Scared of the dark
Canni
06-09-2019, 09:01 PM
Cannival Cannival was taken aback by Motif's line of questioning, and she was glad for the moment that with the pup's positioning that she could not see the confusion set upon her face. For what it felt, the youngling might have asked her friend where babies come from- Cannival felt stupid as she struggled with a proper response. What did adults tell children who questioned the way the world worked? Were they honest, risking the new fears that might grasp young ears as they learned that nature was not always fair or forgiving? Or did they lie, and comfort the child with knowledge that such hardships would never happen again? A smarter creature might find a way to weave in a lesson, to prompt the child to behave or else be punished by the winds and rains and fire. Cannival could not bring herself to lie to her friend, however. She steeled herself, and then began gently. "It was the lightning." Her voice quieted, and she could hear the rhythmic thumping of Motif's small heart. "There has been a drought. The grasses were dry and starved of water. Usually a storm brings rain first, and the wetness takes hold of the earth and makes it hard for the fire to catch. This time, however, it didn't. The fire didn't attack us, we were just unlucky I guess." She paused, letting a short silence wash over them and feeling her own heart begin to pump faster as she remembered how very orange the world became. "The good news is that the grasses and the trees are burned, now... if it were to happen again, the fire would have nowhere to go and nothing to eat. It would be over quickly, I assume." The lioness grew quiet again as the pup spoke of her mother. She felt she didn't know Shaye as well as she once thought she did. She couldn't speak of her character or her motivations. There were no words she could muster that would defend the alpha, nor comfort little Motif. The pup seemed to feel abandoned- and rightly so, in Cannival's opinion. A murmur escaped her lips, and she could only hope it sounded understanding and affirmative. |
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