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Chozi was mellow today, as he wandered from the pride's lands. He cleaned his paws as he hit the dry-grassy lands of the savannah, and just continued to walk. Normally Faudi met him at the borders - not wanting to come too close for fear of being captured for a slave.

When he had heard news that someone was plotting to capture the large lion, he warned the male away. He worried greatly for Faudi's safety, for the lion was night a fighter. He huffed a sigh. He missed the brightly colored lion, especially the constant gentle comfort the male provided. Of course, though, it had to be ruined. He didn't know what to do. Maybe he could try to find the lion again, but he chased him off rather violently.

He continued walking, hoping to clear his head and life his spirits.

Chozi was still sulking when he heard a voice call out. He looked up, unsure if the voice was addressing him or not, but he glanced around. A brightly colored Leotah was present, and no one else - so the voice had to come from her. "Hello!" he answered back, venturing a little closer. He was used to encounters, really - now that he belonged to a pride.

Though that didn't always prepare him. Just because the other feline was a hybrid as well did not mean she was friendly. He gave a hesitant smile. "What brings you out here?" She was very close to the pride's lines.

Not that she would not be welcomed. She was a hybrid and a quite beautiful one at that.

"Oh, um." Chozi started, realing he was still frowning and feeling a little silly. "I suppose it will be, eventually?" He was unsure. He had never lost a friend before - a brother, sure, but never a friend.

"A good coincidence then. There's no safer place around for those with mixed lineage." With the Koti close by not many dared to harm a hybrid. It was why he ventured out often. He didn't like to get his paws wet constantly in the marshes. Sometimes he craved running on solid ground without mud squishing between his paws.

Today wasn't one of those days, however, but he was glad for company now that he could no longer talk to his friend. He hoped the gentle lion would return eventually, when it was safer.

"Missing...? Oh. Do you not know?" he fretted a bit, but the leotah probably needed to know if she was going to continue to travel around. "Not many prides are accepting of those without pure blood."

He hesitated for a moment. "Um, some are. Not many. They'll drive a hybrid away or, or murder them in cold blood. Its not very safe," he informed her. He didn't have a lot of luck wandering on his own, and he hoped that her time was better. He knew from experience - he has been chased off many times, but he was an angry youth and often picked fights on borders.

"Just that way though," he waved his paw in the direction he came from. "Is the Koti Kaikille. It's a safe haven, really. So, you're safe around here. Kuu is a really wonderful influence on the area surrounding her pride. She wouldn't allow any hybrid to be hurt those close to the borders of the pride..."

Chozi gave a small tilt of his head, almost apologetic. He just didn't want the kind leotah to get injured from a lack of information. "Some prides just aren't very open..." He shuffled a little and smiled.

"Not yet, thought you'd be allowed to pass safely through. The marshes start very soon though, and the mud gets thick..." he trailed off. Sometimes it was hard to navigate but the mud blended into his fur so he didn't have to worry too much. The leotah's fur was white, though, and it could become rather messy. The grass had begun growing high once again and could be laid down for easier crossing, but he did not feel the need to say this.

He looked down at himself - a skinny lion! He could see where she was coming from, however. "Oh, I guess that's a pretty fitting description! My mother is a lioness," he explained. "And my father is a cheetah. A cheeton, we're called."

"There are also Leopons around here. They are those who have a leopard and lion parent." He forgot that some of the information he knew was not shared by all. He lived in the pride for quite some time now so he saw hybrids every day. It made him so happy that the cubs in the pride had a safe place to grow up without the dangers of getting killed. He was lucky enough to have an uncle that was a warrior, so he grew up safe except for his half brothers and sisters.

"Oh, no. My mother does not like change. She lives in the roguelands and hasn't moved from there in a long while. My father travels a lot, I don't know where he would be." he told her, nodding a little as if you affirm what he was saying. "My siblings are out there, still. I came here alone, though my young nephew joined a while after I did..."

He paused, thinking for a moment. "I think only one litter was born into our pride so far. Most of the others came here for safety and security I think." The little ones were a giggly bunch. Their father was a large lion that was always happy and smiling, so he assumed that was where they had gotten their optimistic nature from.

"Most of the members were outcasts or simply looking for security," he explained. His thoughts of his friend was pushed to the back of his mind, and for the moment he was glad.

"It's a very nice place," Chozi agreed, though it had its fault. Everything did and he had a great number of them! Still, he was content with where he was, and enjoyed the pride. Not everyone would, though, and he knew that. Even new friends did not have to agree.

"Oh! I'm Chozi," he resisted the urge to apologize for not introducing himself sooner. He was in the pride so long that he had just assumed everyone knew his name - it was a bad habit to get into!

"I was just taking a walk..." he sighed - the memory of his friend flashing brightly in his mind. "No particular direction, but we can walk if you like...?'