`` if you 're visiting the brooks range , it 's something you really do n't want to miss . '' he leaned his face closer to mine and slit his eyes at me . the guy was so absorbed in the music , like no one else was even there . no time to reason things out . my mind was nothing but fog and tears . but i promise you , you and your wife will be protected . '' after my run-in with the mountain lion , my dad gave me a lecture on all the wildlife around here . 