Relocated [PRIVATE: SnowyCheetah and TheWhistlerify]

[TheWhistlerify]

After Dakari was done eating, he looked at Mbali, "There's got to be a way to get back up." he said, looking around. After about a minute he saw what looked like a measured hill. He pointed at it, "I wonder if we can climb from there?" as long as the ground there was made of snow and not ice, then it was probably going to be easy climbing it.

[SnowyCheetah]

Mbali looked at the hill and thought the same thing as Dakari. She looked down at her toes briefly, extending and retracting her claws, before looking back to Dakari. "Do we need to go back up, though? After all, we came down here because there was nothing of interest up there. ...except our shelter... alright let's go back up." she said, feeling like an idiot for having forgotten, even if temporarily, about the fact that they needed shelter.

[TheWhistlerify]

Dakari then thought about it, "There could be another tunnel somewhere around here. But maybe we should check it out tomorrow, I think it's getting late. We've got a long way up this hill." he said, before slowly beginning to walk up the hill so that she could easily catch up with him. As the two of them walked, he couldn't help but smile as he thought over what they had both been through so far. They were both stuck there, and probably were going to be there for more than a few days, but he was glad that she was the one he had to go through it with.

[SnowyCheetah]

Mbali slowly followed Dakari up the hill, her paws slipping a bit as she wasn't used to using her claws for traction. Living in a pride, she rarely had to hide in trees, and was rarely in a situation where she needed to traverse rough or steep terrain requiring her claws. "I don't know how you're doing this so well, Dakari." she said, slipping every so often and sliding about a foot backward.

She eventually got into the swing of the snow hiking, and was able to keep up with Dakari at a moderate pace.

[TheWhistlerify]

Dakari made sure that he wasn't walking at a too high pace, "You'd get the hanging of it." he said with a reassuring smile. Mbali was really nice, but what he really cared about was figuring out whether there was a way to get her back with her family. He however didn't mention it to her, so to not somehow get the lioness' mind filled with sad thoughts.

[SnowyCheetah]

Mbali was eventually able to keep up with Dakari without too much effort, her paws getting accustomed to the constant use of her claws which she was not used to. "You have to use your claws a lot, don't you?" she asked the lion, noticing how natural it seemed for him as his claws gripped the icy ground. "I never did have to use mine much. Having a large pride makes things pretty easy on everyone. The work is spread throughout all the members."

[TheWhistlerify]

Dakari sighed, "Well being on your own isn't as easy as living with a pride as you must have already gathered." right now, all the time he had been on his own was playing to his benefit, but he couldn't help himself from wishing that his life were in a pride. He smiled at her, "Claws aren't only a killing tool." he said with a grin, "Have you ever climbed a tree before?" he asked, not considering the fact that Mbali was obviously going to find the question wierd.

[SnowyCheetah]

Mbali listened with interest as Dakari spoke, while maintaining her grip on the slippery grade she was steadily climbing. Remembering that Dakari had no pride, and was therefore much less uprooted than she was, she began to imagine what it would be like for her to live that way. She would have to catch all her own food, be a rogue with no home, be responsible for her own defense, and never have anyone she can trust and love. Then, as she began to think about her pride again, Dakari asked if she'd ever climbed a tree before. "No... Only small logs as a cub." she replied, the thought of her family fading away to come back to her at another time.

[TheWhistlerify]

Dakari couldn't help the grin on his face, "Claws could be a source of entertainment. I mean... without hurting anything of course." The lioness said that she had climbed some logs as a cubs, which caused him to realise that his own life was anything but boring. But that didn't cause him to stop wondering what would it have been like if he was part of a pride. "You could say I am quite reckless sometimes, but I honestly say that climbing really long trees and cliffes is huge fun. Especially when there's hyenas chasing you." he didn't want her to get the wrong idea, "I climb trees sometime for fun, but the cliff was because I had to. Still, it was fun." He was really curious about whether the lioness had any friends, or even someone who was more than a friend to her, but he didn't want her to become depressed all of a sudden.

[SnowyCheetah]

Mbali found it rather interesting that claws could bring fun. "I suppose you're right..." she said, taking a glance at her own claws. While she was currently using them for a rather utilitarian purpose, she could see how they could be used for recreation. Climbing trees, or cliffs if necessary, seemed like an interesting idea. "I never thought of it that way." she replied, wondering how much longer they would have to climb. While she was getting used to the cold and ice, the frozen ground they were walking on was beginning to make her pads grow numb.