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Laini put some finishing touches to her 'bed', then turned to Rahima's way. "I would love to." She took few steps further of her 'bed', glanced it and then gazed to the sky for a moment. She sent a little prayer, well wishings to the wind to carry on to wherever the to-be-coming cubs father were. When she had done that, she walked next to her crimsom friend. "Lead the way, friend."

Laini nodded, a bit sad to counter such small waterhole. She wished that rains would come soon. Now, when they were there, she realizes how thirsty she really have been. She almost run towards it, wanting to taste the more or less fresh water.

((Night. <3 ))

Laini just drank. She was extremely thirsty. She let out the purr, so happy she was to get water at last. She just didn't want to stop drinking, not yet. She thanked all gods she knew of this bliss. It took long for her to fill her but finally, it was done. She sighed happily, purring loud. "Ah, that felt good."

Laini herself went right to the Nest. She had got her meal earlier, before her trip to crater's borders. In the Nest, she layed down, trying to stay calm. Though, it was hard, since she was more nervous than ever. This was her first time, afterall.

Two figures moved as one, or rather, one figure moved, another as it's shadow.
An adolescent male, grey pelted and beginning to look a tad ragged, crossed the terrain, his scarlet eyes ever on the lookout for that familiar figure.
He was somewhere he had never seen, utterly, utterly lost.

It was entirely unbeknownst to him that he was being followed, for his stalker kept to the shadows, her black pelt blending perfectly.
Only her tattoos occassionally caught the sun, glowing golden in the light.
She had taken an interest in the stranger's progress, catching him with those bi-coloured eyes many miles ago, following him all the way.

Masego, the adolescent, stopped abruptly.
Were those... figures up ahead?

"Hmm?" Laini pondered and looked up, around that direction where Bhaskar were. Had she seen something? That orange adolescent maybe? She shrugged, well maybe it didn't matter. She should focus to the birth, right? So she let it be.

After few moments, her attention was caught again. She rose her head. Huh? The same adolescent? And more importantly, he had zebra carcass with him? And he was bringing it... to her and Rahima? Laini couldn't but smile. That was so sweet. How she ever could pay back that kind of generousity? She stood up, walking to the carcass. "Thank you for your generousity", she said, bowing before starting to rip the meat. She ate just a little, saving it from Rahima and having a feeling that after the birth, food would be quite pleasant to have.

Bhaskar nodded his head. Be respectful, the voice in his head told him. "Hello" he called down. Hmm, this wouldn't be a pleasent way to talk. He hopped down and stood on a rock just above the two lionesses. There we go. He bowed his head to Laini, then to Rahima, and sat his rump down. No threat, just an overgrown cub sittin on a rock, right?

Then he remembered something. That couldn't've been a bird.. "Excuse me, my queens" he hopped back up to his watch point and narrowed his eyes, quinting to see better. Yep. Other lions. Moving back to his talking spot, he nodded assuredly. "We have company, my queens." he said. he hoped the 'my queens' sounded respectful enough.. they didn't have to share their names, heck, he might not want to if he was a pregnant lioness.. but he should have a name for them, of course "Oh.. Um.. I am Bhaskar, at your service" he bowed gracefully. Thank goodness he'd been blessed with some sort of pleasantries, or these two might just wanna smack him around.

Muroki had wandered away from the other cub earlier, trying to track down Rahima. Having found her, in what seemed to the youngster pleasant company, he started looking for Kirjava again.

However, stalking and shadowing the other adults in the area seemed more fun. He kept low and padded after a black female, who in turn followed an adult lion. Muroki - ahem, Mawali - played in his mind at being as big as the grown ups. ANd yet still invisable, following unseen...

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Meanwhile, Rahima offered the orange male a friendly, amused smile. Queens? Laini was gentle and good enough for such a title, but neither of them held any pride. How sweet, though. Now, what to say in reply...hopefully he wouldn't think she was mocking him!

"I'm Rahima. It's a pleasure to meet you, Lord Bhaskar." Turning to scan the area, she noted the other lions. She fell silent to let Laini speak, however.