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Cheetah owner: ? (I can't decide!)
Cheetah name & meaning: Ideya Fiks, "obsession" in Bulgarian
What's his personality?: He is a songster and a lover. He doesn't take life terribly seriously, but is prone to latching onto ideas and not letting go of them. Thus he is convinced that the sun is an exalted ancestor of his (they share colors, don't they? And the sun travels farther and faster than any other creatures, so it MUST have been a cheetah in another life...), that fruits are just as effective as medicine as herbs are (and they taste nicer!), and that honey badgers were put on earth to be cranky, even if they are friendly and cheerful. Oh, and let's not forget the true purpose of elephants and porcupines. PURELY to be the bane of felines! His current obsession is his muse, his love, the most beautiful feline in the entire world (however big that might be... that thought bears pondering later).

Leopard owner: ? (I can't decide!)
Leopard name & meaning: Samoo Bladanie, "restraint" in Bulgarian
What's her personality?: She thinks of herself as pretty tolerant and patient, but overall a rather plain sort of person. She has no great aspirations, just desiring to live a good and honest life. She comes from a rather lonely background, however. She was an only cub to a single mother, who was busy ensuring they had enough to eat and were safe. She taught her daughter survival and little else. Sadly, such a minimalist attitude didn't take her mother far, and her life ended in quiet accident. Samoo herself has not quite yet learned that to make more of her life, she should make more of herself. This will be something she learns and develops as she ages. For now, she is in the process of learning tolerance, or intolerance, depending on how you view it.

Tell me their story!!:

"You are my sun, my moon, my night and day...
You are my leafy herbal remeday....
You heal my soul, my heart and mind...
And with Samoo alone will love I find!"

The cheetah's warbling behind her made the leopardess' ears flatten and tail twitch. She wasn't easily irritated, really, but after two weeks of being followed around and serenaded constantly, she was reaching the end of her rope. "Go away," she snapped for the third time in the last hour She didn't like being so blunt or so unkind, but she knew very well that it wouldn't dissuade him.

"But my love!" he exclaimed, bounding up next to her, eyes bright and starry. "I could never leave your side! What if you should need me while I am away?!" The crazy thing was, he clearly meant every word. She took a deep breath and held it for a count of ten steps before replying.

"If I should need you, I'm sure that circumstances would be so dire, there would be no hope for either of us," she answered him tartly, despite her attempt at restraint. She sighed then, exasperated that he so easily managed to bait her without even intending to. She paused to rub her forehead with one paw. Surely life had more in store for her than this!

Undaunted, Ideya bounced and pranced beside her. "All the more reason for me never to leave your side," he replied staunchly, determined with every fiber of his being to remain close so that such dire circumstances would never occur. Her sarcasm was completely wasted on him, as he was oblivious to any thought that she might not want him there, trailing her across the rogeulands. It didn't even matter to him where she was going. He was more than happy to accompany her, even if she took it into her head to live beneath the waves of the ocean. He was just that kind of faithful guy!