Night had long fallen upon him and while Zephyr knew better then to stay out so late, he also knew he could not come home without his prize. It felt like he'd been on the shimmering shore for hours wading through the shallow waves, watching the trail of faint blue-green bio-luminescence chase his every movement, and desperately trying in whatever way he could to collect some of it to bring home to his mother. It was absolutely baffling to the young bird, who had tried grasping upon the glow with his talons, scooping it with his now-soggy wings, and even stabbing at the stuff with his curved beak. Nothing worked, he always came up wet and miserable, cold and devoid of any and all glow. He had even tried moving further down the winding shore and deeper into the frigid water in hopes that he'd find somewhere the bio-luminescence was somehow thicker. No luck.

In an angry rage, the fledging bird began to tantrum. Splashing his talons, flapping his wings and stabbing at the ocean with his beak, Zephyr attacked the water with the sort of undignified fury only a child could embody. If he wasn't bringing home a beautiful glowing adornment to Briar then he was at least going to let nature know the price of betrayal.

"Zephyr"

The sparkling shore had caught Vashou, and Salvador's attention. Well caught might be pushing the boundaries, Vashou had seen the sparkle of the water as he followed the river from Bent Canyon. Leaving a trail of paws behind them as they walked. It was a surprisingly straight trail. His ears perking as they had been walking all day, they both noticed the sudden splash and thrash of water. Salvador and Vashou quickly began their move. They had been hungry for the last few hours and had some rather poor luck with prey. So a shored fish would be just the thing for them at this point.

Their quick padding soon came to a halting stop as Vashou realized the splashing was much bigger then any fish he'd ever seen. He dug his claws into the dirt to stop his move again without warning poor Salvador as he went flying this time. Landing in the water with a light splash and likely alerting the large bird to their presence at this point. He might not have realized exactly how big the avian was but at this point he was already in as deep as he could get. So he would approach the bird and take a deep breath, "Is everything ok?"

Salvador popping up from the water holding a fish in his muzzle. Vashou looked over seemingly distracted before saying, "well, there's dinner" he said as the fish was almost as big as the weasel.

Zephyr's thrashing against the shimmering waters came to a sudden stop as a not-so-distant splash alerted his attention. His head spun, wings extending outward defensively (not like he could just up and fly anyways, as soaking wet as he was) and he beak contorted into a fearful and startled frown. Looking equally as out of place in the water was another, a wolf not unlike his adoptive family, but a stranger to him. Most wolves he'd met so far had been kind to him, but he also hadn't had one come up on him unnoticed before. It made him feel.. hunted, and his plumage fluffed up immediately as he placed a name to the feeling. Turning his head back to survey the barren beach, Zephyr realized there was not even a slope nor large boulder for him to run to, to get speed to take flight.

"Hi." The bird offered with clear reluctance. Eyeing the stranger, he remembered the question that was posed. "Everything's fine... I'm just.. mad at the water." Whether the hesitation to reply was out of discomfort of the sudden strange presence or of the shame of trying to murder the faintly shimmering ocean, Zephyr himself couldn't determine.

The weasel popped up with a fish, and at the comment of dinner Zephyr took a small step backwards through the water, displacing more bio-luminescent glow as he did so. "I'm not a chicken." He clarified boldly, as he liked to with every wolf he met. His underlying tone spoke much more then his words did - and I'm not dinner, okay? Just in case.

"Zephyr"

The weasel continued holding the fish in his maw as he nodded. Vashou standing and looking up to the avian starting to wonder if they wandered into a space where he went from being reasonably well sized to being the runt of the group. Everyone had suddenly become larger then him. His tail brushing the ground as his sandy mask faced upward to the large avian.

Vashou's dark blue eyes gave a curious glance upward as he said, "My appologies I admit I've never seen a bird of your, stature." Vashou crouched down a bit as he watched the glowing substance seep from his feathers back onto the beach. Sniffing for a moment at the substance Vashou wondered if it was the sand or the water that was glowing. Vashou couldn't seem to tell at the moment dipping their paw into the sand.

Vashou paused a moment and realized he forgot to introduce themselve before saying, "My name is Vashou, and I dunno why you'd want to attack the water."

The wolf apologized for his startle and Zephyr absorbed the words quietly, trying to calm his emotional upset. Most wolves he met were friendly, and it was not uncommon for them to be startled by him with how large he'd grown. That was something he was quite used to and knew how to manage - being startled by them was something he'd yet to experience. The young raptor had seen how efficient a canine could be in battle (specifically, against an oversized bird like himself!) and knew he did not want to get on the wrong side of those teeth.

"Most haven't. My name is Zephyrus, I live in the nearby castle." He introduced himself with a hesitant smile, glancing down into the moonlit shore as it brushed over his talons. The bioluminescence kicked back up each time the waves crashed over him, engulfing him in bright glow that somehow never lingered no matter how long he tried. Kicking at the water with finality, he abandoned his quest for the curious substance and shuffled off back onto the warm sand. "Well, I wanted to collect some of that-" With his beak he gestured angrily toward the waves. "- for my mother, because the glow is so beautiful. But it doesn't seem to come out of the water. Do you know what causes it to glow like that?"

"Zephyr"

Vashou gave a light nod to Zephyr before saying, "Wow, sounds much fancier then my abode. It's just a hole in the wall of a canyon. A few shiny rocks though." They said with a small smile. Pausing for a moment as Vashou swished their paw through the water watching it shimmer and sparkle. Vashou peered down then up. Then back down the light substance seeming to drip from his paw.

They clearly wouldn't be able to hold it. However Vashou had an idea when the glow seemed to have coated Salvador. Who was still soaking from the water. Currently Salvador was proud of his capture the fish having finally died down.

However, it was soon clear fur could absorb the glow so either the water or something in the water was causing it to glow. Even if temporary. The glow although faint could likely help a wolf or any other dark vision creature see in the absolute darkness of certain areas. Vashou sat quietly for a moment and said, "If we could find a pelt of some sort perhaps we could use that to hold the glow."