Jude went home for a while and carried several pieces of equipment the courier had delivered into the cave. Then he sat down in the cave and went over the Mountain Ape's movements in his memory again and again. It moved like that. Its long arms gave its attacks a wide reach, but it rarely attacked with its lower body. After going over dozens of hunts, he finally felt confident that he could catch it.
He loaded what he had prepared into a rented SUV and set off. Jude did not take his van, because he felt it might break down on the way, and driving that wreck to Mount Velino at night was the last thing he wanted.
