[PRP] Runaway

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Na'al was wandering through the pride when she saw something very bright moving in the dirt. Upon closer inspection, the blue resolved itself into the fur of a particularly bright cub who was busy digging a hole in the ground. The lioness looked around, but saw nobody nearby who might be a parent or Nanny.

Well, someone might be looking for the youngster sooner or later, but she might as well see to it that the kid had some kind of supervision until then. So the navy female walked over to the hole in progress.

"Are you looking for something?" she asked the cub.  

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"I don't know," Na'al told the cub seriously as she examined the little one before her. A leopon, she guessed, from the body shape, but she wasn't entirely certain whose. She probably should be better informed about who currently had cubs. The Heiress made a mental note to fix that.

"I suppose we should find out though," she commented. After all, who was she to destroy the cub's fun?

"So what's your name?" the adult asked as she came closer to the hole.  

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"It's good to meet you Nyesha, I'm Na'al," the lioness replied as she started digging - though not nearly as enthusiastically as the cub. Nyesha...ah, yes, now she knew who the cub was. Her soon-to-be niece, as soon as she and Maji became Queen and King. Who was named for one of Maji's ancestors, if she remembered correctly.

The Heiress dug deliberately, a contrast to the flurry of Nyesha beside her. She didn't ask if Ua knew where his daughter was, the poor lion hadn't exactly wanted to be a father and seemed a bit overwhelmed. At least this one wouldn't get into any trouble now.

"How far down do you think the dirt goes?" she asked the child beside her.  

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"If the dirt holds everything up, should we be trying to dig so deep?" Na'al wondered aloud. She wasn't even certain the cub would care. A child's logic, she knew, was not always the same as an adult's. Which was certainly interesting and could be frustrating and entertaining - often at the same time.

Regardless, she was happy to help Nyesha dig. There was something calming about simply moving the dirt around instead of having to think very hard about very important issues.  

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The lioness blinked at the leopon's leap of logic. It was, well, it was cub logic. And really, who was she to argue with a cub? There was no sense, since Nyesha probably wouldn't understand. And she certainly didn't want to depress the little girl. Cubs were weirdly fragile and resilient at the same time, that was what people kept telling her. So she didn't want to accidentally damage her niece.

"Okay then," the Heiress agreed as she continued to dig the hole wider. At least she didn't think anyone would be upset with the unexpected hole. It didn't look like any plants had been dug up, and that was all Na'al could think of that people might complain about.

She hoped that someone came looking for Nyesha before it came to that.