Stone Circle You've arrived at panic station

an audible gasp escaped him as he watched the speckled bird fly away. there was another boy who’d been there watching, and though they didn’t know one another, alsek couldn’t help but acknowledge his obvious disappointment.

he softly barked his greeting, hoping to avoid any alarm. that was a cool bird, huh? alsek mused, do you know what birds are? the boy’s age couldn’t be known, but he didn’t look much smaller than alsek.. could he even speak yet?

my friend said that sometimes they get scared because they are small, like.. like me and you. of course, wolves were much larger than most birds, but the idea was the same. do you wanna go looking for it? maybe it’d perched somewhere nearby.