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Nyunya had to laugh at the young female. She'd been an accidental spectator to the 'hunt', and though it ended in failure and the young lioness was obviously hurt, it was still amusing to her on some level. She could see her own sons and daughters doing the same thing, and she could see herself rushing to soothe away the pains of learning. And further back, of course, she could see herself, even smaller than Buu, making those same mistakes as a cub, with her mothers tending to her bruised limbs and injured ego, back in the Umande'mfuni, the Mistweaver Lands, the place she would probably always think of as her true home, and the land of beautiful waterfalls. She loved her life here, she loved her mate who was raised here, and she loved her cubs who would be raised here as well... but it was just hard to forget about a place in which she had known shelter and happiness for the beginning of her life.

But she was a mother now, indeed she was, and with that role there seemed to come certain instincts that had never been there before. She couldn't leave Kibuulu when the young lioness was obviously injured, or at least her pride was. Even though Kibuulu was not her daughter (little did she know the little cub was actually her aunt-in-law), she had to check and make sure she was not too seriously harmed, and that she could make it home without a problem.

Coming up behind Buu, and managing to hide away her amusement (it took effort, but she managed to conceal it without a trace), she asked quietly, "Are you all right? Where did you hurt yourself?"

Nyunya looked the young lioness up and down, obviously not believing that Buu wasn't hurt. With her newly developed mother's eye, keener than a hawk's in some situations, she easily picked up on the way the little cub's legs trembled, and the way Kibuulu fought back her tears. Again, she was reminded of herself, and how she'd tried to put on a brave face for her own mothers when they fussed over the bumps and bruises. It kept making her want to smile, even to laugh, but she made a rough guess that it wouldn't be appreciated. She herself would have hated it if either Denge or Ithi had laughed at her, or worse yet, Ash, Dhar or Feddy, and she wisely assumed Buu wouldn't like it much, either.

"Well, I'm Nyunya, but everyone I know calls me Ny, so you can, too." She smiled kindly down at Kibuulu, partly because the small female looked like she needed a bit of reassurance, and partly because it lessened the urge to giggle a miniscule amount. "But it looks to me as though you are hurt a little bit. Are you sure you don't want to tell me where?"

More and more Nyunya was getting the urge to laugh at Buu. This time, it was the little female's peculiar greeting that almost made Ny laugh at her, but wisely the older lioness reined in the urge. If Buu had just fallen and injured her pride more than anything else, the last thing she would want is a stranger laughing at her expense, even if it was all in innocent fun from Nyunya's view. She remembered how touchy about such things she had been at Kibuulu's age. Particularly about her over-small stature. She had gotten rather riled at anyone mentioning it, especially a rather snot-nosed (or so she'd thought at the time) lion named Taabu. The much older nehpew of Buu, if only Ny knew it.

"All right, then." After giving Buu another look-over, she nodded her head, satisfied at least. She couldn't see anything wrong that stood out that little bit needed to grab her attention, so she had to assume Buu wasn't hurt too terribly. "Are you playing by yourself out here? Where are your mother and father?"

Nyunya frowned ever so slightly. No cub should have to play on her own in order to find fun when she had brothers and sisters, or even just a parent. In her youth, Nyunya had often liked to be off alone, exploring new places within the Umande'mfuni and seeing new sights. But in times when she wanted the company of others, she'd had no shortage. She had never had to wander off in order to find fun. Though Fedha had been and always would be an annoyance, a bratty, arrogant younger brother she had no time for, Dharba and Asherah had always more than made up for his attitude. They had always been up for an adventure - before Asherah, vanished at least. And if the two of them couldn't be found, her mothers had always been there for her. Nyunya felt somewhat... sympathetic that Buu had to find fun elsewhere than at home. "Well, in that case, how about I stay and play with you for a little while, hm? How about that?"

The older female nodded slowly at Kibuulu's mention of not having a mother, and her frown turned upside down to a small, sad smile instead. For Buu, not having a mother might not be a big deal, but for Nyunya, it was. Denge had been the most important person in her life since the day she was born. No one, not her brothers and sisters, Ithi, Taabu, her cubs... no one could fill the void Denge had left behind. She didn't know if Buu was blessed or cursed, not knowing her mother so the pain of loss wasn't as acute as Ny's. But either way, Nyunya knew she herself had been blessed by having Denge in her life for as long as she had.

Nyunya chuckled softly at Kibuulu's enthusiasm, finding it sweet. Especially the way Buu's face instantly brightened with happiness at just the idea of having someone to play with. Nyunya suspected that becoming a mother had made her irrepairably soft, but she didn't even care any more. Whatever changes had happened to her were more than worth it for all these little moments; she loved seeing that joy on the faces of her babies, and it was even the same for Buu. Nothing made her happier than making them happy. "How about you decide what we play, sweetheart? I'm sure you know better games than I do."

As the little female rubbed up against her, though, Nyunya was forced to push whatever melancholy had been hanging around her to smile affectionately, already taking quite a liking to this cub. She leaned down to nuzzle against Buu, returning the loud purr with a gentle one of her own, in the habit of doing it softly to soothe her cubs when they needed it.