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To say today was not ordinary would have been a lie. It was just like any other. The light blue lion moved across the lands, kicking up dirt as he went. He was rather bored; adult life was so boring! Being ranked a guard, he now had responsibilities to uphold, something the blonde male wasn’t really keen on.

But he would do them. Everyone had to grow up sometime!

There had been a small influx of new comers lately, and Nteo was ready to meet them. Maybe they would bring something interesting to his currently dull life. The moon in the sky was not full, not even halfway bright. Soon it would disappear for nights, before returning to its fullest. While gazing up at the sky, the scent of another entered the area. Distracted for a moment, Nteo gazed around, spotting the lioness whom had recently joined. She woke up during this phase of the moon…that meant she was of a lower class. It didn’t bother him a bit; Nteo was one to like everyone.

He padded over to the female, “Awake I see?” he asked. He wasn’t sure how long the lioness had really been out.

“It’s a pleasure to meet you, Ochieng. I’m Nteo’leru, son of Chander and Wambazi.” She probably didn’t know his parents, but still Nteo thought it be respectful to add them in his name. He had done that ever since he was little, and still continued to do so when he met any newcomers.

“Mostly everyone calls me Nteo though,” his ears swiveled in place at the comment about his pride. “Well, it’s your pride too now!” He smiled.

At the cloud remark, Nteo’s smile widened. “Thank you, a gift from my mother, I like to say.” In truth, he was the only one of his siblings to bare such markings. His brothers held the starry formation, but neither of them were graced with the lovely clouds that his mother had. The light lion believed it made him extra special then.

Although the lioness was mainly one color, Nteo was intrigued by the odd stripes dripping from her eyes. None of the lions of the pride bore such simplicity markings, or at least, none that Nteo had met yet. It made her unique.

“Do you like this place so far?” Nteo asked. Sure he should be doing his job---but what was twenty minutes out of work? The borders seemed rather quiet tonight.

Ler? His head tilted in thought as he contemplated the name. Everyone usually called him Nteo, so it was different to be called something else. He shrugged it off though, flashing the smile. “If you would like, though I will admit, it may take me some time to get use to.” He could just see him now, walking right past the female as she called out Ler, and in his mind he would be question who Ler was until it dawned on him.

“Salmon color?” Being born in the lands, Nteo only knew that of what he had seen. If other members hadn’t told him what a color was, he would be clueless. Salmon was one of those issues.

Good, he was glad she was liking the pride, even though she had only been in it for a couple days. “Don’t worry, everything will come in time. Soon it’ll be like you were born in here, and no one will know you were once a rogue,” he said kindly.

He frowned at the thought the female said when she spoke of no life if she wasn’t a great huntress. “That’s…rather sad,” Nteo commented out loud. He never had been in a life where he would have to face the challenges of rogue life---one were literally your life lay in your own hands. Here in the pride, all the lions stayed together; if you needed help, just ask and it would be received.

“You’ll have to teach me a thing about hunting then, Ochieng…” he chuckled, “I’m afraid I may lack decent skills in doing such a task.” His job was guarding and protecting the pride, not…feeding it?

Ler and…O? Oi, this would certainly be a strange relationship.

Well, Nteo was looking for something out of the ordinary to enter his life. Perhaps the gods above heard this, and thus Ochi…O was here? It was pretty coincidental.

“Alright then, O it is.” If it made the lioness happy, why would Nteo be one to complain?

He stiffened at the sudden nearness of the lioness. Apparently, she knew not of personal space either. Maybe it was a rogue thing? Nteo hadn’t really met many rogues before, or newly acquainted pride members, so this could just be a typical aspect they all had? After all, Ochieng did mention that the rogue lions had to be great hunters to live. If they had that in common, there must have been other qualities they had.

Note to self, he thought to himself. Try to understand the life of a rogue. He could only nod as she pointed out the color.
“Well, if it makes you stronger…” He still wasn’t entirely convinced. He still found the ‘survival of the fittest’ idea quite sad. He would probably fail at that method if he ventured out in the rogue lands ever.

“It’s not that I don’t know how to hunt,” he tried to think as he shook his head. “I’ts more like…I’m not very good at it?” When you had others who did the job for a living, you didn’t need to be good at it. Instead, he just needed to know the basics. “I’m patrol the borders. Making sure those who come in intend no harm, and younger ones don’t venture outside.” He was proud of this.

“Indeed! There are a bunch of members of the pride you have yet to meet.” Nteo didn’t mention there were other hunters and huntresses around. Instead, he let her have her moment. Being a huntress was an important task, regardless of how many held the rank. A pride needed to eat, after all.

This lioness was a strange one, Nteo had to admit. This wasn’t necessarily a bad thing though. It sure did prove to bring something of interest.

He frowned when she mentioned about leaving to meet others. He should get back to his patrol too, before someone caught him lounging around on the job. He gave her a nod, “Have fun.” He told her. “The lions here are all quite nice, you should have no problem making new friends. Who knows, maybe you’l be the most popular pride member in no time!” Nteo complimented. With her personality, she certainly would be known throughout the pride.

“I should get back to my rounds too,” with a short pivot on his paws, he faced away from his new friend. “See you around…O!” He called out with a wink over his shoulder. This would be the start of quite an intriguing new friendship.