BIRD - EE (Horizon Ridge)

Horizon Ridge was one of Charon's favorite places in the area. He loved to come up here and watch the giant ocean. It seemed to have no end, which was pretty amazing. From up at the Ridge, it seemed to be even bigger than it already looked when Charon watched it from the beach of Stavanger Bay.

The pup of nearly 5 months (who was almost the size of the adults now, except for his youthful features, larger eyes, ears, nose and paws, and lanky limbs and overall awkward youthful appearance) heard a lot of commotion nearby just as he'd climbed up to the Ridge. He saw the carcass of a deer, with a raven on top of it, and suddenly saw someone — or something, he wasn't sure — approach while loudly shouting 'birdy' at it.

Instinctively, Charon duck down and watched the raven fly off, but on the other hand, he could use a bite from the deer carcass and besides, Charon wasn't only very curious about the strange creature, but he also was a notorious bear fighter, so he shouldn't be scared. "Hey, you!" Charon shouted at the other animal, who looked sort of wolf-like, and he approached, though staying at safe distance in case the animal would attack. "Who are you? Where'd you come from? Did you hunt this?" 'Cause if he didn't hunt it, that meant it was also Charon's. He concluded, though with a voice that betrayed he thought this to be a positive feature (because different was cool!), "You look funny." Because Charon had never seen a wolf... or other being... that looked like this.