Whitefish River I'll lift you up again

A whine breaks through to him, and at first, Evergreen thinks it’s himself, before the rough texture of the voice finally registers. Groggily, the bear blinks his eyes open. He stares, vision adjusting. Why is he awake again? Oh, yeah. His head weakly lifts, forearm closest to him tucking to his chest. “Hmm…?” Is all his mind gives him as he tries to make words. He stares without really registering what’s going on, just wanting to make sure Winterbourne is okay.