smaller than a man

"I think they were Raptors, last night," Connor said, blinking rain out of his eyes. He shook drops off the anomaly detector and stowed it back in his pocket, where it clinked against his pistol.
"They were smaller than those monsters back on the island, though," Willoby said in front. "I reckon whatever they were, they were smaller than a man."
Cutter stared at Connor, eyes widening.
"Dromaeosaurs?"
"Could be, Professor. We didn't get a good look at them, but I remembered-"
"I know," Cutter said. He remembered a nighttime shopping mall not so long ago, where he and the team had battled against a mated pair of Dromaeosaurs. A single pair, and they had almost come unglued in the confines of a shopping mall.
Now they were out in the open, perhaps facing an entire pack.

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