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Through some sort of divine blessing the little goddess had poofed quite close to a certain God from her past. Van was laid among a tree branch quite close to where the little godling had poofed. He'd seen the whole thing too. One moment there was nothing and the next there was a what one would at first glance think was a mortal cub and that was what confused Van the most. Was this, in fact, a little goddess or was this some kind of god trick played on a helpless mortal cub.

Van was in rare form today not hiding any of his godly features. He was small for a god but average, maybe a little large, for a mortal and lacked the grace a god might other wise possess. So it was no surprise when he very gracelessly half fell, half landed from the branch he was perched. Quickly, he composed him self and padded over to where the little cubling that had poofed. His foot steps were not in the least stealthy as he was not trying to hide his presence from her.

"Hey... Hey.." He called to the little form, "Little magic girl. You okay? Are you a goddess or did you some how make a god mad?"

It had yet to dawn on him that the familiar feeling that was creeping up on him was for good reason. He hadn't seen any of his siblings in years and their faces were not forgotten but Van was pretty sure his siblings were the same age as he was so the fact he was interacting with a lioness cubling that in a previous life was his sister had not yet dawned on him.

"I suppose I am a bigger magical guy," Van hadn't thought about himself in this way before but the little cubling was correct. There was a flush in his bright cheeks at that observation. He'd use that again in the future. Than the cub said something quite curious to the god of innocence.

"From 'the land'...." He repeated. "What do you mean by that magical girl? Are you in distress?" He tilted his head.

"Oh . You're in no mans land. There is no pride here only wandering rouges such as my self... Well I suppose I am a god but you know. Oranges and .... oranges."

Van stretched out his back and dug his paws in to the dirt allowing him self to lay down beside the young cubling. It was almost instinct and his posture was quite protective. Some how being at her level made sense to Van.

It was a wonder with how long Van had been around that he was not familiar with the Stormborn. It was an even bigger wonder he did not realize one of his sons from a previous life lived in said pride.

The god listed very carefully to the young cub as she questioned a few things. Van was silent until she had finished and then offered his name.

"Van'Kal. God of innocence at your service. I'm one of many gods and goddesses out here," He would have puffed his chest out but he was currently laying down and quite comfortable in a fluffy mess of feathers of fur.

"There is the haven on the top of a mountain where you can find even more gods but whats the fun in that. Its better to be on the ground and around mortals in my opinion. Mortals are interesting." He nodded giving all the wisdom he could to this little one.

It was adorable to watch this little cubbin go on about all the gods she'd met. Nine was quite impressive as Van was not sure if he'd met that many. Maybe he had maybe he hadn't; it was a little hard for him to remember all the faces he'd come across along his travels.

Like a flash of lightening he was hit with memories the moment the little cub offered her domain. Fidelity was his sisters domain. Van's jaw slacked a bit and he stared at the little one. Of course he'd thought she was familiar looking and now there was no question about it.

"..." He couldn't manage to find words to say anything. I was likely she didn't remember him at all as he didn't remember much after his rebirth which he could only assume was what happened.

"...F-fidelity ?" Van asked wondering maybe he heard her wrong.

The goddesses little voice cut through Van'kal's thoughts. He was still trying to process what had happened but he was pretty sure that Nara wasn't going to be able to answer any of his questions. She didn't even really know how to explain her own domain which was something he struggled with too as a cub. Sympathy for her situation was growing by the moment and it was then he decided he wouldn't tell her who he was. How could he tell her who he was when she was processing everything her self.

The heartbreak that his sister had fell to some awful fate he would likely not know was something he'd put on the back burner for now. His blue eyes were saddened but he tried his best to mask that with a smile as inwardly his heart hurt throbbed.

"Oooh.. no no no ... " He shook his head. "No Fidelity is something beautiful and wonderful. It is the faithfulness a very strong faithfulness to someone. You are the goddess of an unbreakable bond and that is a blessing."

With a bright poof the god transformed himself in to a cub form and took a play bow. She said play and that was something Van was all about.

"Alright!" His wings spread as he jumped from side to side. "Lets play!"