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Kijibwa, carefree as ever, has decided to stray farther from the jungle than he has in a long time. He headed in a direction away from the sands he knew he'd come from before, and ended up in a nice grassy area with some mountains at a distance. Feeling safe in the wide open of the grass and enjoying the change of scenery he takes his time as he walks without having any idea where he's going.

"Sand, trees and now grass," he says to himself.

Despite his cheery and safe feelings, Kijibwa starts when someone suddenly calls out to him. His head turns and his blue eyes search for the source of the call when he spots Kiburi. He grins and takes a couple of steps toward her as she heads toward him.

"Hello!" He greets her, taking the time to get a look at the interesting pattern on her dust covered fur, and asks curiously, "Who are you?"

Ah, eye contact- the beaming causes him to grin sheepishly at her. He tosses his head to get the beginning of his mane out of his eyes, wondering at the proud tone when she announces that she's a rogue.

"Well, Kiburi the rogue lioness," he says, still grinning, "I'm Kijibwa, the rogue lion, not 'Blue.' " He takes a seat in the grass, swishing his tail. It's nice to see another lion again!

"What are you doing around here?" he asks, taking his eyes from the lioness and looking around them.

"Oh, well, um- your eyes are pretty too," he stammers, he doesn't know what he's supposed to say to that but returning a compliment sounds right to him. Besides, it's not like he's lying.

"Exploring is why I'm here," he says with a nod, "You're not used to being a rogue? Where were you before?" His head tilts curiously, he'd been alone for a long time, but that's how he remembers it always being- except when Amoret got him out of the desert.

Family eyes and proud of it, except the tone and description she had for her former home seem confusing to the lion. He watches as she rolls over, snorting a laugh but keeping it mostly to himself.

"The pridelands?" He asks, still sounding amused, "Is that where we are now? Or is it farther from here?" He didn't realize that places had names other than what they were, but he had to agree- the 'pridelands' don't sound very exciting.

"I don't know why I'm a rogue," Kijibwa lifts a paw rubs under his neck thoughtfully, "I was lost in a really sandy place, and a lioness found me and took me to the jungle. Not much adventure, you're the most exciting thing to happen in awhile." He doesn't mean to insult or compliment her by that, he's merely stating what he sees as a fact.

"Oh," he murmurs and glances in the direction Kiburi had come from as she describes the lands inhabitants. He makes a face when she describes the lions as fat, lazy and stupid, "Oh, no wonder you left then. Crowds of stupid lions don't sound like much fun."

He looks back to the lioness and nods affirmatively, "Yep, I don't remember why I was there. And Amoret left not long after we got to the jungle. I guess she's a rogue too, but I haven't seen her latel-"

Kijibwa stops when Kiburi sneezes through the dust cloud, watching it settle. He grins and looks back up from her feet to her face.

"S'ok," he grins, swishing his tail in the grass, "Laying around isn't much fun, not if you stay in the same place forever. At least the jungle was fun because of all of the animals there, and the places they could hide. It doesn't look that hard to find stuff around here." It might be, if all the lions and other creatures were naturally colored- but from what he'd seen, and judging by his own fur, not many of them would blend in perfectly.

"I don't think I banged my head," he says, sounding a bit concerned at the thought. He leans down a bit and puts a paw up on his head like it just happened or he's trying to find a bump.

"The jungle is pretty," he agrees, removing his paw and sitting up again.

"Well, if you're from a group that's all stupid, they'd have to think you're stupid like them, wouldn't they?" He suggests a reason for their thinking, "Leaving means you aren't stupid. And- and- you'll get bigger. I used to be real small-" he gestures with his front paws, holding them a short distance apart to try to demonstrate how small he was as a cub- though it's rather exagerated for what he remembers of being small.

"Maaaybe," he says. He leans back when she brushes her nose against him and, since his front paws are still in the air, falls backward.

"Hey!" Kijibwa blows at her paw when she pats him on the nose and attempts to swat at her before she can evade- but fails. He turns his head, staying on his back, and grins at her.

"There's no way you can stay small!" he exclaims, "You're too- ummm- tough to be really small." He can't explain what he means, but he knows her personality and eagerness already make up for her size and stamina. He rocks gently and then rolls himself over, his tail swishing.