Private w/ Adofo

[Iri]

"Is your home far from here?" Chaltuu asked gruffly, beginning to limp towards the east despite the throbbing agony in her hind leg. The reddish-brown lioness herself didn't have much of a home, as she was a rogue, but she would sometimes settle in a small, secluded area for a short period of time. But she would promptly get back on the move yet again, and she enjoyed the nomadic lifestyle. Kapuki had had a similar view, while neither Ua nor Shujaa preferred being completely and utterly alone- they at least being with their big sister for protection and company. Chaltuu stopped after hobbling a few feet, keeping her back limb slightly elevated off of the ground in order to prevent it from being injured any farther. She silently cursed herself for daringly- and stupidly- pursuing a creature that she knew very well was likely to cause her some injury. She supposed she just hadn't expected it to do this much harm to her.

[Adofo]

Adofo: I'm not sure. But I'd say it's not too terribly far.
He saw her struggling with her injury
Adofo: Look.....can I please help you?! You're badly hurt! If something isn't done, you will lose your leg before you slowly die from infection!

[Iri]

"No, you cannot help me," she replied fiercely. "And is that a threat, hmm? That I'll 'lose my leg before I slowly die of infection'? Trying to make me frightened? Well, it's not working, because I'm not going to die and I don't need your help. No matter how much you plead and complain I will not let you help me, and if you try to help me anyway, you will be the one losing your leg." She didn't believe that she would "slowly die from infection" or lose her leg. The bone was fractured, and it wasn't like there was some gaping wound on her limb that was in critical condition and needed immediate medical help. She had a few bumps and bruises, and a few scratches, but they were relatively cleaned and she was convinced that as long as she kept it that way, the open wounds would heal up quickly. What does he know about medical treatment anyway? she thought bitterly.

[Adofo]

Adofo: No! No! No! ....I'm sorry! I didn't mean to sound like I was threatening you! Look......I can walk now...
He stood up and he was much less disoriented.
Adofo: I can go if you want me too. ....I don't want to be a burden.

[Iri]

"Fine. Go away from me," Chaltuu growled. "I don't need your help." She resumed her trek down the river, limping all the while. As she reached the relatively deep stream she bent over to lap up some of the chilly water. However, a considerably strong gust of wind blew roughly against her and, not having the support of all four of her legs, she stumbled and tripped into the river, already feeling the cold water seep into her pelt, making its way towards her flesh. She shivered as she was dragged a little bit downstream, but she managed to secure a relatively firm grasp on a coarse boulder that seemed to lay in the middle of the rushing rapids- but not before hitting her injured leg against it. Feeling a sharp, definitely noticeable agony in her hind limb, she snarled and had to suppress a roar of pain. Her claws gripped it onto it for dear life as she squeezed her eyes shut. A storm was definitely beginning. But she didn't want to be pulled under and drowned, or washed away to a stranger territory to either be murdered or kept prisoner.

[This is just a way to get Adofo to have to save her and to have Chaltuu very grudgingly accept companionship from him.]

[Adofo]

(Yep)

Adofo suddenly ran up to the side of the river, looking on at Chatluu.
Adofo: Hey! Please let me help you!!!

[Iri]

The lioness rolled her eyes at him, partially due to the stressful circumstances and partially because of her annoyance . "When someone's about to die do you really ask them if you can help them?" she snapped irritably, shaking her head and coughing as a rolling wave of cold water crashed against her face... Even in the critical situation, she hesitated. Would Adofo really be able to help haul her out? She was massive and bulky, her heavy frame inherited from her father's side, presumably. And though Adofo didn't look weak, she wasn't sure he would be able to drag her out of the water without pulling him in with her. No matter how much he annoyed her, she didn't necessarily want to see him get injured as well. Despite her stubbornness and her pride, she was somewhat tempted to accept his offer for assistance, to allow him to help her. And after a few moments of reluctance, she tightened her somewhat secure grasp around the boulder with one foreleg and reached out to him in the other.

[Adofo]

Adofo stepped into the water. He had to use all of his strength and the right stance to walk through the rapid water without getting washed away. He finally reached Chaltuu and picked her up in his arms and slowly carried her out of the water.
Adofo: Phew! ....Made it! We should find shelter!
He then gently set her down

[Iri]

[Wait, he didn't pick her up like a human picks up a toddler or something, right? Just saying, because she's massive. She's taller and heavier than Simba, that's how big she is. She got her father's genes. cx]

Chaltuu grunted and scowled as he dragged her back to the shore. "...Thank you," she muttered grudgingly, acknowledging the bipedal animal with a small inclination of her head. She began to shake her long, perpetually unkempt and disheveled coat, sending cascades of chilly water droplets around Having to accept help from him- or anyone, for that matter had slightly damaged her pride, but she supposed she could have been washed away and killed, so she ought to show him gratitude... As he made a suggestion to finding shelter, she nodded gruffly and began to limp in the general direction of a cluster of caves she had seen not too long before. She glanced over her shoulder with a rather negative look- a glare, but instead of her usual grumpiness, her glower seemed to be warning-like, as if to tell him not to try to help her walk by picking her up and carrying her again, or something of the sort. She did appreciate him helping her out of the rushing stream, but she didn't desire any further assistance.

[Adofo]

Adofo: Hey.....could I come stay with you in one of those caves? Just until this storm dies down?

(He an pick up Simba with not too much effort. Like I said, he's strong! When you're raised by lions, and epecially when you take mulitple beatings everyday by hyenas for years, you learn how to really bulk up.)