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A long day of wandering had been in store for the light purple leopard. It had been many moons since the young male had seen his family but he was sure they were around some where in this area. Not that he was actively seeking them out or anything. In truth, while Cassianu cared greatly for his family, the leopard was more at peace away from them. Especially his father.

Lucianus had an over bearing problem and controlling no tolerance for none sense. Even though the elder leopard was his father, Cassianu had to question his wisdom from time to time. Namely the elder leopards cold and calculating opinion on any species not of leopard birth. Lions tended to be okay but cheetah or anything that resembled a canine was lesser. His father clung to ideals from past decades that had long since crumbled. From time to time there was a hint of warmth, but in Lucianuses eyes, that warmth was far away and distant.

Cassianu, now an adult, did his best to stay away. The amount of weight of the 'glory' days of a dead past his father put oh him and his siblings was enough to make Cassianu keep a respectful distant.

The evening was now just slinking in to place of where the warmth of day had just been making it clear that now was the best time to start the hunt. Being a feline with night vision had its advantages and Cassianu had not been wandering the territory with out reason. He'd been keeping tabs on a herd not to far off and had kept his distance until he was sure that he had a chance. After all, Cassianu wanted to eat this fine evening and maybe keep the left overs in a tree for the morning.

With the grace of a slithering snake, the leopard proceeded closer towards the herd.

The herd began to move which was not something Cassianu had calculated when he had been tracking the herd. Other predators or spooks happened. Grazers tended to be a testy lot of characters.

The hooved creatures were now all scattering this way and that. One buck even jumped over Cassianu which made the leopard hug the ground tighter than when he'd been in stealth mode. Frantic creatures tumbling this and that way were a danger to even the most skilled predator. Especially when the circumstances were unplanned and chaotic.

Moments passed and only when the leopard was sure that it was safe to lift his head did he do so. The leopard didn't have to scan the area to hard to see the culprit of the disruption. A lion on the hunt and successful as it would seem.

Cassianu sighed.

There were now two options open to the leopard. Either he follow after one of the many now small pockets of grazers or he wait in the shadows like a scavenger and fight for the remains after the sir lion was done with his kill. Not feeling particular eager to chase after anything so alert the leopard defaulted to the latter and slowly padded his way to a respectable distance from the lion not putting much effort to hide his whereabouts.

The lion was moving towards him now which had Cassianu have a fleeting moment of panic where he took a few steps back. It was not uncommon for predators to clash together. Random rouges were a mixed bag of nuts in the case of you never knew what kind of personality one might have. Caution was a wise thing to carry.

But the lion dropped the kill before him and offered up a name and his kill. Cassianu looked dumb founded for a moment gazing from the lion to the kill.

"Well this is new," He hadn't meant to say that bit out loud but the shock could not be hidden.

"I'm sorry so rude of me to stare. I'm Cassianu and well.." For a moment he thought about saying no thank you on the grounds that he had no part in the kill but his stomach told him other wise. Letting his pride aside for now he humbly offered a smile in thanks.

"Well... Thank you for the kindness. I'd be honored to share a meal with such a kind stranger." The leopard graciously went at the offered meat being sure to not eat so greedily. The first bite was savored for a moment before he lifted his head .

"Sorry manners. I just uh.. You killed it so you should eat?"

Canadian stand off.

Cassianu had to pause with a mouth half full of food as the lion pulled out an herb and drawped it over the meat. Dare he ask? Surely the other would see the curiosity glistening in his eye with the pause. Cassianu continued to chews before swallowing.

"Why'd you do that to the meat?" He had to ask curiosity at its peak. He'd never seen such a thing.

"Odd? No . You seem decent folk to me ," The leopard helped him self to another mouth full of meat and chewed it slowly.