Private w/ Adofo

[Iri]

"My leg is fine. And I do not need any help," Chaltuu replied stiffly, looking affronted. "If you try to help me anyways, rest assured I'll claw your face off." The russet lioness was much too stubborn and much too proud to accept help, especially from someone who she had only just met and didn't even trust. Even accepting help from anyone who managed to be close to her made her feel weak and vulnerable. The rusty female growled and bared her pointed teeth a little bit, and her long tail lashed. To her, it didn't matter how genuine his concern was...

[Adofo]

Adofo: Okay! Okay! Didn't mean to upset you. Well.....what are you doing out here by yourself? ...If I may ask.

[Iri]

"None of your business," Chaltuu replied, her voice cold and devoid of any emotion that she felt. "But I will say that I don't belong in a pride. I don't want the company of others, and others don't want the company of me. Simple as that." She wondered how this "vice king" managed to be in a pride, let alone rule one. She knew she would never be able to manage that- she disliked being in the presence of large groups of others, and could only tolerate the company of two or three others. Maybe that was just because she had been solitary from a young age due to her trust problems. The only ones she had really trusted were Dhakiya and Kapuki. Dhakiya had been killed in a fight, and Chaltuu didn't have the faintest clue where Kapuki currently was. And she had had such little interaction with Shujaa and Ua, she had never really bonded with them the way she felt that Kapuki had expected her to.

[Adofo]

Adofo: Well.....I don't know why you don't. I don't mind being around you! But everyone's emotions are different.
Adofo slowly stood up.
Adofo: Well....I guess I'll try to find my way home now. It was nice meeting you! Honestly!
He turned and took a few steps but his legs were weak from being out for so long. They buckled slightly under him but he managed not to fall on his butt or face

[Iri]

"Are you really going to try to get home immediately after just being woken up from unconsciousness? I've done that before and I ended up getting even more hurt. Sit down and rest, Adofo," Chaltuu remarked with a snort and a roll of her bright green eyes. "And if you were washed down a river like you say, it'll be very difficult to find your way back." She had once hit her head and fallen unconscious, and nearly the moment she awoke she had attempted to walk around and even hunt, and she had been quite unsuccessful. Granted, she had never been washed downstream, but she had gotten hurt very many times due to her rogue lifestyle. Though traveling solo had its advantages, it also had its downsides.

[Adofo]

Adofo: Well.....alright. I won't argue.
He sat back down
Adofo: If I may ask, why do you think I'm a poacher? Really the only poachers we have at my home are hyenas. At least until we drove them out.

(Sorry I'm not wrighting much. Long tiring day at work)

[Iri]

"You have to realize that lions can be just as bad as hyenas, right?" Chaltuu asked him. Even the russet lioness herself didn't like hyenas, but she realized that lions could commit the same crimes that hyenas could, sometimes even worse. When she was really desperate, sometimes Chaltuu had stolen kills from other rogue lions and lionesses- she had once even managed to steal a bontebok from a hunting party of lionesses. "As a matter of fact, sometimes hyenas are better than lions, ethically anyways. However, to answer your question; it's just what animals outside of your 'Pride Rock' typically call your species. Poachers. My sister was nearly poached, so your type has a pretty negative reputation around the land."

[It's fine.]

[Adofo]

Adofo: Really? I've always been called a hairless ape or monkey. .....I've spent a lot of time trying to prove my worth to others. ...Mainly so my parents wouldn't be looked down upon just because they decided to adopt something they could have had for breakfast instead.

[Iri]

Rolling her eyes, Chaltuu sighed. "And that's the answer to a question I never asked. I never really asked for your life story or how tragic your childhood was," she snapped irritably. "But whatever, I guess. You know, you're not the only one who's been looked down on, so don't act like you're the only one who's suffered that kind of thing." Maybe it was her unsympathetic, cold nature getting the better of her, but Chaltuu strongly disliked when others tried to share their life story with her- she had been told that it was one of her main flaws, not having the patience or empathy for others. Perhaps it was because nobody had ever had much patience or empathy for her. She didn't like sharing her past with others either, and although occasionally she dropped little tidbits about it, she never flat-out described her life in detail.

[Adofo]

Adofo: Oh.......I'm sorry to hear that!