That's a whole heckin lion

He puffed up a little as she said how incredible it was, she sounded curious and intrigued. She said she liked the ground, which surprised him. But maybe it made sense with the size she was. Still, he couldn’t ever picture himself picking ground over sky. There was a freedom to flying through the trees, and invincibility. No matter how strong and scary those bumbling giants where they could never catch him in the trees.

“Yeah, well, at least I don’t break everything” he grumbled, before flicking her a grin to show he wasn’t really offended with the short joke. “Well my sister must have gotten some of them tall genes, she's not as short as I am. We’re a whole people in the trees, there's lots of us, but we don’t normally go too far from home.” he explained, puffing up his chest proudly.

He took his cue from her and made his next attempt at fishing as well, snapping at fish that came by with lazy ease.