[Duel] Where The Stars Have Led

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Astarii had had enough.

Each day came with a withering gaze from her own mother, and nothing she did was ever enough. While her siblings may remain, Astarii had made the excuse she was going to help one of the lords with their daily grooming...to simply slink away. Her small form helped with squeezing into small caves to hide in the evenings, and eventually she ended up...Well, here.

Having seen scouts out and about, she made sure to avoid their attention the best she could, but soon enough...she realized that she hadn't eaten much. Aside from a few bugs on the way. She'd gotten used to an abundance of food being brought by hunters, so her skills were...lacking.

Finally, gathering up her courage, she made her way close to the mouth of the canyon, found a soft-ish patch of dirt, and sat to wait for someone to wander by.  

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Rashona's patrol had gone uneventful so far, her partner for the afternoon had wandered off after another grunt that seemed to hint at....well, alone time. And Rashona just wasn't interested.

What she WAS interested in was the purple figure sitting near the mouth of the canyon...

"Who are you?!" She called out, puffing her chest out as she made her way over.  

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Oh....Oh cripes.

Astarii swallowed hard, again summoning up her courage once again to stand, lowering her head in both submission and respect. The tales were true, the lions in this area were....huge. It didn't help that she was smaller than literally every other lion her age, but...still.

"A..Astarii. My name is Astarii..." Her voice was barely a whisper as she crouched to the ground before the larger lioness got too close.