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As the male jogged off to check for remaining meat Ankara slowly followed, wondering who this Sambi was that the male had mentioned. After a moment of thought on it her mind turned to what type of flank it was. A zebra perhaps, since there seemed to be a herd about. Just the thought of it was making her mouth water and stomach gurgle in anticipation for an actual meal. After having lost a possible meal to that mysterious cheetah she could go for some zebra about now. “i hope it’s zebra.” She spoke outl oud, not quite realizing she had just voiced her thoughts.

As the male returned Ankara saw the flank. It might not have been much but to her it was the most wonderful piece of meat she had ever seen, though her thoughts might have been a tad exaggerated in her hungered state. She nearly surged forward to grab at the meat, though upon remembered that there actually was a lion holding it, one who was offering this food of his to her, she stopped herself. It was best not to make this male, whom she had just met, think she was some mannerless beast. “Thank you, I promise I will catch something later to repay you.” With that she gingerly took the flank from the male and set it down. She wasted no time biting in to what meat was left. It might not have been the freshest of meat, but it tasted amazing at this point.

“Ish fine.” Ankara spoke around the last morsels of meat within her mouth before swallowing. She looked longingly at the bone for a moment. Perhaps she should have eaten slowly and savored it, but her stomach was happy either way. It may not have been full, but at least it would no longer be empty. Ankara stretched and sat down beside the cleaned bone, smiling back at the male. “Well I really do appreciate it. It isn’t everyone that would be willing to give a complete stranger their food.” The thanks was followed with a smile towards the male. A previous thought drifted back in to her mind at this point, and with the male actually there she ventured a question. “Who is this Sambi you mentioned? A friend of yours?”

“Exactly, so the simple fact you are willing to share is wonderful, and I’m not just saying that because I was the one you fed.” Ankara chuckled lightly. “I see. So you two live out here alone then? Must be nice to have the constant company. Traveling alone gets a bit lonely after a while. Dirt and trees aren’t much for conversation, well not until you’ve gone without food for a few days.” Ankara mentally cringed. That just sounded and as if she was implying she talked to dirt and trees, which just sounded crazy.“Not that I have actually talked to dirt, or a tree..” ‘Nice save, Ankara’ she thought to herself, ‘he probably already thinks you’re out of your mind though.’ She was pulled from her internal dialogue as another thought cropped up to the top of her mind. “I’m Ankara!” The words rushed out before she could stop herself. “Uhm, I realized that I didn’t know your name, and that I hadn’t given you mine, so..I’m Ankara.”

Ears flicked back in embarrassment at his laughter. She had certainly not meant to yell out her name the way she did, but was happy to find he gave his back. Perhaps he didn’t think her a total nut at least. When he started speaking of a different land she perked up, curiosity evident on her face. “A land once ruled by great kings.” she spoke silently, mostly a whispered repeat to herself. She chuckled softly as he spoke of his brother. “Well nature has a lot of interesting things to say.”

Her thoughts fell back to this land he had spoken of, drifting off slightly as she wondered what this place looked like. It had been spoken of quite a bit it seemed by Mohombi’s brother, and she could not help but wonder what sort of amazing place it really was. After a bit of thought she looked to Mohombi, ears perking forward. “We should go there. We should go find this place your brother spoke of, see if it really is so amazing that is it worth talking about so much. Maybe it will be.” The hope was certainly there, growing in her, that it really was a wonderful place.