Shadewood One old man is enough

The youths head jerked up at the chuff and her sea-green eyes fell upon a rather tattered looking female; with the bird that had piped her interest peeking from behind her head. Her white-tipped banner waved in greeting to the other whom had Cry's scent upon her. She studied the woman for a moment longer, taking in the spots before calling out her greeting and bounding over, standing just shorter than the wolfess; but only because of her stunted growth.
"Hey there, you must be Kai," she grinned, eyes flitting from the woman to the bird and back to the woman, "My name's Phex. Cry said you knew about birds!" Her excitement built the air with crackling energy.

The youth would have to learn to control her energy if she truly wanted to study the animals living within the territories she's yet to explore.