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The warmth of the sun had long since disappeared behind the horizon, giving way to a surprisingly cold evening on the savannah. The cool breeze that rolled across the Pridelands became biting in the already chill evening air. A nearly black figure huddled between the grasses, just beyong the normal patrols of the Pridelanders. All that was really visible were tiny light flecks of color against her dark form.

While Boso was not by any means frozen, she'd begun to shake slightly, but she lay as still as possible. The only thing more dangerous than the cold in her mind, were the large creatures that seemed to live here. It was blind fear that kept her hidden and hungry this night.

The dark blue form froze, forcing stillness to her body, in her mind she was perfectly disguised...however she now simply jolted a bit from time to time when the wind would hit her wrong. There was now a deep fear that ran through the cub, fight or flight in the truest sense.

Untill she heard the lioness speak Boso's eyes had remained closed tight, using the tried and true hide and seek logic of a still young cub, convinced that not seeing what was coming made her harder to spot. Hearing the female voice stirred a somewhat comforted feeling in her though, almost the feeling of safety, and slowly the dark cub opened one yellow-lined eye to see who approached.

Even in the dim light she could make out the lioness' shape and, while not convinced of her safety, chose to stay. Still soundless and not quite motionless the cub waited.

The dark cub remained motionless a moment, both contemplating her options and shivvering violently. Even her young mind knew that she was not safe out here alone, that her mother had been taken and there were no guarantees they would not be back.

Eyes raised up toward the lioness, she took several wavering steps forward, stopping only when she'd reached a point directly before Malika. Though the cub was weak she would not sit, keeping her eyes continually fixed on her rescuer.

The cub greeted the offered warmth with a rare enthusiasm, edging slightly closer to the female. Boso'd not known warmth during the nights since her mother had gone, the shaking of her body in the dark hours had grown natural to the female.

When asked if she was capable of speech she knew not how to answer, simply staring up at the female hoping to somehow tell her everything and yet was unable to say anything. In responce to being carried however she immediately moved forward and presented her back and neck, preparing to be moved. More familiar with being moved than nearly anything else, being the cub of a rogue, there was a comfort to being held and carried.

Boso knew not where she was going, but happily accepted that it was not where she currently was, and for that she was quietly thankful.

The dark cub made herself easy to carry, she never moved when lifted, and hung happily from the lioness' maw. The view she managed from the lift was familiar, if missed, by the cub, and she stared placidly into the night sky.

When placed upon the ground she stood stiff, sniffing the ground like her mother had done when they were somewhere new. Still young she knew very little of what to look for in a scent, but could still understand the smell of her own kind. She moved toward the grouping of warm bodies, peering at them from a safe distance before placing herself a decent foot or so from them. Looking back toward the entrance, and the lioness who'd brought her here, Boso simply stared wide-eyed, alternating between looking purposefully at the young and back at the lioness. She thought questions loudly in her mind, but knew not how to say them.

Boso edged closer to the buddle of other cubs close to her own size and age. Still unsure and nervous the cub sniffed the one closest to her tentatively and pushed it gently with her paw, like one testing for the waters before jumping in. When no horrible or frightening responce came Boso resigned hersekf to laying down, curled up just touching the small pile. It had been a very curious night for the cub and her with her unexpected travel and strange situation it took her sometime to finally sleep.

((It's short but I think we can wrap it up there...we could do another one someother time, yes?))