Ocean's Breath Plateau silver sparrow

brave one is, at first glance, in better shape than red leaf.

but he turns to face the man with a furrowed brow. this is not aapa. why is he here?

akiak lurches upwards, his hind leg flinching but he supresses a yip. he's tired of strange people coming in and just making everything worse! but when it came time to bark, a cough wheezes out of him. the cub stands now in shock, frozen like ice.