Cub of Prideless
Played by Amanda

@Hecuba

When Hecuba declined wanting any of the fish for herself, and then proceeded to emphasize that Kyarri could have all of it, well... the child looked as if someone had just handed her a whole zebra carcass all to herself. "R-really?" Disbelief flooded her mind. Even if the fish was much smaller in comparison, she'd never been given a whole, fresh meal to herself. Her mother had never had the chance to hunt for her cubs before she died, so it had always been up to the other members of the pride to offer their scraps to the maned girl.

"Thanks," her voice spoke softly. Sparing only a short moment more of hesitation, Kya's hunger finally gave in as the cub then practically descended on the scaly meal like Batman onto the streets of Gotham. While pinning the slippery thing between two socked paws, the orphan sank her teeth in eagerly, effectively shredding the fish in just a few short moments. Bones be damned, the raven-haired cub readily crunched through whatever she could in exchange for indulging her empty belly with the fresh meat. Only when Hecuba introduced herself did the dusty child tear her attention away from the gift of food. Though still laying down with the fish between her paws, Kya looked up to the ashen lady, and studied her for a moment more. No surname? Maybe she had the woman pegged wrong then. Maybe she wasn't a royal. And "new here?" Unless she came with a pride, Hecuba was probably just as alone as she was. Taking her sweet time to finish swallowing her current mouthful of fish, Kyarri debated with what she should say in return. "Kyarri," the cub finally decided it was safe enough to offer her own name in return as she licked a stray spat of fish guts from one of her paws.

Table and Reference by Amanda | Lion Base by Vivial | Background from unsplash