From the main island it was hard to miss that there was something happening over on Obsidian Island. Knox stopped whatever she had been on her way to do, watching as who she could only assume to be Vale prodded at something xe certainly would've been better off leaving to someone else. By the looks of the following scene, that is. Her ears flicked back at the distant squawking. Fine, it would poke its nose into someone else's business for just a moment. Swimming across the gap was not hard for her, though it was definitely something she hadn't thought of doing since she'd been a cub. Seriously, why did whoever it was choose the useless hunk of rock out here to drop the basket off at?

Claws extended to give her a better grip on the obsidian ground, the lioness pulled herself up out of the water to now join the other two. She shook herself out, but was not concerned too much with drying off just yet, it would have to get back to the island somehow. Knox looked between Vale and the terrified child, a small frown on her usually expressionless face. She thought back to her rationale with Ryosuke--yeah this would've absolutely terrified her as a cub. There was also a spark of extra sympathy due to the child appearing to be a sort of big cat as well. "You are terrible at this." 

It carefully stepped up beside the basket the raven was perched on, studying the object for only a moment before sitting back and looking toward the child. She thought it better to keep the distance than crowd an already cornered animal. "Lucky I am here now, and I can swim just fine if you send it spiraling into the sea." She let out a quiet chuff, something hopefully comforting to a fellow big cat, "Xe won't hurt you." ....probably. It opted out of that addition, that would certainly add unnecessary terror to the already frightened kid.

Knox shook her head at Vale. Not that she really needed a reminder to never let xem babysit, this was....Vale. She side-eyed xem as xe went on with whatever reassurance for the small child, which she had to admit wasn't that bad all things considered. Then, in her peripheral she saw the kid dart forward and quickly put all attention back onto her. First, it was confused, then momentarily a bit surprised as the cub was attempting to find shelter with it. Knox was just as much of a stranger, but definitely had not started the interaction by yelling at the poor thing. Upon feeling the cub's heartbeat just by acting as a place to hide, it sighed and lifted its paw then placed it gently on her back. 

The lioness looked back toward Vale, looking a little more deadpan, "If I have a need for you to yell at scared children again, I will be sure to call for you. But no, no I don't need your help from here. Unless you want to try fetching something for the kid to eat." Not that it really wanted to be on this rock much longer, but trying to rush the cub to the big island right after gaining what little trust there was right now might've been a terrible idea. And offering food tended to help as well. 

She tilted her head back down toward the cub, shifting her paw to almost hug her now. Definitely not how she saw her day going, less tedious than planting seeds but absolutely much more responsibility. "See, the bird will go away now. You are okay. Can you tell me your name? How did you end up in the basket?" It was pretty obvious someone had to have put said basket here on Obsidian Island, it didn't just float on the wind.