Zabuni would have fallen over with relief if she had not already been laying down.. the leopard was finally leaving! A deep sigh rattled through her chest, but then the lion looked over and she froze again. Now… had she just escaped the fire to end up in the flood? Or was he simply going to let her go, or not speak to her at all?
The last was answered immediately as he walked closer and spoke to her. But on the plus side he didn’t attack… so there was hope. “ I… ah…” She stumbled, her voice a shaky, tiny thing that barely passed from her muzzle. Swallowing she tried again. “Th-thank you…”
His steady golden gaze wasn’t angry or violent… and after a moment she started to settle, the terror leaking away to let exhaustion take hold. So it took her a moment or three to realise what else he had said. Again? How would he do that…? “I… hu?” She finally uttered, eyes blinking helplessly as her post I-am-about-to-die brain struggled to make any sense of the situation.
