Prelude

The individual who approached me was a bear of a man. He stood nearly 7’-0’’ tall with broad shoulders, muscular arms, chest, and legs. He surely weighed 325 pounds or more and was apparently of Mongolian ancestry. He had a confident smirk on his face, and he was easily 30 years old.

“So little man, you would challenge the established order of things here,” he said in a growl. I merely smiled.