Redtail Rise captive pursuit

"Why are you like this?" the other asked, then went on to question whether or not Ruckus was hungry. The Redtail had been weaned too early and hadn't eaten enough since then. Where they should have been round, they were gaunt. Where they should have been leggy, they were stunted. They would never live up to their full potential, having been robbed of that when Raider and Riley had succumbed to their own terrible fates.

Don't like eat, they seethed through bared teeth, their tongue slipping out like a serpent's.