Blackfeather Woods I'm starting to notice a sound

Powerless he stood there. Powerless he watched as Zephyr seized, his friend flailing and shaking while Taikon remained breathless and open-mouthed. He stood close, bent beside him as though somehow his warmth might help. He waited for help. The attack was over almost as quickly as it had started. The shaking slowed and Zephyr tried to stand. It looked like he might have been his tongue. Help came in the form of Rowan. He leaned in close to the silver boy, and Taikon stepped back, as though afraid. Taikon's breath had restarted at some point, and somehow there were tears welling over noiselessly as he shook his head, struggling to make words in reply. H-he.. He swallowed.
A breath in. He came stumbling out from the tree... He was talking nonsense, I don't know. I tried to calm him down - I tried, it, he just..started shaking. Flailing. I think he bit his tongue, Taikon stammered, out of his element, scared that Rowan would somehow think that Taikon had done this to him.