#WordWeavers day 21: Where do your MCs fall, on a scale of timid to recklessly brave?

I wouldn't say reckless, but brave and calculating. My MC's for my kidlit MG fantasy are a Macaroni penguin couple who go on an epic journey and encounter predators of all types: Emperor penguins, leopard seals, killer whales, and pirates who deal in the black market pet trade.