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(Backdated to after this thread https://www.amaryllis-lions.com/showthre...?tid=25240) They'd heard the fight, they'd heard her mother's snakes, her begging, her admitting to.this strange man that he was their father, but that excitement had been squashed immediately when the male had advanced after saying that she would be going home with him. Her and Salome had hidden as far back in that small den as best as they could, huddled together, shivering, and then she was ripped from her sister's side kicking and screaming. It didn't take long for the cub to grow tired, she was still just a baby, her tear stained face looked down at the ground as she swung from her scruff, the one who was supposedly her father not gentle in his carrying of her. She must've fallen asleep because when she wakes up, sniffling, she is quickly deposited at the feet of a familiar lioness, she lands with a oomph and sniffles, not registering the other yet, she doesn't even recognize her just yet as her vision is still blurry with tears, she doesn't know what the monster tells her, but she can hear him briefly explaining some story, probably not all what actually happened. @Freja

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Shock.

It reverberated through her, a clanging, jarring sensation that made her stomach clench painfully and her teeth clench reflexively. Disbelief warred with the logic that she could clearly see the cub with her very own eyes and the question still washed through her in horrid waves of sickness. Why - Why had Cassian taken this child from her mother, her sister; Freja knew this because this cub wasn't a stranger. She had met @Kamaria in the Grove, they had been covered in goo from an exploding gourd. The splotched lioness had more than had her suspicions about who had fathered the girl, but to have the cub thrown at her paws by the very male was damning.

But none of it was the fault of the sniffling girl at her paws now. Kamaria - Kam? The absolute irony that this cub had been given a name very similar sounding to that of her five younger brothers. She was for once very grateful her unholy terrors were out, no doubt beating someone else up that she would have to apologise for. Are you hurt? She questioned, gently laying herself down in front of the crying cub. There was a sense of helplessness, for Kamaria - and for herself.

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The chartreux girl feels tears slip down her cheek and hit her paws, her head is tilted downward as her shoulders shake, she is trying to be strong, trying to be brave, but she is scared, she is nervous, she wants her mom, she wants her sister. ""Kamaria?"" Her name falls onto her ears, the flick, a familiar voice speaks to her and she uses a paw to wipe away the tears from her blurry eyes, ""Are you hurt?"" The girl shakes her head gently, finally looking up at the splotched lioness that she met in the Grove, waterline still brimming with tears as she moves closer to the lioness, trying to bury herself in the woman's chest, trying to hide from the beast who fathered her. She whimpers were muffled as she hid her face in the plush fur on the woman's chest, shoulders shaking as she finally begins to cry.

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The drip of tears onto the young girls paws was a pitiful expression but Freja could hardly fault her. Her own father had taken her away from her family and while Kamaria had no doubt landed on her paws with Freja as a foster mother, it had to be terrifying. Her gentle question garnered no verbal response, but the chartreux cub threw herself forward and into her chest, sobs rising. A low, sympathetic coo came from the splotched woman as she wrapped her arm fully around the girls body and drew her in as close as she could get.

It's okay, it's going to be okay.

Nonsense really because Freja had no idea what it was going to be like. The drying saliva that Cassius had left on her scruff stuffed itself up her nostrils and the woman drew back only slightly. Let me look at your scruff, see if it's just bruises. She cajoled, nose dipping down to part some of the fur around the girls neck to see the angry red skin beneath.

@Kamaria

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The sobs turned to quiet sniffles as @Freja consoled her, though her grip did not lessen any, she clung tightly to the woman, wishing she could close her eyes and they'd be back in the Grove once again, cleaning the nasty gunk from their fur and then she could part ways and go back home to her mama. She shook slightly against the woman, fearing if she let go, then Cassius would snatch her back up, she relented slightly to let Freja look at her scruff, wincing and whimpering as the fur was parted and the skin underneath ached and ans burned. Finally she caught her breath, her choked sobs becoming quiet whines and sniffles, she relaxed against the lioness, still buried in her fur but now looking up at her with teary, wide eyes as if to ask why.

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It was just bruises, thankfully. The child whimpered and clung harder, but had relented to an inspection of her skin enough for Freja to determine that it hadn't been broken. But it was enough to feel the little girl relax just a little, to quiet her sobs and sniffles. Freja felt only overwhelming sadness for the cub and planted a gentle kiss on her forehead. Your father is - What could she even say? How could she even explain? She didn't even know herself, the motivations behind the monster. Complicated. She finished, a whisper only. I know its hard. Freja murmured, before letting out a soft sigh. Are you hungry? Tired? Practical matters, things that needed attending to. Because there was no way Cassius would let this daughter leave, to find her family again. Not in a million years.

@Kamaria

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The girl would sniff lightly as a kiss was pressed to her forehead, she would leaned back just enough to look up at the woman, eyes still tear filled, when Freja starts to talk, Kamaria listens, using a small paws to wipe her tears away. She didn't understand why Cassius would bring her here, why he'd taken her and not Salome, why her mother had even had cubs with such a man. She wanted to know why, but she didn't know how to ask, nor did she know if Freja even knew, she hung her head a bit before nodding, "Tired.." she answered softly, she didn't think she could eat, her voice cracked a bit when she spoke, hoarse from crying. "I miss my mama..." She whimpered again, wiping her tears again before leaning to rest against Freja, she didn't understand why her mother didn't fight harder for her, or why she didn't try stopping him when he'd grabbed Kamaria.

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