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The cool waters of the watering hole sloshed quietly on tot he paw printed bank as Dooley came to a stop. The huge pale lion smiled to himself and laid down slowly. Turning his head the big male passes a gentle sweet smile at the little lioness that was on his back. He had carried her this far without any problem, if anything he wasn't even tired but the lionesses needed to be patched up and he guessed his fur would need a wash judging by the scent of blood that emanated from the silky lioness.

"Can you get off or do you need a hand?" He raises a brow curiously. "Wessex will sort your leg out for you." He flickers his tail a little resting his gentle blue eyes on the little lioness sprawled across his spine. "And we won't be going any where any time soon, so you can rest. I'll make sure no harm comes to you."

The monochrome hound laughs gently "Rest a moment while I find something to bind your leg." The pale dog wags her tail and pads off down the bank of the watering hole searching for leaves and moss, things she knew would be handy to use as a bandage.

Pottering back the female jackal lays down a few long leaves, moss and some twigs. She nods happy with her finds. "Lay here ma'am I'll cover your leg so you don't get an infection."

The big pale male watched Chai carefully moving his bulky body every so often to make sure she wasn't going to fall over. His pale gentle blue eyes looked her over, she was hurt and it upset him to see her hurt. She seemed so vulnerable and the hero in him couldn't stand to see a damsel in distress. he seemed to stubbornly not want him to assist her but he couldn't help it. That was what he was, that was what he did, he helped people, especially those that clearly needed his help.

Moving close to the jackal and hawk the big lion smiles lightly at the lioness and lowers his head. "Can you fix it Wes?"

The small jackal looks at her friend and licks his nose tenderly "When can't I fix a bite wound?" She wrinkles her nose and turns her attention tot he lioness. She licks Chai's wound once again cleaning away the dried blood from the wound. She pads the wounds with moss and places a large leaf over the tip before binding carefully with thin strong grasses.

The monochrome jackal sits back and admires her handy work "There." She wrinkles her nose happily.

Dooley stands up and looks at the make shift bandage. Great work as always Wes." He smiles and licks the pale jackal head making her fur all spiky.

"Ugh, Dooley, do you mind?" She chuckles and shakes her head. "That should do for the moment but it will need to be changed regularly until it's healed over. Course I can do that for you so you don't need to worry about it."

"You're quite welcome, it was my pleasure, I hate to see any creature being bullied and that Hyena he was clearly out for blood." The big lion shakes his head and huffs "I wish he had left sooner I really didn't want to hurt him." He smiles a slightly guilty smile looking away in to the near distance in a sort of thoughtful manner. He was of course thinking of his birthplace and the need to fight to be the strongest and to be aggressive, they had trained him well but he had a calm loving heart and the aggression of the sands had not followed him when he left as an adolescent.

"Our lands? Oh, oh no we were just passing through and happened to see you in trouble." Dooley chuckles quietly his voice low and calming despite his imense size he radiated calm and quiet, a poise clearly ingrained in to him.

"We're on our way to a pride not too far from here, we hard about it and decided we had had QUITE enough of wandering about as rogues." He smiles softly at the little lioness and looks across at Wessex "The pooch here much preferes to be surrounded by other creatures she gets very bored just being with me."

Wessex barks a laugh and pounces at the big male lion she nips playfully at his gigantic paws "Ignore him this big fluffy softy hates being out of a pride. Its a small mirricle he has been a rogue this long. Misses the comfort of a den full of lions." She smiles a gentle motherly smile at the huge lion "Truth is we both miss being in a pride. Its no fun being alone even if we have always been together." She barks a little yipping bark and turns her attention to Rin and Chai.

"You know you should both come with us. I have heard the pride is juge and welcomes all new comers, it would be a much more confortable place for you. I think maybe you arn't suited for the rogue life either." She smiles a wrinkly nosed smile at the slender lioness, the little dog fully realised that she was in a bad way, alone wandering, this was no place for a lady, especially a lone one, the rogue savannah was a lonely place for anyone but it could be dangerous if you couldn't defend yourself properly. She thanked her lucky stars every day that she was with Dooley.

"Thats a very good idea Wes, would you both like to come with us? Its only a few more days walk south and we will be at the borders of the pride lands."

Dooley nodded and smiled softly at her compliments "There was no need to kill the creature. It is its nature to be like that, punishing it for its wrongs just isn't right. If it had left I wouldn't have had to knock it out." He sighs a slightly exasperated sigh. "I don't really like violence but sometimes it is nessecary."

He barks a laugh as the little lioness gawps at him, and an embarressed flush clearly colours his cheeks. "Its easier to live out here than in the sands. I was born in the firekin, but my colouration stopped me from remaining so I became a rogue at adolecence and now I have had enough of wandering. Its time to lay down some roots, its time to have a home again." He smiles and clears his throat, looking at the pale bird companion of the pretty lioness. "Good, I'm glad you're coming with us. We'll have to stay put for a day or two while your leg gets better but Wes and i can hunt while you recover then we cna hot foot it to the pride lands."

