He made his way from the Cove, moving across the sands towards where his mother had last been seen. Masten believed - unlike his siblings and the others.. that mother was alive and well. With a curl of his lips, he would ignore the borders and traipse towards where Mother had stood steadfast against the tides that had taken their home from them.

It was here that he would pace the borders of the ocean, caring little that he had trespassed - for he believed this was THEIR home and those living here were only keeping it in trust for the true princes of the Lagoon.

Walking around the lagoon she walked the borders having taken it upon herself to patrol her home. Simple lioness or not. As she travelled a new scent came to her one that was mixed with the Cove. Head turning slightly to the side she followed it until she found @Masten. Going up to him she stopped nearby before calling out. "Hey little guy you okay? Are you lost?" She questioned calmly watching the child. She wasn’t going to jump down his throat for being in the lagoon but she would correct him when she found out the details as to why he was here.

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@Fairytale arrived and the dark child gave her a glare, a simple look over his shoulder before his attention returned to the ocean before him. {Go away.} He was busy. The child would seek to stare over the waves, hoping to see sign of his mother. After all, if he could figure out what had happened and where she'd gone, he could figure out where she went.

Masten would pace along the oceans edge, the water rolling in over his paws - which had him shuffling backwards slightly. It wasn't that he was AFRAID of the water necessarily, but he certainly had learned a healthy... dislike of the ocean.

"Well, das rude, ye? Waz only question zhe ask." Matti was coming up along the beach when he heard the stranger's off-handed remark to the young woman. Though he didn't know her name, she had the Lagoon's scent. He offered her a nod of his head before moving to stand beside her.

He looked down upon @Masten with a raised brow, watching as he worked to avoid the waves. "And ye know, de waves don' bite." He leaned down to the cub's level and raised a paw to hide his mouth from @Fairytale as he whispered with a grin, "But zhe migh' if ye don' zpeak nice."

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At the rude words of @Masten she was already looking for his parents so she could give him back. She didn’t want to be the fun auntie anymore. Taking a deep breath she counted to ten in her head so she didn’t say something she shouldn’t as @Mattihieu arrived and spoke. Oh good someone else from the lagoon was here. Looking at the lion who was calling the kid out on his rudeness she smiled. Blue eyes then looked at the cub again. "No can do young man. For you see you aren’t home. You are at the Lagoon and…" Pausing she sniffed him to make sure she had the right scent. "You smell of the Cove. What type of lioness would I be to just let a cub stay out alone so far from home?" She asked him.

Ears perk at Matti said something about Fairytale biting the boy and she played along giving them a big toothy grin before opening her mouth and snapping it shut. Though she wasn’t about to bite the boy she could play the villain for her pride mate.

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@Matthieu's threat didn't phase the child, and he looked over his shoulder, glaring at the pair of adults before snuffing his nose disdainfully. {The waves DO bite. You go out there and tell me how hard.} He leered at the pale male before returning his gaze to the ocean before him. @Fairytale said he didn't belong and the young child stood, snarling at her. {I have more right to be here than YOU.}

Fur stood on end as he snapped, tiny teeth flashing in the light. {This is my HOME. It will REMAIN my home. When mom gets back she'll kick all of your sorry asses and send you packing and I will be the one biting YOU!} Oh sweet summer child.. pick your battles.

The feisty child wasn't taking too kindly to @Fairytale's hint that he, was in fact, not welcome here, but Matti was in no hurry to kick the boy out just yet (though he wasn't sure he could say the same for the lioness). @Masten was still so young and he obviously didn't understand what was going on; though his lack of manners wasn't helping his case to stay.

"Big talk for such young cub, ye?" He didn't know the mother in question and he looked up and around them as if searching for the woman. "Why mudder no' 'ere now? I see jus' ye wid, as she say, de smell of udder pride."¹

He lay down next to the boy; he wasn't a threat, just had a mouth.

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¹Why is your mother not here now? I see just you with, as she says, the smell of another pride

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Child or not that was rude. She liked cubs, other lionesses cub particularly for the reason that she can pick them up and return them. If @Matthieu wasn’t here she would already be trying to pick him up by the scruff and marching his rude little butt back to the cove. Instead she just scoffed at his words. "You got a big mouth kid. A rude and disrespectful attitude that will get you in trouble!" She snapped hissing at him. Her ears back and tail lashing out. With narrowed eyes she wondered if Matti would think less of her if she was to actually bite @Masten.

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The dark child humphed, glaring up at both @Fairytail and @Matthieu. His ears flattened to his skull as lips spread and his jaws parted, fangs glimmering. {I've told you once. I won't tell you again. Get. LOST!} With a snarl, the youth tried to slash out towards the lioness's nose, his eyes flashing in anger.

{I won't tell you again.} The small feline would glare at the pair, fur along his spine bristling and small tail thrashing along his haunches. He just wanted them to go away so he could start his search for mother.

Matti was up immediately, sand flying out from under his paws in his haste, and towered over the cub, voice booming out as he glared down, "DERESPEKTAN! Do no' trea' 'er da' way!" He had never seen such disrespect, and to a woman! It was unacceptable.

He leaned down, face to face with @Masten again, and bared his teeth before huffing and finally sitting back. He wanted to pound the kid into the sand to teach him a lesson but he wasn't the one being disrespected. He glanced over at @Fairytale. "'e's all yours. I sit back an' watch." His eyes flitted back to the boy and he couldn't help but chuckle in anticipation. "Jus' you wai'. You regre' wha' you did."

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Disrespectful! You do not treat her that way! // He's all yours. // Just you wait. You'll regret what you did.

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