Moonspear and if that's not enough, let me ask

He was a little out of shape, sure, even Ray could admit that... But it shouldn't be this hard to catch his breath when he had spent every day of his life swimming in the sea! With no knowledge of how altitude affected respiration, Ray could not understand why it was taking so much longer to steady his breathing.

Long enough for someone — a girl! — to arrive and see him.

Between her tapered physique and the long fur of her ears, Keen looked about two years younger than she really was to Stingray. If he had known she was even older than his mom, it may not have changed how instantly star-struck he was, but it might have helped quell some of the machismo that followed.

Heeey, he said, clamping down on his heaving lungs in an effort to appear unfazed. They screamed in his chest and made his throat burn with the desire for air. Just uh... Y'know... Goin' to the peak. His ears flinched back at the way peak came out with an audible squeaking crack right in the middle.