Moonspear it gets better

They each picked their role pretty much immediately: Vela moved to cut off the babe from the adults while Jarilo went for the smallish sea lion in hopes to grab it. Charon filled in the blanks: He initially moved up beside his daughter, teeth bared, snarling, tail flagged up above his back and using his body to seem an intimidating enough force that they would not barge through him and Vela. Most of the adults made way for them initially (though they turned around to see what was actually happening pretty soon too), startled by the two wolves, but there was one in particular that stayed just out of biting range from Charon and Vela, making sea lion barks and the occasional lurge forward as it tried to intimidate back. Charon jumped out of range as it leaped for him, though managed to bark it backwards after.

Jarilo meanwhile got his teeth on the sea lion pup, Charon saw from the corner of his eyes. As the pup started running away Charon followed suit, staying between the aggressive adult and Jarilo and the now wounded pup. He would have gone to help Jarilo but felt that he was needed to keep the adult at bay or it might decide to go for Vela.