OOC: Thank you Andrea, I'm hoping his character can show off a little more through the process of the pride being formed. :3 Please also let me know how the map is coming along and if you can send possible screenshots to me any time soon. Thank you <3
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While Runo was cleaning his little sister, he heard her start to fuss about quietly though she didn't tell him to stop. He probably wouldn't have anyways, even if she had requested it. Though he did tone down his own volume when he heard her raise her voice to say she was sorry. He paused when she finished, but went straight back to what he was doing. There were a million things he could have said ranging from 'I told you so' to 'it's not your fault'. Nothing seemed appropriate, but he didn't pay heed to her and continued to bathe her. He left her without much of an answer usually, so it wasn't like she could see this as an odd motion of him.
Muren rose his own voice next, talking about how that Baba character had saved him. To that statement, he perked his ears and rose up to look down at the little beige brother of his, "you wouldn't have had to have ANYONE distract the hyenas if you had just stayed under me". His voice was frustrated and shaken, but he knew his brother meant only to protect their family. Sometimes though, Muren didn't comprehend that he was still a kid; a cub; inexperienced and still being trained. Runo sighed out and looked to his side with shame of raising his voice to the young male, "let me clean you up". Awiti was already finished and could fall asleep in peace if she wished now.
Pulling Muren towards him with his large paw, still growing as well, he started to mimic the same action he took with his little sister and tore the dirt away from his brother's bright gold coat. On his chestnut socks, there was remains of mud and dirt, but he would tend to that later. Little by little, Muren was starting to look presentable again just as his mother would have liked him to look when they were out in the public view. He had learned how his mother had set the standards for them when he was a cub-- about Muren's age-- and the others were tots (Muren wasn't even born at that point). Every so often when he was looking for a new spot on the small body to clean, he glanced over at Baba.
He was a fully grown male. Strong and fit, wise-looking and mature. His mane was grown in, and his colors were attractive and vibrant, sure to catch the eye of any female. Though he was sure of his own appearance being presentable and adult-like, he was no match compared to Baba...yet. Runo was still growing, and though he was large enough to take on any male twice his age, there was still the fact that he had his father's blood. And from what he remembered about his father, he was large and in charge; full bodied and the embodiment of a leader. There wasn't any pride Runo put in his blood father as far as it went to how he handled being a so-called "father" and ran off, leaving them to fend for themselves but he knew that he had learned better from what he never had to give his own cubs someday-- or in this case, his own brother and sisters.
The male spouted his breath upwards to his bangs and pushed them out of his eyes, focusing back onto his brother. He was clean enough, but there was no doubt mother would want to finish him up. With a release of his large paw, almost the size of Muren's head, Runo walked over to where Baba was and looked in his eyes, signaling he wasn't afraid of the male. "You might have helped my brother, and though I'm grateful to you, you're not trusted yet". In translation from Runo speak: 'Thank you for saving my little brother, you can stick around longer if you want to'.
