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Upendo'mume walked beside his mate, nudging her shoulder gently as they did. "He'll be find, Dara. You raised him well." The larger lion had been slightly afraid that something like this would happen; their son getting separated in the fog from them. They were only there because 'Mume had heard for a swamp dwelling pride that protected their own very closely, something that it seemed Dara'moshra would need if she was to ever be able to let Hothlepoya actually go. The boy was almost an adult and was still coddled like a cub by her. It wasn't that he didn't like it, no the lion was just concerned for his son.

"Come now, maybe the lions of the swamp have seen our little boy."

The compliment made her smiles. Yes, she did raise him well didn’t see. However it didn’t last for too long. He was still her baby and he needed her. Her mind went back to fretting on the various dangers that could possibly be out in the swamp, natural and otherwise. He could get attacked y any manner of beastie, or maybe a tree uprooted from the mud might fall on him. Or he fell in a hole and was lost, alone, crying out for her. The lioness closed her eyes tight, her fur frizzing from the sudden stress. “Well I hope we find hi-” The sentence was cut short as Dara fell forward, hitting the mud with a squelch. A loud growl escaped her maw as she attempted to extract herself from the muck, turning quickly to face the offending object, and sliding a bit in the process.

Lying paws up in the mud was a lion, and Dara was even less pleased about that. Not only had she been tripped and covered in mud, but the fault fell to a male. The growl continued as she advanced on the mud-covered lion, stopping a few paces short when she remembered her missing son. Her anger was only mildly abated, mixed once more with worry. “You! Mud-lion. Have you seen a young lion pass by here recently?” it was a moment later that she remembered that was not their only reason for being here, and was in fact just an unfortunate happenstance. “Also we are looking for the pride within this mire.”

Saleem's eyes perched open as the lioness collided with him. Another lion would have sprung up and attacked- or possibly if he hadn't wanted to go back to his nap, run off in another direction. Instead he rolled back over into the mudd as if the incident had barley even phased him.

"I'm not mud-lion." He protested with a slight hind of disgust in his mouth. But his mouth settled back down being too tired to protest.

"Yer in my sunlight." He whiffled led a paw in the direction of the female and pushed at the air like he could move her. He again seamed to be more displeased with himself that it didn't move her. He groaned again and looked at the pair.

"Swampies yea? That's what your looking fer? Well your here...and there ain't going to be any less mud the further you go in so you best be used to it."

He then pondered her question. "If I tell you about all the lions that have tripped over me...will ya move out of my sunlight? It's getting drafty and I feel a chill."

Somehow his daughter should have been the first one they tripped into. Not Saleem the fat blob lion. This was not going to go well for any of them.

Upendo'mume's brows furrowed as he snapped his fangs in the direction of his mate, attempting to quiet to the rumbling in her throat. "Now is not the time for that, loving mate." Again his attention went to the lazing lion. "We would like to know the direction of these...Swampies, if you would be able to show us. We are looking for join them, along with our son who was traveling with us." Though he was just as worried for his son as Dara'moshra, he was keeping himself as composed as he could. Maybe he should just stop trying to calm the lioness and just let her do the talking. No, that would be a bad idea...She'd like hurt the poor fellow on the ground who she had tripped over. He had not tripped her, so it was no fault of his.

The growling died off as Mume snapped at her and Dara huffed loudly. She turned her gaze away from the pair, not bothering to hide her displeasure about the situation. However she listened keenly, stifling any growls daring to form from the Mud-lion’s words. He had at least been somewhat helpful and had answered the question, finally. Dara huffed again and moved aside, out of the sunlight that she had apparently been blocking. “Where can we find this daughter of yours then so we can ask?” She took care to keep her tone level, though her ears had swiveled back and lay against her head.

He nodded his head. "Looks like a shadow...All blue. But lucky for you she's off flirting with all the boys. So that might be where your son is too-" He pointed towards the prides water hole further in. "It's where all the young kids who just came back from there naming quest hang out." He yawned. "And they often bring back rogues with them...so yea...that's yer best bet." He blinked at the sun beams coming down from the sky, he really needed to get back to his nap.

The green lion nearly laughed at the thought of his little boy being advanced upon by a lioness he didn't know. It was quite a funny though the more he thought about it, but he held his tongue because of the expression upon his mate's face. "Thank you!" He called back as he turned and ran after his mate. At least there was some kind of hope now that he was out there.