if you give a lion a lemon

Poem was quite caught up in the lioness’s attention, she returned the greeting and commented on how polite she was. The young heir beamed at the praise and stood a little taller as Cannival looked her over. She seemed surprised that Poem had come to find her at all, but the girl was quite excited. Unfortunately the lioness did not come right out and ask if she wanted a piggy back ride, however she did know that Poem was the alpha-to-be.

”I am!” she said with obvious warmth, ”But, I don’t know I don’t really like to talk about it.” Her dark ears fell to her skull as she looked away from Cannival and towards the decimated thicket. She hadn’t even been able to tell her brother about the position, and she knew that had to be part of the reason he’d pushed her. Maybe it would be better to have just given the promise of hei to him instead of her.

She tried to shake the thoughts from her head but thinking about Noir brought tears to her eyes. She hurriedly wiped her eyes with her paw before Canni might see her. She needed to be brave in front of a lioness! The great cat was made of bravery after all. Poem turned back to her incredible gold eyes. ”I came to find you because, um, Motif said you gave rides.” Her voice only held a little bit of strain as she pushed down her emotions on Noi and her brush with death.