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Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2017 12:48 pm
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Times changed and yet as constant as the finality of life, the N'ezi-ozu persisted. Though as with time, so had they changed. The stories of his parents - and even grandparents, before they too had passed on through rituals he had stood watch over - told of how such things had come to an end. Sometimes, Dineo thought longer and harder about such things. More often than not, however, the matters of what was happening in the then and now held precedence. The plague had all but passed, and now?
Now they had more than simply trials of the pride, but the Trials of the King as well. Though perhaps that would weigh more heavily on the mind of some than others - and as he made his rounds, being extra vigilant in his checking up on all in the pride to be certain they were well and had not seen anything of concern, it was he who found himself idly entertaining it.
While perhaps her brothers would have been considered more easily recognizable, Juu, in her posture of something that resembled melancholy, was not a lioness that Dineo would have considered a completely unknown face. Not a friend, but someone you nodded at in passing, and occasionally dropped in to give well wishes upon when something good was happening in her life. Which also meant that checking in when one was looking glum was also completely within social acceptability as well.
"What thoughts are sent to the sky this day, Juu?" he inquired in a low and unintruding voice as he approached, kicking along the same pebble she had before taking up a seat some paces away from her, looking on with as much interest as his serious face could muster.
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Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2017 5:04 pm
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The trials were indeed a thing, and Dineo would quickly admit; "I haven't put as much thought into them as other's have, perhaps. As I am not participating, I try to not romanticize or make light of what may happen during them when I cannot experience them. I can only have my confidence in that things will go well and do what I can to make sure the pride stays protected and safe in the interim." While others may have had strong wishes on where they hoped the result of the Trials would leave them all, he.....
Well, he would be content to live under the guidance of either brother as their leader.
"Do you worry for them, Juu?" he inquired softly. Of course, he wouldn't be surprised if she did - they were, after all, her family. But did she have more reason than some did to worry?
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Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2017 7:55 pm
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He rose to pace after her, though he lingered several steps behind. "There is no fault in worrying. I cannot tell you not to, because I do not own your feelings. They are your family, after all." It was perhaps a safe answer, but that made it no less true. He could do his best to reassure her, but in the end, he couldn't take away her thoughts. "You worry out of love, after all."
Dineo couldn't say what the trials consisted of, though. But would their pride really have endangered their ruler to be with such things? It seemed more likely a way to determine succession when they had two likely heirs - or more. Children were born in litters.
"Things are getting better, and they will continue to once your brothers finish what has been put in front of them."
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Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2017 9:22 pm
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Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2017 8:38 am
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Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2017 9:47 am
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