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Ushari grew quiet and let the other females speak up now. In the presence of Surtak, or any Umholi for that matter, Ushari was timid and quiet. She knew it wasn't the best idea to speak up against him, even more so considering she was new to the pride and her thoughts on things still seemed insignificant, in her own mind anyways. She liked the idea of a male, who had family here, who was born a Bonelander, following them a bit. It was a bit of extra protection, and even if he tried anything funny, there were enough females here to chase him off. She understood how important family was and wanted to let this males sisters have some time to speak to him and see how he was doing-- if her own sister had been separated from her she would surely want to speak to her if ever they ran into each other out in the roguelands.

If Surtak heard his daughter, the reminder that she was there only made him growl louder. Rogues were dangerous; he'd seen some of the most dangerous recruited. Time away from home could change any lion.

"He won't be accompanying anyone," Surtak snapped towards Hari. The Umholi was up to his ears with dumb women.

Surtak took a step forwards, only to be stopped by a dark female. His eyes focused on her and he stilled. There was a long quiet as his eyes moved from her to the rogue male behind her. The sounds from his throat turned to a discontented rumble.

"This is your brother?" It didn't seem to impress the brown male. He'd known the rules. Now he was here again.

Eyes locked on Nguvu, Surtak began again. "If you wish to stay, stand over there." He jerked his head towards the distant side of the pond. A spot securely distant from the cubs and from the rest of the pride.

"We will decide what to do with you when Gakere arrives."

"Well, a fight might have been interesting," Ora mused with a mischievous smile, but part of her was glad that, for the moment, the situation had resolved itself peacefully. When it came down to it, she knew it wouldn't have mattered to her which Umholi stood in the way if that had been Sekayi or Laini, and it wouldn't have mattered how much smaller she was than any lion around. She would have thrown herself into the fray and not stopped until she had beaten somebody black and blue.

The rules were rules, but they were dead things and didn't have emotions. Living creatures were something else entirely, and sometimes, rules needed to be bent.

Ora found herself being knocked sides as Ainra stumbled backward into her. The little lioness was forced to take a step, but thanked her size and low center of gravity when she managed not to fall. "Oh, don't worry about him," she said to the other lioness, giving a feisty little shake of her head. It took more than a snarl to scare Ora. It took quite a lot to shake her. "What's he going to do?"

The olivine colored lioness stayed silent and still, hidden in the middle of the females as she quietly watched Surtak and the rogue brother. For a short while she worried he would tear the male to pieces, but after one of the rogues sisters stood in the way, it seemed Surtak was willing to et him tag along, away from the cubs, until Gakere caught up.

At the very least it would give the rogue time to catch up with his sisters and talk for a short while. It seemed likely that the rogue would be chased off eventually though, unless he decided to challenge someone... or at least she thought she heard about something like that before, though it didn't matter. Ushari simply watched the events as they happened and remained silent. She didn't have a voice to speak up with in regards to something like this. She wasn't born a Bonelander, so she did not completely understand or appreciate all their customs-- though she always followed them.

Rimma had felt distinctly that she was present for a family squabble, and that was not a comfortable or pleasant situation to be in. She studied her claws intently, grooming them carefully, then made sure no mud from the monkey encounter was stuck between her toes. That never felt good. She was just about to move away quietly, letting the lionesses alone now that an aggressive male was present. She might be tall at the shoulder, but she was no match for an angry male, even if he was a bit small. No, safety was a better option. This group didn't need her now anyway, not with him around.

However, she froze, paw in the air, when the croc-killer was told to go sit on her side of the pond. She stood in that pose as her mind whirled around what to do now. Firstly, was the male told to join her safe? Secondly, his presence was likely to draw attention to her being there, and that she herself did not belong either. Would the snarly male be just as angry at her for being here as he was at the other male? She didn't like to think about being the focus of such intense aggression. She shuddered her pelt and lowered her paw, crouching down low among the grasses edging the pond. Her black coat wasn't likely to blend much, however.

Hari quickly mumbled "I'll be right back." to the cubs at her feet and rushed over to Hadharani and Nyesui. Touching her tail tip to Nyesui's shoulder to get the attention of the two lionesses, she quietly pulled them aside.

"I don't think you should get your hopes up, friends. I'm glad that Surtak has allowed Nguvu to stay for now, but you must understand that it's unlikely he's here to stay. I'd hate to see you get hurt, so just.... Just promise you won't get too excited about this, okay?"

She nervously flattened her ears and pawed at the ground. Hari knew that she wouldn't get the answer she wanted from her friends, and so she padded away before they had the chance to respond. It would give them more time with their brother anyways. She sullenly stalked over to Ora and plunked down with a sigh.

"Boy, are we ever going to get into trouble for this." She turned to look at Ora with a half-sincere smirk.

Now that they had all settled down, it didn't look like anything all too exciting would happen, at least until Gakere showed up. Ora nodded at both Ainra and Hari, returning the latter's smirk with her own shrug and grin. "They'll get over it," she said, referring to the Abaholi. They usually did, especially when the lionesses banded together to form a united front. There were, after all, a whole lot more of them than there were Abaholi.

It just figured. Something had to give in situations like these, and numbers tended to make quite a strong argument.

"At least now, they're all reunited for a little while," Ora added, nodding toward Nguvu and his two sisters. That alone was enough to make her glad, no matter what sort of consequences might come later. They could all deal with those if and when it was necessary, and for now, they could simply bask into the justice that had been done here.
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Kayin, meanwhile, had wandered over to join the crowd again. He didn't know it yet, but he quite loved attention, and in the absence of attention directed toward him, being in the company of a big group was enough.

Now that the excitement of meeting the crocodile hunter had worn off, though, he was feeling a little bored and a little sleepy all over again. Padding over, he wormed his way into a cozy spot nestled right between Ora and Hari, and plopped himself down unceremoniously onto the ground. An unabashedly wide yawn and his drooping eyes said everything that needed to be said at that moment, but it didn't seem enough for him, and he managed to murmur, "I don't think we need to kill things..."

((Won't have internet access for the next three days, so I guess anyone interacting with Kayin and Ora right now should just assume they're tagging along with whatever happens XD))