ORIGIN

While Makyna could have heard the call, it was Leon who had come to answer it first. Where ever his wife was, she must have been busy - but he knew that as soon as she realized who the visitor was, she would come running. In fact, the moment he spotted the capybara, he relayed a message to the lioness.

It's Carrie. Come quick.
She stirred memories inside of him that were both bitter and happy. He considered her a friend, he always would, despite everything that happened. He had done his best to help her, and he was committed to helping her still despite whatever happened in her absence. Yet, he was wracked with guilt and shame. The ghost of her leg, pale and real despite its prior loss, haunted him. It reminded him of what he had done, as it did the fear in her eyes when he had seen her again. She had come back to Pisces for some reason, and upon her back a smaller creature, similar to her if not for his nubby antlers, calling for Makyna. Maybe it was only Makyna she wanted to speak with. But Leon was here none the less.

The bear moved towards her with slow, careful steps, orange eyes watchful of the capybara. "Carrie?" He spoke gently, offering her the softest, kindest of smiles - the last thing he wanted was to scare her again. "It's good to see you." He added, halting a safe distance away to fall onto his haunches. He was doing everything he could to not be intimidating or scary - if he frightened her this time, he wouldn't know what to do with himself.

He stopped looking up at the waterfall cause it was making his neck hurt, and he slipped off of Mama's back carefully, mindful of his feet, and he sat on his haunches, one hand clinging to a bit of her fur as he looked around and heard her call out for someone named Makyna.

And when this big big big creature came up to them, he blinked and started to hide into his mama's fur, but stopped when he saw how kind he was and how he stopped a little ways away. He was unlike his family and very much like Mama and the small green winged friend who mimicked him back in the star-room, so to his young mind, this Makyna fell into the good category.

So he immediately made his way to the big Makyna, thinking they would treat him exactly the same as the green one and his Mama, and his arms reached up to him expectantly, his little fingers making grabby motions.

In the nice category, there was absolutely no way Makyna would hurt him, and he wanted to be high up and on his shoulders because it seemed like a lot of fun!