Jade Fern Grove dad's on a hunting trip

Why was this boy so angry? Ikiaq watched a smaller fern crushed beneath one of his pale paws, brows drawing together and ears lowering in confusion. Why would he want to break something that was so beautiful? It just didn't make sense to the Ateneq. He loved plants - even the ones without flowers - so he couldn't grasp the reason behind why someone would destroy them. 

The other pup's sharp eyes fixed on him and Ikiaq's tail lowered immediately, not wanting to become the object of his wrath. "Ikiaq Ateneq," he responded, brown eyes flicking away before returning to the caped boy. "Whatabout you?"

It took a couple moments of steeling himself, but eventually he found the courage to speak up. "How come you're killing the ferns? They're pretty." And alive and growing, and maybe it hurt them to be crushed or bitten. It would certainly hurt Ikiaq to be crushed or bitten, so he would assume it would hurt them too.