His green eyes shone in the dark. "If you taught it to be trusting of humans, it would only fall prey to those who are inclined to be cruel. The creature is right to be wary. Especially when you try to feed it dross like that."

He could smell the fish and chips wrapped in greasy newspaper, and it was so very sad to see delicious fish ruined like that. Fish should be fresh-caught and eaten, not cooked and covered in batter.