[PRP] Fast friends

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Qimmatli gave a long and drawn out yawn and a stretch before perusing about. In the time that she had spent here so far she had found it to be quiet. Peaceful. So anchored to death, yet so... alive? She had found it to be comforting, being in a group that felt so much like a family. She had also found comfort in the beliefs. In the idea of a place for souls to rest after death.

The lioness took a deep breath of the cool air, releasing it with a smile and a sigh before the figure of the black lioness caught her eye. She blinked, trying to recognize her, before calling out. "Hello!" she greeted, trotting up. "I... hm. I'm sorry, I can be dreadful with faces. Trying to get better with getting to know everyone. Have... Have we met?"

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"Isabis," Qi repeated to herself. Then, once more for good measure. She peered at the younger lioness a bit, matching the name to the face as best she could in her head, before she quirked her head to the side in response. "Yeah, probably. I guess I've never really been in a place like this where I had to memorize so many faces." A pause to think about what she had said. "That is to say, this is my first real, big, home."

The fact that the N'ezi-ozu wasn't really that large to begin with really spoke to how Qi's first home was really just a rag-tag little family that wandered here and there. "My name is Qimmatli, Isabis. It's nice to meet you."

The lioness looked around thoughtfully. "So. You born here? You one of the newcomers?"

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Her smile turned warm and thoughtful as she thought about Isabis's words. "Mmm, yeah, that's true. Meeting people out in the rogue lands was always a welcome treat. I guess it's like that, here, except much more frequent." She gave a toothy smile that turned to a beam when she was complimented on her name. Qi didn't acknowledge it much further than that, though. She'd always been uncomfortable with compliments...

"Oh!" she exclaimed when Isabis explained her origins. "I remember a pregnant lioness and her mate that was welcomed about when I was. I was so excited that there were going to be little ones out and about. I didn't realize that joining a pride meant the possibility of having little cubs around."

Subconsciously, she inched closer with interest. "Did your parents ever talk to you about where they came from? How is it growing up in one place when your parents are from another? Does it ever feel... weird?" If she had become prying with her questions, she didn't seem to notice.

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Qi swished her tail back and forth with excitement at Isabis's story, and of the description of the pride that her parents had come from. "That's so intriguing!" she said with wonder, her eyes wide.

"Do you ever feel any sort of need to, like... go out there and see the world for yourself? To go see where your parents came from, or something? I always wondered if lions whose families have longstanding ties to a pride feel any more or less of a need to go explore..." her voice trailed off as she contemplated it for a minute.

"Me? Oh... hmmm... I mean, I suppose? It feels... different. At first I felt like I stuck out like a sore thumb. And then, I dunno, one day I just woke up and it just felt like home? If that makes sense?"

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"Stories you say?" Qi asked. She moved to Isabis's side when she asked for a walking partner, bumping her hip to the black lioness's in a friendly gesture. "Then you're just in luck! I Fancy myself an Excellent storyteller. You might say that it was a bit of a specialty of mine before I came here. My family were traders and entertainers, and collecting stories was my forte!"

The cream-colored lioness looked to her new friend with a grin. "I would love nothing more than to take a stroll with you, Isa, if you would do me the honor of lending me an ear. I feel like I can only chat up so many of my new family members before they lock me up for driving them mad," she finished with a laugh, leading her companion on a stroll into the evening.

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