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Juhudi was exuberant, nearly bouncing on his paws and he took another large bite of the kill. Only last night he had been alone, but now he had two new friends, no, he had a family.

"You would? Great! We'll be the pride ever!"

A broad grin spread across his maw, tail flicking in an attempted wag. Nafasi seemed to do that when he was happy, it was only fitting to try the same.

Swallowing his last bite, he leaned over to take another, but then suddenly froze. His ears flicked and his eyes scanned the surrounding area. He could have sworn he'd heard something. He tounge flicked across his maw and he licked his nose clean before lifting his nose in the air, attempting to sniff out the approaching stranger.

"I hear something."

While Biz continued to eat, Nafasi's head swiveled around, ears perked and alert for any noise he could pick up. He could hear a bit of a rustling noise...but he was unable to tell if it was something approaching or just the wind. Licking his own nose clean, Nafasi struggled to pull a scent from the air, but was unsuccessful in that too.
"I swear I can hear something too....but I'm not sure what."

Biz settled back, feeling much better after the bit of meal. Licking her maw clean, the female looked up at the other two, wondering what it was they heard.

Crouching low in the grass, Kereng'ende continued to move forward. He thought he could see two of the figures looking around. Probably making sure their meal won't be disturbed, he thought. Slowly, he continued forward, inch by careful inch, muscles tensed to run the second he detected a threat.

Juhudi shot a glance at the wild dog. That seemed a rather rash move, what if it wasn't alone? What if it wanted to hurt them?

His tail flicked, ears twitching, listening for any other sounds. They had been lucky so far, but the corpse was sure to attrack attention, and at any moment they could be surrounded by scavengers. What if the stranger was the first of them?

The cub moved a few steps away from the kill, attempting to clear his nose enough to scent out the stranger and any others that may be approaching. His pale eyes focused on the black spot as it grew a larger, obviously moving toward them. But it was moving slowly, was it afraid or was it stalking?

Nafasi's tail wagged a bit as the other finally showed himself.
"We're telling the truth! We're not out to hurt anyone!"
The wild dog looked to his two companions with a wide grin.
"Our little group just keeps growing and growing..."

Ears flattening back slightly, Biz watched the other approach.
"I hope he's friendly...."

With the reminder of scavengers, Kereng'ende decided he was in no danger from this odd trio and practically raced over the remaining distance. Within minutes, he stood panting and gulping air as he studied the trio before him. They certainly looked friendly. He took a step towards the food, then, remembering his manners, made an elegant bow, feeling his beaded earring brush gently against his cheek, and introduced himself.

"Hello, my name is Kereng'ende, but you can call me Kere, if you like. Papa always did. Said it was easier. Can I really share with you guys?"

Hope radiated from his pink eyes as he turned to look at each and smile.

Even between the 4 of them, there was plenty meat to fill each of them and still have leftovers for the scavengers. But even if there hadn't been, Juhudi would have shared. He knew what it was like to be alone, living off whatever you can catch or scavenge. And from the looks of it, the newcomer knew what that was like as well.

"Help yourself, there's plenty."

Having eaten his fill, he took one last bite for good measure then sat back on his haunches and started to lick his paws clean. He was indead a mess, more red than white, probably could do with a good swim to wash all that off. He'd do that when they came across water, surely they would along the way.

"Hey, you wanna come with us?"