The pale dog shakes her head softly her deep chcolate brown eyes resting upon the clearly stubborn lioness. "Dooley was well trained to care for himself before we came to the rogue lands. And his size, well thats just something most firekin have, theres very few small lions in the sand lands." She wrinkles her nose in a happy smile "Of course they arn't all quite as lovely as Dooley." She sits for a moment looking thoughtful.

"Speaking of food perhaps we should have a little hunt before we sleep." She moves down the big lions back and licks quickly at his back leg where the lionesses blood had stained his fur "you big scruff, did you forget about that?" She laughs cleaning the blood from his fur quickly and efficiently.

Dooley rolls his eyes. "I didn't forget Wes, I just got distracted by the beautiful lady." He winks at Chai and smiles a sweet smile "would you like something to eat? I can hunt and fetch somehting more than big enough for the four of us."

The big male seemed surprised at her reaction but, he thought it was normal, it was normal for the pride he had been raised in. He was a Huria, and that was the way of the pride. He stands and follows after the pale lioness sitting down behind her he lowers his head and nudges one of her ears gently. "Don't feel sorry for me lovely." He whispers "My pride, they are proud warriors, and their coat colour is important to them. I was trained my whole life to leave and to be able to care for myself, they provided for me and I am glad I am free of the pride. Fighting, being a warrior, it isn't for me Chai, I want to live a quiet life where I don't have to battle for everything, where fighting isn't a way of life."

He licks her ear gently and looks up through his pale tan mane at the bird resting between his ears. "Lets go and get something to eat. Wes, you stay here with Chai and howl if you see anything coming." He looks backwards at his permanent companion and smiles.

He rolls his shoulders and starts to pad away glancing back briefly to check that the two were settled before breaking in to a quick, loping run. "Find me something meaty Rin and I'll see it fetched back."

The monochrome dog nods her head and barks "Okay Dooley, fetch us back something big and juicy I could eat a whole wilderbeest on my own!" She laughs and pads to sit squarely in front of Chai licking the lionesses nose. "He misses his family some days but he knows they are safe and that he can make new friends and find new family." She smiles a little wrinkle nosed smile and wags her tail.

"Like you and Rin, we may be a bit unusual but Dooley is my family and you guys can be too, so don't be sad, we aren't and we are going to a new and wonderful place. The pridelands is a peaceful place full of friendly creatures and hardly any fighting, its a place to find family." She smiles hopefully cheering the lioness up.

The big male lion gave an affirmative nod "Yes, I can take down an eland." He chuckles and looks up giving a confident smile. Getting his bearings from the hawk, he bolts of in the direction of the herd.

His approach was careful, thoughtful and despite his giant size he managed to make himself virtually invisible to the herd. He lay quietly waiting for some time, waiting for one to stray just a little too far from the rest of the herd. His chance game when a young bull pulled away from the herd and lowered its head to graze.

The massive white lion dove from his hiding spot engulfing the creature easily.His frame, though not quite as bulky as the young bull managed to pull the creature to its back while the rest of the herd scattered. He quickly took its life, his strong jaw fastening on the creatures throat. It didn't kick for long and once it had stopped Dooley released the beast and without a second thought he tossed the creature across his body, the scruff of its neck gripped tightly in his jaws. He looks up briefly at the hawk and starts to trot back towards the watering hole.

Wessex had nodded off on one of Chai's paws while waiting for Dooley to return but her nose twitched and her ears flickered long before the tan maned lion came in to view. Sitting up obediently the little pale dog wagged her tail happily. "Theres a lion-cow coming our way." She giggles and shakes her head "Either that or I am hallucinating." She grins playfully and points a paw at the horizon.

It didn't take long for Dooley to march in to the small oasis surrounding the watering hole. Depositing the creature he had killed he sits and welcomes the pale Jackal grooming her fur.

Wessex wags her tail happily and yaps a little puppyish bark "Well its a shame you couldn't bring anything bigger back!" She laughs and licks his nose happily before looking at Chai. "He's very good at hunting you know?" she smiles, a pleased almost motherly smile.

The big male lion chuckles softly "Well dig in, ladies first."

The big pale male smiled softly "Please, you need it more than I I would much prefer to see you eat your fill than to leave you hungry. Wessex and I only fed yesterday so we can wait." He settles down in the shade and stretches out his paws cleaning his pale and dusty toes.

Wessex yaps and nudges Chai "He won't eat til you do dear." She wags her tail and nods to Rin. "We can wait you ladies should fill your stomachs we'll keep watch for any scavengers." She trots over to Dooley and sits beside him her body tucked in to his side.

Dooley looks at the monochrome dog and grooms her head gently his deep soft blue eyes smiling. Turning his gaze to Chai he tilts his head "Please. We'll watch for scavengers while you eat then we can switch."