Stavanger Bay percee scan

Suddenly, the boy started forward, plucking the crab up without any warning and Shiv was afraid he actually was about to steal it. Instead, he gave a muffled explanation and began walking away at a casual trot. Fluttering out of the way as he strode past, the bird watched the wolf warily, quickly following after him with her own swagger. She ended up realising on her own that he was simply carrying the creature over to a nearby rock, at which the magpie gave a happy squawk and took to the air, flying over the boy and landing next to the rock.

Giving it a few taps with her beak, she confirmed it's efficiency as a crab-shell-opener with a swift nod before looking up to the freckled wolf pup. "Shiv use rock sometimes," she explained, pausing as she tried to translate her thoughts with her basic grasp of the wolf's language. "Some prey hard to open." Sometimes she used them for bones, too, at least the ones she scavenged from kills that wolves or coyotes made. "Put crab on rock," she then commanded the boy, giving an excited squeak before jumping into the air and landing as heavily as she could, loudly saying, "then smash!"