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Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2018 5:53 pm
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Bembe was not the type to venture out on her own. It was always he best friend, Kauta, instigating the adventures and she, nervous to do something out of her comfort zone but glad that another was taking the lead, would tag along. It had always been like that. Kauta had a seize the day, what could go wrong, let's do it kind of attitude. Bembe had always been more of a sit back, let someone suss out whether something was dangerous or not, wouldn't it be easier to stay back kind of gal. Still, the two had meshed and some of Kauta's adventurous tendencies had been rubbing off on the white and purple lioness.
When she'd awoken that morning, she hadn't looked around for her friend. Instead, she'd thought to herself, I will venture to the borders myself. Bembe had never gone out that far lone before. It wasn't even that big of a deal to others. There was nearly always someone patrolling near by, but the thought of being on the cusp, the edge of the Pridelands, was enough to make Bembe never go alone.
But not today.
She'd rose from the den and ventured out, curious, nervous, but none the less drawn.
Her white paws brought her all the way to the invisible line she'd been taught as a cub was the edge of their pridal lands. It wasn't so scary, she thought, and it stretched on and on, and it didn't even look different from the grasslands she'd just passed through.
Black eyes scanned the horizon, wondering what might be out there.
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Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2018 7:29 pm
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Itri, at least, seemed polite, she decided.
When he rose, she unconsciously shifted backwards immediately. Bembe realised her mistake instantly and dropped her head, embarrassed.
"I'm sorry, I don't come across strangers very often..." she said, her voice trailing off, hoping that would be enough of an explanation for her behaviour.
She didn't answer his questions right away. She didn't really know what she thought. It's not really a question she'd every been asked. It was all she knew.
"I cannot think of anywhere else I would be," she spoke after a few moments.
"It is home," she said simply, for it was. It had everything she needed, and she wouldn't change that.
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