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Kazi padded around the lands, his catch securely fastened between his powerful jaws. He had gone hunting shortly after his encounter with Palesa. He sighed and didn't notice the other lioness nearby as he dropped his meal, blood dripping from his upper teeth. "A peaceful, quiet place to eat," he said contentedly. "Not a soul in sight too. How convenient." He smirked and leaned down, his eyes set on the large chunk of meat on the ground.

Just before taking a bite, his nose twitches as he sniffs a scent of another. A lion. Though thankful for the gust of wind that brought the presence of another being nearby, he was rather upset that his meal had been interrupted. Kazi lifted his head and looked around, spotting a brown lioness not too far from him. "Who goes?" he asked, his voice gruff and a bit unwelcoming.

The male cocked a brow at her question, though he was smirking when he saw the grass fly from her mouth. It was definitely a first for him to see any lion resorting to grass as a means for sustenance. "Kazi," he said simply before picking up his meat and jogging over to her, dropping the catch only a few feet away from the lioness. "Don't eat the grass. It isn't good for us lions I heard," was all he said before turning around and lying down in the shade of a large boulder. He nestled his cheek on his two paws and he yawned. The heat was getting to him.

Kazi yawned and opened his eyes to see if Kia had eaten what he placed before her. It wasn't like him to let his catch become the meal of another, but resorting to grass seemed a serious matter. Once couldn't hurt right? Besides, there's plenty of prey back in the pridelands, and if he got hungrier on his way back he could just catch another. "Eat," he called from where he lay.

His eyes had been closed, but Kazi felt her eyes watching him, and it was a little uncomfortable. "Is there something you need?" he asked aloud, an eye peering back at her. She was young. Younger than he anyway. The gray lion yawned again and stood up, shaking his mane a little to get the grass out of it. "And as for the meal, you're welcome." He yawned again and walked over to her, stopping on the opposite side of the food. "Where are you from Kia?" he asked. He was curious as to why she was alone...and for that matter, why she didn't have any food.

Kazi grinned at her remark, cocking his brow again before leaning down at the leftovers and taking a small bite out of it. He chewed and swallowed quickly and thought about her response. "Big pointy rock?" he asked questioningly. 'Could she mean Pride Rock?' he thought to himself as he took another bite. After swallowing he looked at Kia and sighed. "You're from the Pridelands?" he asked.

Another bite, and he pondered his answer to her question. "I'm from there as well," he said finally, finishing the rest of the meat and licking his lips contentedly. It wasn't much, but it was enough for him anyway. He hadn't been that hungry. "And please, just call me Kazi."

Kazi looked at her and sighed. "No, I'm not a God. How could I be? I'm a Pridelander. We have no Gods. Don't you know that?" he retorted. He looked at her and shook his head. She was probably a rogue... "You don't have to lie to me you know," he said with a slight frown. "You aren't a pridelander, are you?" Kazi took a seat and awaited her resonse, a disapproving look on his face, despite the fact that he wasn't her father and that they had just met.

Kazi sighed again and shook his head. "Just don't do it again," he said quietly to her. "Anyway, so are you staying anywhere? Maybe you could join us," the male offered, his voice a bit friendlier than it had been initially. "The pride I mean. There's plenty of room, and it's a great place to live." Then he paused, wondering if she had something to do, much like Tuzwa's situation. "Unless you have some task or something to complete." It was just for confirmation, but someone as young as she wouldn't usually have a task of too great a significance. There were exceptions yes, but for the most part perhaps she just needed a place to live. After all, a lion starting to eat grass is never a good sign.

He smiled gently at the lioness and nodded, understanding her rather well even though he thought it not best for anyone to live the life of a rogue. "I suppose not all would agree to a settled life. I had once been a rogue, though born a pridelander. My story is a typical one, but I want to live my elderly life in peace somewhere, and my former home seemed to make the most sense." Kazi looked on to the same horizon Kia was gazing at and smiled, remembering the many days he'd spent meandering the African lands. "One day though, I believe most rogues would like to stop moving about so much. I don't know if you think as I do, but if it were me, I wouldn't raise children as a rogue. It's much too risky for my taste, wouldn't you say?"