Ray panicked, and yelped. Time slowed, and a guitar riff filled the air. A raccoon, slightly larger than Ray, stepped from the dust storm. He held a cigarette to his lips, and a silver revolver at his side. The stranger sighed, and leveled the revolver off at the bighorner, and fired twice. The animal stumbled, and fell to the dirt, as the stranger faded into the dust. Time sped back up, and Ray blinked.