In hindsight, perhaps he should have taken his chances with Jason and his cronies back at Rick’s. The jocks may have been out for blood, especially now, after witnessing ‘his satanic powers’, but… now, face to face with the wolf? Sure, Eddie hadn’t really been thinking - carried by adrenaline, he running off blindly into the woods? A little short sighted. He hadn’t even ‘found’ another walkie yet, if he wound up being mauled to death… Henderson and the others, Wayne… no one would know - would they? How much left of him would be there to be found? If he turned and ran, the animal would chase him, wouldn’t it? It was probably best to just… stay still, let it lose interest wander on? Good, because he was frozen on the spot. “Hey buddy… didn’t mean to intrude on… anything. Don’t mind me.”