- Get Ciri to "educate" Shijukara
- Stand where you are and wait for Ciri to finish feeding the red-crowned crane.
I take some food from her hand and try to get closer to the red-crowned crane. To my surprise, it immediately becomes vigilant and screams at me desperately.
It even struggles hard to get up and assume an attacking stance, but its leg injury is so serious that it can't stand up even after several attempts.
When I see this, I quickly back away because I'm afraid that it will hurt itself. I then give the food I'm holding back to Ciri and tell her to feed it.
[Ciri]Sigh, this red-crowned crane is extremely wary of people. It won't let anyone other than me get close to it.
[Ciri]There are two reasons why I was so sensitive to the words "red-crowned crane" today.
[Ciri]The first is that red-crowned cranes return to their habitats to reproduce every year and will indeed stop for a short time in the wetlands near One Han City, but this isn't the right time for them to come back. According to past years, they should return two months later.
[Ciri]The second is that its wariness toward humans and the wounds on its body indicate that it should have been hurt by humans.
[Ciri]So... I think someone is capturing these red-crowned cranes and selling them.
[player]Why are they selling red-crowned cranes? Will they be kept as pets?
[Ciri]You should know that the numbers of wild animals like the red-crowned crane are dropping every year due to the destruction of their habitat environment, which means they will be labeled as rare and endangered species and protected.
[player]Well, the law punishes offenders severely in this regard, so it should end this kind of behavior.
[Ciri]No, to the contrary, this action has made many people willing to pay a high price for them and even want to eat them.
[Ciri]After all, only by doing this can they flaunt their wealth and status, as well as their ability and power.
[Ciri]Buying and killing often go hand in hand. If someone is willing to pay money for it, someone will take the risk for the money.
Caw... Caw... While we're talking, the red-crowned crane suddenly makes a weak cry. After examining it closely, Ciri frowns.
[Ciri]Its injuries weren't that serious originally, so it should have gotten better over the last two days.
[Ciri]It looks like it hasn't been recuperating well here.
[player]Ciri, can you communicate with it like you usually do when training other animals?
[Ciri]Although I'm an animal tamer, I usually work with jungle animals like Mojito... To be honest, I'm not very good with birds and didn't really get along with them when I was in the forest in the past.
[player]Huh?
[Ciri]...You don't have any urges to have friendly interactions with your food, right? Not to mention, there were no wetlands in the place where I used to live, so there were no creatures like red-crowned cranes at all.