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[11:31] Buffy: The male yawned, his eyes tired from the night before. He had been refusing sleep since he had taken Rashida under his wing.
She was toos weet, too loving. He feared for her safety. Something about her just made him feel like the protector, a role he had wanted to play since he
was under his fathers rule. However things were gradually getting easier for Azrael. He was happier anyway, so that gave him hope for the future. Rashida loved him,
or she said so, and that was more than he was ever used to. Even just the words seemed foreign to him.

He looked behind him, making sure she was still only a few steps behind. When she was, he smiled at her reassuringly. He knew she had no fear, but he did. He feared her being in danger,
and by god that wouldnt happen while he was around.

"Are you okay?" He asked her softly, his golden eyes looking into hers.

She chuckled, stepping beside him to run her head under his chin and smiled.
"Of course I am silly, what would be wrong?"

She worred about him and his need to defend her. She wasnt one to fight, but she hated that he felt he needed to take that responsibility on.

[11:59] spikefreak88: Rashida took a step, where her pace was that of his own. She looked at him with a grin, and shook her head.
He always had this worried expression..always felt that he had a duty to fill. His father had screwed him up inside, and she
was doing all she could to turn the way he saw himself around. He had been told for years that he was a noone.. that he was a dissappointment
to his great warrior of a father.
"I love you Azrael, please never forget that." She responded. They were heading for a pride they had heard of. one that revolved around family, love,
and truth. She had always felt that would be the place for her, and she knew it was where Az needed to be as well.

"If I didnt, I wouldnt be following you right now. Youre not my father, you dont have to be my bodyguard." She mused, nuzzling his shoulder with her nose. Her
eyes landed on the large black female first. She cocked her head, awestruck at the look of her. Roses clung to her body and Rashida smile.d

"Az, Look!" She said excitedly.

Azrael, however, looked at the larger female coming closer to them and scowled.
"What if shes dangerous Rashi..You need to be more careful."

[12:15] spikefreak88: Rashida batted at Azrael with a paw and grinned.
"You big worry wart. Youre frightening her." She shook her head, and motioned him to come with her as she stepped closer.
Though she knew full well he would follow, even without her guidance to do so.

"I know, miss." She said softly. "You dont have a mean aura about you." She said stepping closer. She admired the wings, which were now almost
invisible upon the females body. She smiled excitedly.
"Youre lovely!"

Azrael stepped closer, his eyes looking over the larger female with a gruff nod. One day he was sure Rashida would get herself killed.
Far too trusting, she just didnt have the common sense to fear anyone. Though she had lived this long, he supposed
she must be good at reading others reasonably quickly.

"Good afternoon." He said to the other female, in an effort to relax, though he didnt completely.

Rashida grinned.
"Im Rashida, and this is Azrael. Whats your name?"

[12:35] spikefreak88: Azrael perked a bit at the mention of her being a goddess. He had never believed in such dieties. He had simply felt they were
others way of coping with l ife..To believe in something bigger than themselves. And here was this winged lion, large and foreboding, yet blind and gentle.
He gulped a little, and shuffled his paws. He had been rather rude, and he was unsure how to go about himself now.
"Pleasure is ours." He said with a nod of his head, even though he realized she would not be able to see such movements.
He watched Rashida sit, rather slowly. She was obviously doing her best to keep slow and not make the quick movements Alba had warned them of.

"You have wings. Ive never seen wings on anything but birds." Rashida said in a dreamlike voice. She was simply mesmerized with the idea
of this female.

"Its our honor to meet you!" She said happily.

[11:27] spikefreak88: Rashida smiled and nodded. She supposed that the other must really get that all the time. Rashi liked to think of herself as extremely careful when she noticed things about others, and this goddess didnt even care that she had been rather rude about noticing her wings. Rashida instantly felt embarassed, but pushed it aside. No harm done she supposed.
Looking to Azrael she gave him a soft look. She wanted him to be more polite, and inside that made him nervous.
Azrael looked at the female and gulped. He wanted to ask how she flew with no eyesight, but he supposed that the word Tact wasnt lost on him.
"Thats nice.." He said, voice not quite believable. He wasnt TRYING to be rude, but Rashida wanted to converse with a complete stranger.. that was very dangerous and what if he hadnt been around to protect her??

Rashida smiled and looked back at the goddess.
"To have wings like a bird.. That must be simply amazing."

[11:48] spikefreak88: "We're heading for a new pride!" She responded quickly and without reluctance.
Azrael had been telling her about the pride and she had been nothing short of excited the entire way there.
"From what Im told we're close." She said, and pranced in place a little, not that the female would have been able to see it. She likely heard the footfalls in the grasses though.
Rashida's white toes wiggled as she did her best not to hop around. She was a quiet female most times but she was just so anxious to finally be home. Wandering too alot out of her.

"What of you? What are you doing around here? Do you live here?" She asked, cocking her head. She
could feel the disdain of Azrael behind her and ignored him. Why did he always have to be so untrusting?!

"We probably interrupted her, Rashida.." He said, but still she ignored him.

The belonging feeling was definitely new to Rashida. She had been the quiet outcast for years. Once a princess, her pride had been destroyed and taken over by a band of rogues. Sullen, she had taken to avoding her pridemembers, which only caused her to be shunned by them in the end. She held no bitter feelings though, as was evident in her face. She was a sweet female, with a heart of gold, and now she was going to fit in somewhere. Bearing a smile, she nodded.
"Oh yes! Im terribly excited." Her voice soft though still had exclaimation to it.
"Oh Pish you are not." She shook her head, and chuckled. There was no way this female was interrupting! She was far too wonderous to be anything but wanted company.

Azrael looked away, not really wanting to anger his mate. He had to do alot to ever anger her, and sometimes when he hit that level he felt terrible. It wasnt worth it to hurt her, so he shook his head reluctantly.
"No, no.. We werent doing anything important.." He replied, though he didnt look at her when he said it, instead at his paws as he drew with a single claw in the dirt.