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[excited] Animated preschool series. Character: Roar, a male lion cub, age 5. Voice age target: unmistakably very young child. He should sound 5, not 8–10. Small, bright, warm, cub-like, and genuinely little. Performance: - loud by default, but still little - speaks with total sincerity - emotionally immediate - excitable, proud, impulsive - brave before he is actually ready - expressive in short bursts, not polished speeches - naturally declarative, but in a small-child way - no irony, no sar