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Posted: Sun May 24, 2015 6:20 pm
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He'd picked up his pace without looking rushed when he spotted his mother and father sitting up ahead, right in the discussed meeting place. A dark, rust-pelted lioness seemed to be making a bee line for them as well and Yè tried to comb through his brain to recall anything his parents had told him about the lioness. She was from the West House, he knew first and foremost. What had her job been? Something not very… well, something he wasn't very keen at, that was for sure. It wasn't a soldier or a scout and knowing the West house it had probably been something like a bard or crafter. Of course they were honorable jobs, they provided different sort of needs for other pride members. Yè would rather be raced off with several rhinos by himself than try and do a job like that.
Even though his guest had gotten there before him he still didn't want to run, it felt undignified and silly. He just kept his quick pace going, only slowing when he was a few feet from his parents and the apparent future wife. He bowed his head low and tried to ignore the look of disappointment in both sets of his parents' eyes. "I am so sorry for arriving late, I hope you haven't been waiting long." Polite words because they were expected, he knew she hadn't been waiting long. He'd seen her arrive!
He took in her deep rusty pelt with the splashed of two different shades of yellow, noting that she was very pretty. Not that it mattered, he thought privately. "I've waited so long to meet you that I've been a little scatter-brained lately, though it's a poor excuse for arriving last to such an important meeting." Half truths, mostly. He had been scatter brained and he had been concerned about meeting the lioness. He wasn't sure what to do, what to say, in regards to it all. He'd already displeased his parents so much by moving into the rank of soldier… it was ridiculous. They were ridiculous, he sometimes felt. Shouldn't his parents be proud that he was working hard to protect their pride?
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Posted: Sun May 24, 2015 6:28 pm
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Zhen glanced up at the sky as her betrothed apologized for his lateness. The sun was pretty much in the agreed-upon position, so she didn't see how that made him late. Was it some kind of miliatry thing, to want to be so precisely on time?
He certainly didn't seem scatter-brained. If anything, she would judge the lion before her to be fairly politic and clever. He was, she knew, older than her, but even though he was male, there wasn't that much of a difference in size. Zhen's mother was no small lioness and was as large as most of the males around.
"Is it really so important when this is quite the done deal?" she asked mildly, gauging his reaction. True, there were still ways out of this marriage, but Zhen honestly couldn't say if that was her preference or not.
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Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 6:29 am
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Well, that certainly gave him pause. He cleared his throat, glancing slightly to his parents before looking the female in the eye. He couldn't tell if she was being bitter or not with her words, and wasn't quite sure what the appropriate response was. Nothing to imply that he hardly wanted this to be a done deal, of course. He wasn't stupid enough to go against his parents again so soon. He just wished he could have a little time to know her better, to get used to this idea regardless that it had been around since he was young.
His head tilted a little and after what seemed like forever to him a small smile spread on his maw. "Well, certainly I think it's polite to arrive before your guest. But if you're not offended then I am very glad." And he was glad she wasn't offended, or at least she didn't seem as such. "Would you like to walk with me? I could show you around." It seemed like he was going to skip over the deal comment entirely.
"While this marriage is something discussed by our respective parents I should think I'd be an alright husband." And here Yè was being very serious, he wasn't joking even a little though out of another lion's mouth those words could have been humorous. "But rest assured if you're dissatisfied in any way we could figure things out together to lead us in a different direction." He was speaking quietly, mostly to try and ward off his nosy parents. He felt slightly awkward, unsure if his own comments were more for himself than they were for her.
"In any case there are some very beautiful sights to see.. ah, have you been to the North House before? How presumptuous of me to assume you haven't!"
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Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 6:33 am
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2018 6:34 am
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