Push Push {Lady Lightning}
She hummed in understanding, green eyes watching the child's actions carefully. So her name was Keno, Mlezi nodded faintly to herself, continuing to watch the girl stumble back then towards the small creature that climbed up beside her. Interesting, she had never seen a thing like that before. Why was the creature following her around when it could easily become a meal? Perhaps this was something she could experiment with on her wolf captive. Yes... she would have to do that.
When it came to the question about her parents, it was clear that something was wrong almost immediately. Mlezi noted how her ears went back and voice changed, telling the lioness how she had Kenji but she thinks he abandoned her. Kenji, was that a sibling or friend? Surely she had enough respect to not call one of her parents by their name. Brows came together in both confusion and annoyance, wondering how someone could just leave a child all on their own, or if something had actually happened to the person where they weren't alive.
The kid further spoke, talking about how she didn't know what happened to her mother, that they had been separated for a long time. The lioness would sigh softly, barely audible towards the child. It seemed something might have happened to the mother, seeing as they only abandoned children if they had something wrong that wouldn't allow them to survive or if they died while out hunting for the pair. Whatever happened she would try helping the kid out, even if it was out of her comfort zone, at least find a place to watch over her till she was old enough to be on her own.
Keno asked Mlezi if she was alone, to which the female chuckled. “Na kuchagua wangu.” She replied, head rising and paws kneading the ground as if it was some sort of achievement. Tail swung behind her twice till she brought it around her rump, clearing her throat. “Haw luung Keenge gun?” It was a struggle to pronounce the words like she had learned them, her accent making it sound like other letters but still, the lioness was able to get her point across. Hopefully the child would still be able to understand her. If she knew how long this Kenji had been gone then perhaps she could bring the kid to Shiki, see if he knew anything and maybe do a few little tests with the two. It would be interesting. talk. think. you. |