Private w/ Adofo

[Iri]

Hearing the loud, ear-piercing screaming from the poacher a few yards away from her, Chaltuu jerked awake. "For the love of the stars, what is your problem? Shut up!" the reddish-brown lioness snapped angrily, her thick, disheveled fur bristling and her lips drawn back in a fierce snarl. She assumed he had had a nightmare, but he didn't have to screech and wail about it. It wasn't like he was being murdered... She unsheathed her long, hooked claws and tore up a little bit of the soil beneath her, shooting an intense, irritated glare at Adofo. She herself had suffered from nightmares and sometimes still did, so perhaps she could relate a little, but she never awoke shrieking from them.

[Why am I not surprised in the slightest that he had a nightmare?]

[Adofo]

Adofo: ....I.......I'm sorry. ......I know you don't want me to talk about my dream so.......sorry I screamed....

[Iri]

"You're right, I don't want you to talk about your dream, because for one, it's none of my business, and second of all, I honestly don't care to listen," Chaltuu growled, still irritated. "It's fine, whatever... Just go back to sleep or something." She turned her head away from him. When she woke up again- hopefully naturally, and not by someone screaming- she would get on the move and hopefully continue on with her excursion. She would not let Dhakiya's murderer get away with their crime... She bristled slightly, not at Adofo, but at anger with herself. With every moment she wasted resting or dragging herself instead of just being able to walk normally was another minute for the killer to get farther and farther away. Normally she would be travelling all day until she was so exhausted that she couldn't take another step, but she just had to get her leg broken by an ox...

[Adofo]

Adofo laid back down and went back to sleep. The next morning, he awoke and stretched as he saw his little "friend" still sleeping. He wasn't too hungry yet so he picked up a small nearby rock and took out one of his arrows and started carving a drawing into it. He was drawing a picture of himself hugging his little brother. Which wouldn't surprise anyone that knew him. Everyone knew he loved his little brother more than anyone or anything else in the world.

(I know I just saw my big bro yesterday...but I wanna text my bro and tell him I love him!)

[Iri]

[xD Heheh.]

Chaltuu growled as she awoke, her eyes slowly opening and her tail flicking as she attempted to stand up. She did, although she staggered a bit, and kept as much pressure as possible off of her injured limb. Her long claws ripped a little bit at the soil in pain as she stretched the wounded leg, trying to keep it from going completely numb. As she sat down with a relieved grunt, she watched a rather large beetle crawl past her. Something that she knew Shujaa would squeal at and declare was the most terrifying thing to ever exist. The large lioness squashed it abruptly under her forepaw, hearing a faint crunch as she crushed it. She lifted up her paw and rasped her tongue over the remains of the insect that stuck to her paw pad, swallowing them. It was far from satisfying, but until she could hunt again, she would have to stick with eating smaller prey like spring hares and dust mice, and perhaps the occasional hyrax.

[Adofo]

Adofo put down his finished little work of art and looked up at Chaltuu.
Adofo: So.....you hungry? ....I can get us a few birds.

[Iri]

As Chaltuu rasped her tongue roughly over her forepaw with her eyes closed, she heard the offer from Adofo and folded her ears back. "No, thank you," she replied curtly. "I don't need your help. I don't need anybody's help, for that matter." She had to admit her stomach felt hollow. In injuring her leg the previous day, she had missed what could have been a satisfying meal, but she was too proud and too stubborn to accept assistance from anyone. The idea of a few fresh bird carcasses sounded quite tantalizing, however... Despite her light temptations to accept his rather generous offer, her expression remained her typical stony scowl. The ruddy lioness heard her vacant belly make a faint rumbling sound and she huffed. If only she had managed to kill the ox, then she would have been able to have a full meal. But she supposed thinking about what could have been wouldn't solve any problems. She'd wait for her limb to completely heal up, and until then she'd have to rely on rodents and perhaps fish or flightless birds.

[Adofo]

Adofo: Okay.
Adofo looked around and in a tree, he saw two birds sitting on a branch. He took out his bow and he pulled out the last tethered arrow he had, as probably the others got washed away. He tied the end of the rope made from old vines onto his wrist and aimed it at the birds. After just sitting there for a minute, aiming, he finally let go and his arrow flew. Right before the arrow pierced one of the birds, the other started to fly away, but it was unlucky, as it flew in front of the other bird and the arrow pierced both birds.
Adofo: Wow! I think I go both of them!
He yanked a few times on the vine and Adofo had his meal brought right to him. After a few minutes, he had finished one of the birds but hadn't touched the other one.
Adofo: Hey.....you want the other one? I'm not going to eat it.

[Iri]

Hesitating for a minute, Chaltuu mentally debated whether to accept or decline. After a moment, she grudgingly muttered, "Thank you" with a grateful inclination of her head, and pulled the feathered creature towards her. In a normal situation, she would have brusquely rejected the offer and padded away, but that was clearly not an option at the given circumstances. She leaned over and began to ravenously tear into the rather plump bird, spitting out any feathers that got stuck in her mouth, and within a few minutes, she had polished it off, feeling a little more satisfied. Maybe she would pursue a hyrax later, or try to get a decently-sized fish from the stream. Resting her chin on her paws, she stared off into the distance, her cold green gaze fixed on nothing in particular. She tucked her tail around her hindquarters and let out a relaxed huff.

[Adofo]

Adofo relaxed and watched the clouds. Just thinking of his family