He huffs again. Worse news. All he can do is hope for the island kind over the desert. Even fake animals would be better than no animals...

"If the Captain can bring over people, why not bring over animals?" Though he thinks about it and his tail swishes a few times. "Hmm. Maybe not. They can't be talked to. Dying and coming back would break them."

And a prey too terrified to do anything but lay there and breathe is no prey at all.