[thash had known Akira was merciful towards people and that was great...but it sounded now like he didn't kill animals either. The shark hybrid was starting to wonder if he ever even killed animals for food. Well he'd been instrumental in bringing the bird down, so Thash might as well go along with it and let the bird live]

[it struggled quite a bit when it felt Akira reaching down its throat, and if he stayed in there very long it might even throw up on him... Thash grimaced, bracing himself with his tail and holding on tightly to make sure it couldn't close its beak]

It's not in there? Gah, dangit... Are you sure? [he didn't want to make Akira stay in there longer to look for it, but it'd be pretty annoying if they'd just gone through all that for nothing]