Cub of Prideless
Played by Amanda

@Hecuba

With each lap of her tongue, Kyarri started to trick her body into thinking it was gaining sustenance as the water filled her empty belly. Though her thirst was quickly quenched, hunger still gnawed at the child's insides as the cool liquid neglected to offer any calories. A bittersweet defeat. Water was important, but so was food, but food was also harder to obtain for herself without assistance. With a few lingering drops still clinging to the dirty scruff of her chin, Kya flopped back in mild defeat for a moment, completely unaware of anyone approaching her. She was simply too tired, and yet simultaneously completely overwhelmed, to notice the arrival of another.

Not until Hecuba chuffed with her approach did the raven-haired child startle with a quick jolt. Her slumped posture instantly grew rigid as Kya's lackluster frame whipped around to face the stranger. A grey woman with an onyx undercoat stared back at her. Frozen for a moment beneath the gaze of the stranger, Kyarri nearly missed the woman's question altogether. Though the moment she finally realized what was asked of her, the child was all too quick with an automatic answer. "I'm fine," she quickly answered with every self-convinced truth pushed behind the two words. It was an obvious lie given her thin frame and unkempt appearance, but after everything the rogue youth had been through in recent months, she wasn't eager to trust just any old stranger.

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