Quote from: BlueMarsalis79 on Aug 23, 2022, 04:56:15 PMHe's staying completely still and has no idea why he's not been seen yet.
Who am I talking about there?
Both Dutch and Naru jump to a conclusion when another's readily available, Dutch thinks it is because of the mud when he just got drenched in freezing water and stayed completely still.
Naru believes that it's because of the herb when just him staying still might be a viable explanation. As Naru no doubt knows well lots of animals hunt by movement. And then observes when Raphael Adolini moves and screams then he dies.
So what does Naru do? Lays a trap with another moving screaming Fur Trapper with a limb missing and takes the herb that cools body temperature then stands completely still to cover all possible bases.
What does Dutch do? He assumes it is the mud, not movement, and not cold water, and puts it on by a warm fire. Arguably his leap in logic's greater than Naru's by a fairly significant margin.
No, Dutch lures the Predator with fire assuming he's nowhere near the fire at the moment and then runs away and hugs a tree, staying completely still. He's never intentionally clearly in front of the Predator, unlike Naru.
Dutch is also aware of the concept of infrared and heat signatures ("heat seakers, Dillon. Pretty sophisticated for a bunch a half-assed mountain boys.")
Naru does not have the appropriate worldview in which to immediately tie body heat with anything visible to make that assumption. It's like if she found a car that won't start and assumed it's because the battery is dead, all while not having a concept of a car or battery.
And for some reason, after she shoots the Predator in the head, the fact she is still under the influence of that plant stops having any impact. Suddenly he has no problem seeing her.