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Ukene seemed to have taken up permanent residence on the rock formations in the pride's territory these days; she'd quickly become accustomed to climbing onto the highest she could find and repeat Mitsuki's lessons of the day to herself. It helped her remember said lesson - or at least she thought it did, but perhaps it was just a trick of her mind that secretly made her forget everything she'd learned and replace it with something her own mind had made up. Hmm.

Well, if that was the case, it's not like there's a lot she could do about it, right? Right! So it was probably better if she just let that thought slip away.
But waaait, maybe that's what her mind wanted! Oh crap, that'd be awful..

Caught in this dilemma, she almost didn't notice the other lion before he was directly beneath her rock. And always glad to have something new to focus on (and especially so right now), the young lioness cheerfully called out a greeting: "Hello there! Are you a figment of my imagination made to distract me from it's horrid and quite traitorous betrayal?"

She didn't think he was - he was a he, right? It was kind of hard to see from up here - but better safe than sorry! And besides, it's not like he could just ignore her after a masterful greeting like that.

That was good enough for her. The young lioness jumped down from her perch, careful to land on the softest spot (experience, not luck, had taught her where to jump) around. And not hit the newcomer, now that they'd established that he wasn't a figment of her traitorous imagination. Well, most likely he wasn't, but Ukene supposed there was always a margin for error.

"Ukene." She beamed happily at Angani, who was automatically considered a friend by virtue of having been around for more than five seconds and not running off screaming. Not that that'd ever actually happened, but she'd figured it was as good a way to measure the levels of friendship as any other and rolled with it. "But you know, that's totally what a figment of my imagination would say too. Except possibly with 'awesome' thrown in somewhere."

She laughed brightly and nudged back. "Too true." She grinned again and made herself comfortable on the ground. "So, whatcha doing all the way out here, anyway?"

A guard! How utterly fantastic; Ukene was feeling safer already and nodded along with a knowing mien to his words. "Well, I don't think sleeping is ever really a waste, really, it's very healthy," or at least it was for pregnant lionesses, because missing sleep could be all sorts of bad for your babies, "but that does sound a bit redundant." Which was a word she'd heard one of her siblings using and had been determined to try out herself ever since.

"Me? Oh, I was just repeating stuff. To myself, obviously, but I think it might help me remember it except if it doesn't, but it's been very helpful so far. I think." At least Mitsuki hadn't commented on anything, so it'd probably helped. "I'm an apprentice, see? But I've got a horrible memory, so I figured this could help me."