[The journal is open and actively sketching the deep blue sky. Every few minutes, animated inky clouds drift across the page. Then there is a sudden close up of a paw as it flings out and hits the page, leaving behind a smeary red pawprint-]
[turned askew, the journal now offers a cut-off, crooked, but still recognizable ground-level view of the coast - as well as a large animal with tawny brown fur. There's not enough of the beast in view to tell for sure just what kind of creature it is, but it's easy enough to see that the sides of its belly are caked with blood and are heaving raggedly. Now the page flecks with droplets of red as an unseen paw catches onto the journal's binding and drags it closer...]