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Layla's large purple eyes scoured the river's edge for any sign of life, her claws growin more and more adept at keeping hold of the trees typically thick branches. She balanced precariously, the dark presence of Montsho's behind her, half scrutinizing, half protecting her from falling.

The panther watched with growing confidence, having not been entirely sure that a lion could ever be cut out for doing such graceful and silent scouting. She'd even noticed a few bird perched so close they could easily have a small snack if they choose to.

Of course, this perfect silence would only last so long and eventually the calm lioness shifted causing her claws to graze lightly over the bark and tip off the nearby wildlife, causing a slight flurry of wings and leaves.

He chuckled a bit, glancing up towards the cave's mouth. "Warm you say? It's nearing the raining season, it's going to get colder over the days. But I don't mind showing you the writings." He turned himself about, motioning for her to follow after him with a flick of his tail. "I am afraid there is a good deal of climbing to be done, my lady. It's kind of damp and slick so mind your paws and use your claws."

The cave was hidden behind the waterfall- at least that was the easiest way of getting there. Otherwise it would take hours of walking thorugh the maze of caves to get to Maji's den. He knew the caves well but it had been a long day and he would rather not take the long walk through the caves. He bounded up the first bunch of rocks like it was nothing, his silvery blue form making quick work of the distance from the ground up to the high climb. He paused about halfway on one of the larger ledges and watited for the female to follow him. She might need his help, afterall, and what kind of knight would he be if he didn't offer it to her?

He grimmaced in compassion for the lioness cub, it was a hard climb for someone not used to the slick rocks and the near verticle climb. The smoothe stones made it especially hard for even the most clever of lions to get a good hold on them if they didn't mind their paws just right or know where to hold to. He glanced up to the mouth of the cave, they'd only come half way. Perhaps a short rest would be wise. If she tried to continue on as tired as she was she'd grow far too eager to reach the top and loose her wit in climbing. There was enough room on the slight ledge for two cubs to sit or lay if they needed a break. His haunches met with the ground and he turned to her, his ears rotating forward as he offered a gentle smile, "We'll take a short break. It's the halfway point, just take a bit off the paws before we continue."

"Don't guess." He said softly, not moving a muscle from the comfortable sitting position he had taken, "We won't go on until you know for sure that you have the energy to make it the rest of the way up." He turned his head, looking towards the cave's mouth, "When I was a few weeks younger, I woke up alone in those caves but I was too scared to try and scale down them. I learned to navigate the caves to get down here. I had to work for days before I could climb to the top without a rest, even then I was exhausted by the time I reached the top. If you don't have the strength to continue you'll be careless with your footing you see, you'll misjudge something, slip, or even just fall."

'Kela looked slightly to the side, slightly flattered that he would think of another's safety, but also slightly annoyed at his assumption of her inadequacies. She looked up again with a determined smile on her face. "No, really, I can go onwards. I... have to see these caves now." The words surprised her a bit, at the sudden vehemence of her thoughts, but she wiped that with a hopeful expression in her golden eyes. " After you, Maji," she gestured brightly.

::A calm breeze swirled about as he sat next to the water, staring down at it curiously. He'd tried fishing that one day and he had accomplished nothing. He'd tried hunting and still he had not succeeded. Everything was going so horribly wrong. He'd told Ciyari that he'd hunt for her and he couldn't even catch something as small as a rodent...::

::Inhaling a breath he dunked his head underneathe the cool liquid and slowly flopped into it. His short legs moved wildly as he poked his head back out into the air....::Grumbling a little to himself, he began swimming around in a circle, searching for a fish of some sort to try and catch...:: "Come out...Come out.." ::He whispered softly, moving under the water once again, trying to keep his eyes open so that he could see.....::

Abruptly looking up from her grazing, a female zebra padded at the ground. She could have sworn she heard something not to far away, gazing around she tried to locate the sorce. Taking a step back, the zebra waited for another noise.