Sea Lion Shores i know you made him to be

what, exactly, atausiq searches for he doesn't know. doesn't really know what's good for cubs; tries to remember what he played with when he was young. a soft pelt, maybe. they had plenty of those. a variation of things during teething. spongy. an antler to sharpen teeth. but ...it'd be a while before they teethed, right? or did they come out of the mother fully teethed? ...he didn't know. he hoped not. in the end, he kicks at a clump of seaweed, sending a small sand crab skittering and plopping into a hole.

if not for that instant where he looked up, to survey the landscape, to make sure he hadn't distractedly drifted too close to the seals, she would've been successful in slipping past him. unfortunately, however, her movement draws his gaze and attention and he lets out a low chuff.