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Today she was in motion. The leopardess had no real destination in mind, it was all about the journey. Or was it just wandering? She had no place to go, no point of origin, just moving along, always moving. And today she was moving faster than usual.

It wasn't because she wanted to exercise, or because she liked this speed or even because she was scared of something. Aggra was frustrated. It seemed to her as if her life was going nowhere. She was always leaving, always going somewhere new, and no one place meant any more to her than any other. She met other creatures as she traveled, but few of them made any real impression and those that did soon faded.

And, most annoying of all, there wasn't a single one who could suit her as her knight in shining armor, to take care of her. Admittedly, she'd scared away the last few by being far more capable than they, but nothing about those males had drawn her in such a way that she could bear to stay rooted in one place. Also not all of them had been leopards. Aggra had nothing against lions or cheetahs, she just didn't want her one true love to be one. Was that really so much to ask?

So here she was, not quite running through the savannah, going from nowhere to nowhere.

Green eyes blinked in startlement as a big brown lion with a bright red mane materialized out of the grass. She hadn't even suspected there was anyone so close! Heart racing, Aggra came to a dead stop and looked at the stranger. The leopardess couldn't even begin to guess what he wanted. Conversation? Information? Something more...personal? Looking at him was like looking at a wall.

"Ah, hello there," she offered cautiously.

'Heard'? What on earth had he meant by that? Oh, she'd heard of this disease once, where a person's thoughts still made complete sense, but when they tried to speak, all that came out was a single word that seemed like total nonsense unless if you had an idea what the person was thinking of. It seemed incredibly inconvenient to Aggra.

But no, the lion didn't seem to be sick as on his second try he managed to get a real question out. Now if only she had some idea of what he was asking! She'd heard of lots of things in lots of places...she just had no idea what sort of things the stranger wanted to know about.

So... "What?" the leopardess asked.

Aggra blinked in surprise. Was this lion such a poor hunter that he couldn't find his own prey himself? True, she hadn't eaten much larger than a rabbit in several days, but she caught enough of them to keep herself healthy and fed. She wasn't particularly impressed with this male, to say the least.

"I don't honestly remember," she replied simply. "It all fades together in time." Which was the truth. Nor could she actually remember seeing a herd of any real prey-beast lately, but that was because she had a hard time remembering how many days ago and how far away things were. That happened, when you lived your life in motion.

The leopardess snorted. Well what did he expect, that she'd help him out of the goodness of her heart? She could have, she supposed, but he frankly didn't interest her enough to make it worthwhile.

Aggra thought of a few good rejoinders she could respond with, but decided that silent was her most elegant option. And the brown leopardess did like being elegant.

So, she sniffed and, with her nose in the air like a queen, went on her way.

She didn't think the lion would attack her and, if he was as starved as his questions seemed to indicate, she wasn't particularly worried if he did choose such a foolish action.