The riverboat comes over to the wharf and starts to dock. The people in black scramble out of the cabins and the deck, getting ready to disembark.

One of the dockers spots Richard and alerts the rest of his crew. The sailors seem disturbed and wary. They particularly do not like the sights of a messy fight, what with the blackened ground from the bomb blasts and gruesome offal scattered around. They do not attack or flee at the sight of Richard, they talk amongst themselves and do not call out to him...

Richard then notices another mutated bear wandering closer, out of the wilderness behind him. It sniffs the air with deep curiosity and eyes him with heavy stoicism. Perhaps the dead bodies are giving off enough of a meaty stink to attract the beast?

(OC: the bear is 15 yards away from Richard.)