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![User Image](https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v495/woogacp/SoA/zyanyaadultcert.png) Zyanya, or Ai, something she needed to get used to, wasn't actually too far off. She had been relaxing a short distance from the den, having managed to find a nice spot to survey the lands. She had been here for months now, and yet it all still fascinated her so much. In fact, her life fascinated her a lot, because this wasn't exactly how she had imagined it would pan out. But she was happy here, and liked to think she was making the best of it all.
The cheetah was a bit too distant to actually hear her son as sought her out in the den, but, perhaps by mere, amusing coincidence, decided she best head back. She should probably gather the cubs soon and find her mate, perhaps catch a meal for them, or something...
As she approached the den she began to hear the whimpers, and frowned. What could be wrong? Had the children fought? Ai picked up her pace, reaching the den and peeking in, only to find her son curled up. "Ruan Yu..." Immediately she was by his side, touching him with her nose, trying to figure out what had happened. "What is wrong?"
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 9:32 am
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 9:41 am
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She frowned, lying down on the floor to provide a better support for her son. Ruan Yu was usually a very composed cub, so it was a little troubling to see him in such a state! Still, Ai was more than ready to give him the comfort he needed, and used her head to pull him closer.
"My dear cub," She sighed, he was so hard working. This might end up being a rather hard lesson to explain now, when he was so young. But it seemed the moment had presented itself. "You did do everything right, I'm sure, and I am very proud of you. Sometimes things just happen, though. Accidents like these, for example. Are you hurt?"
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 10:01 am
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 10:17 am
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 11:34 am
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 11:53 am
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 12:13 pm
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 12:26 pm
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"And the rules are right! But I was a rogue at the time, so there were no such rules. Hunting alone was the only option." She explained calmly. Her cubs may never know what it was like to truly be on their own, and in many ways Ai was thankful for that. Pride life was definitely safer.
Ai didn't mind his questions, because at least it meant he was paying attention, and interested. "I suppose they taste pretty good." She shrugged, there was a bit of difference in the taste, but she wouldn't say either kind of meat tasted better. Just different. "So, I had just managed to catch a calf, they are about as big as our goats. And I was almost killing it, when one of its parents came after me." She took another brief pause there, just in case of more questions.
"I was already tired-- cheetah don't run too long-- and couldn't get away. So it ran me over." She said, though she actually didn't remember getting hit. Zyanya had been knocked unconscious.
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Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 11:04 am
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Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 11:30 am
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She shook her head. "It is different in some ways, and similar in others." Zyanya pointed out. "I had done everything I needed to do. I had watched them, timed my attack well, and I had caught the wildebeest I wanted. It was a very nice hunt, if I do say so myself." And she did, of course, in an attempt to bring in some mirth. Even if Ruan Yu was a very serious cub, she was still a rather playful cheetah.
"And yet things went wrong. Just like with you. I almost died, and it took weeks to recover." Her leg still didn't feel right sometimes, but at least it worked. "What I'm saying is sometimes these things just happen, sometimes, and we can't control it. We may have done everything right and still, somehow, something goes wrong. All we have left to do when that happens is get past it." Zyanya had been rather pathetic at that initially, but her son didn't need to know she had been nearly starving herself, convinced she had broken her leg and would never run again.
Good thing she was wrong!
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Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 9:32 am
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Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 9:53 am
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