imagine that it’s a real danger of their deciding that the rider is a likely target, especially when the rider is a little kid.