Willows
05-13-2020, 08:42 PM
She let loose a happy little chuff when Cairo relented, beginning to set up the strips of meat for drying before he dove into his story. Of course, she didn't think that he wouldn't -- it was a low-stakes request, after all. Still, it was good to see that her puppy-eyes had an effect on him. Perhaps she'd try something higher-stakes later, if they ever bumped into each other after today.
Malalia watched patiently as Cairo tore out even strips and laid them neatly on the hide. She mostly watched him work, though her ears twitched as he began to recount the tale. As her hindlegs rose, she stretched out her back with a habitual yawn before pacing up closer to the kill. "Can I help out?" The question came between the pause in his words. She wasn't listening, but the girl had a hard time sitting still, and she wanted to see this drying process all the way through.
Her eyes slid over to the scratches in Cairo's armor where the lion had left its mark. She'd fought countless coyotes... but nothing as daunting as a big cat. Not yet. "How did it feel?" her eyes were trained on the armor, but soon enough returned to look curiously at the male. "Did you know you'd win?" Besides those pests, and a few tough sparring matches, she'd never actually been in a fight where her life or someone else's was truly in danger. It certainly wasn't boring.