bear in the sun. sun bear

Fuji just seemed incapable of growing, like she'd made it a point of standing out as much as she could amongst all of her siblings. Hattori couldn't say he was overly surprised by her question, it was an odd looking beast indeed, but was she ready for this? Was she capable of holding her own? He felt a niggling urge to tell her to return to the bamboo but had to remind himself she was nearly a year old, as fully grown as her tiny form would ever be. Her mother wasn't the smothering sort and neither was he, she could handle this, he would make sure of it.

"A bear." He told her, not taking his eyes off the beast. "Follow my lead."

And then he was on the move, a blur of orange as he whipped in close and tested the bear's reflexes, how it would tolerate being pushed. As expected it took a swing for him, massive claw reaching out as Hattori deftly stepped out of the way and returned in kind with a thudding shoulder check, the sort that made bones ache.