Redhawk Caldera you can make me whole again

The last thing Shrike had expected was for Eljay to say something funny. And though he probably hadn't intended to be funny at all, what Eljay said- and with such innocent sincerity as well- struck Shrike's funny bone in a very unexpected way. He laughed, and shook his head, looking up at the leaves with smiling eyes. "Hah! Nope!" He said. "Good one." He said, tipping his head to the boy who probably had no idea he'd been funny. Eljay seemed a lot more serious than other yearlings Shrike had met; Shrike himself had been quite serious, but only because he was an introvert who had liked living alone, and had almost never cracked or laughed at an intentional joke. Eljay seemed shy and quiet, likely due to some of the horrors he had experienced first hand. 

"Just wanna see how much higher a wolf can jump when jumping off the shoulders of another wolf." He said. "Just imagine it's a bird." He said, and, as he braced himself once more and found another chuckle brewing in his throat, he added "Just spit them leaves out when you catch 'em."