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The sun was just beginning to make it's way over the far horizon as the young lioness rolled over in her sleep. The dry dust in which she lay upon stuck to her already tan fur. Her dreams were random, surrealistic, and would be soon forgotten upon waking.

She rolled over once more as the fiery orb's bright rays penetrated the palm fronds under which she had taken shelter. Keefa gave a short huffing growl as the light fell upon her sleeping eyes. Her mind stirred from it's dream state, finding daylight and hunger to readily replace it.

With yet another groan, she pulled to her feet and started the slow and troublesome hunt for food. She was certainly not the best of huntresses, and it readily showed.

With nose to dirt and ears perked, Keefa trotted on. Her mind began to float off into the breeze and before she knew it, she was falling. Tail to nose her body tumbled down the hill picking up even more dust and leaves as it went. The young lion finally came to a halt on level ground. Belly to the air and forepaws held tightly to her chest she dared open one eye to look around, tail curling up and back down between her legs.

"I-I..." she stuttered slightly, and then gave in. She had still not bothered to right herself, but only narrowed her eyes in her upside down state at the ratel instead. "I think it may have been a rock."

She rolled over and placed a fore paw near her mouth. "Have to watch them you know, they bite." Her silver-blue eyes darted back and forth across the clearing before catching herself. It was a very bad habit to talk to strangers as such. What if the other creature had attacked?

"Um..." The young lioness looked around, suddenly embarrassed. "I um... I"m sorry for bothering you. Um..." It was then her stomach gave a sharp growl to rival any young male cubs roar. Her ear gave a quick twitch, feeling quite un-lady like.

The lioness relaxed a bit more. Obviously she wasn't going to be eaten, or at least harmed, by the smaller animal. Her head tilted as an ear twitched. Keefa wondered silently what a 'snack track' was. Perhaps it was an animal she had never seen before or some sort of creature which attracted grasshoppers. She had begun to find the soon-to-be-locusts quite tasty. Well, not that tasty, but at least easy to find.

With head ducked down parallel to her body and tail swishing high in the air behind her, Keefa kept pace behind the smaller furry one.

Keefa watched curiously as to what was going on. As instincts kicked in, she quickly took her chance at the hare. Zig zagging back and forth across the small area she perused it. Small dust clouds flew in her wake. The dust settled quickly enough by the time the snake stopped struggling, leaving the mighty huntress with her face square in the hole of a rabbits den. Tail tip dashing back and forth to a quick rythem, she was lost as to what to do now. She blinked into the darkness of the burrow, giving a sharp huff at the rabbit hidden somewhere inside.

Keefa gave another strong huff through her nose into the den and withdrew. With a flick of the ear, she realized the other was right. Even with her claws, she would not be able to reach the hare.

"Well, I tried?" She shrugged quizzically. A ring of darker clay ridden earth circled her face and muzzle.

She looked at the fallen hare with hungry eyes. Her stomach compelled her to lunge at it, imagining it's flesh ripped apart like the skin of a fruit, revealing the source of savory inside. Keefa did not, however, listen to her tummy, but instead sat on her haunches. Silvery eyes did their best for focus on the other, tongue sliding across her muzzle to wipe up any drool. "Kono," she said softly to work it across her mind, "I am Keefa."

The young lioness quickly fell to the hare and spent little time to relieve the flesh of it's fur. Bones crunched between her teeth and before she knew it, she was done. Keefa sat back to give herself a proper cleaning. Dirt was one thing, and blood an entirely different matter.

"Thank you for... er... the help." she said, almost ashamed. She was a lion, an apex predator. She shouldn't be in such a mess as this.