He tipped his head back, raising a hand to shield his eyes as he scanned across the sweltering horizon.

"Here exactly?" He shrugged his shoulders helplessly. "I'd like to think they aren't so elusive that I would have missed the signs if one were here. But maybe..." He glanced back the way they'd come. "Maybe they are smarter than your average bear."

Or maybe he was just particularly unobservant.