Moonspear it gets better

The more Jarilo wounded the sea lion, the more the adults got aggressive. Charon and Vela kept them at bay as best they could. Charon felt he could've handled it if Vela had gone to help Jarilo, but in reality it would likely have made the adult ones angrier and would've gotten them to attack quicker. Now there was a wall of two snapping, flailing wolves between which kept them at bay.

That is, until the moment that the baby sea lion roared out its last breath and its heart stopped. One of the adults -- presumably one of its parents -- launched itself forward while the others backed off. Charon moved forward to intercept as to not let Vela get hurt, and he got slammed to the ground by the sea lion's shoulder slamming into his body, towards Jarilo and the baby. As the sea lion looked at the baby then it seemed to realise there was no use anymore, and it would let itself get more easily chased off by Vela now.