Leon, thankfully, was given a chance - during the trial, he feared that he may meet the same fate as Cancer. The bear didn't want to be exiled, not when he'd only just returned, and especially not now that he'd come back to Makyna. But in the end he was allowed to stay, no matter the punishment they decided to give him due to his transgressions against Cancer. It would all pass with time, he knew; and he knew it was only proper justice that he be punished the same as Cancer. Leon wasn't upset. He was merely relieved that he was allowed to stay here in Maji Walezi, in his home, with Makyna.

The bear lay in Makyna's den, having only recently awoken from another deep sleep. He'd been getting a lot of sleep; rest came easier now than he was in the safety of Pisces, especially with Makyna, after everything had been said and done. He raised his head, the deep and gruesome scars stretching across his muzzle and throat stiff, making it difficult to move with ease; his orange eyes blinked the sleep out of them as the chiming and ringing of bells soon filled the silence, accompanied by Makyna's soft voice. The song illuminated the brisk atmosphere around them, and Leon closed his eyes, smiling as he listened. He always tried to hum along when Makyna sang. It was harder when she sang a new song, but soon he would get the hang of it, humming along to her words.

As she came up near him and placed her head against his, Leon laughed quietly and opened his eyes, pressing his cheek against hers. If he could just match the tune of the song... "Gonna chase down our every desire, we blaze the night with all we've been waiting for, all this time." He slowly started to sing with her, startled by the sound of his own baritone voice mingling with the gentle pitch of the lioness'. But he persisted, eager to keep up with her and to continue hearing their voices together. It wasn't often that Leon sang with others around - since he'd left Maji Walezi, the bear sang very little, only occasionally humming to himself in his lonesome. But with Makyna it was different. She was allowed to hear him sing - she was the only one who bore a window into his soul. "Reaches such great heights, gives us just one perfect night to say oh, what a beautiful life, oh, what a- "

The bear's voice cut off as quickly as Makyna's did at the sound of splashing water. He blinked and jerked his head towards the sound, straightening up as the lioness started to head away from the den. Leon was quick to scramble to his paws and follow after her, bobbing his head as he moved. It was difficult to keep up with her when she moved so swiftly, and as she spoke of the sound coming from a newborn, he arched his brows and hurried. Soon enough he saw Makyna approach the child - a small canine, like Arkrael - and try to bring it closer to warm it up. He rounded behind her and came up on the other side of the little pup, settling down into a seated position.

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He kept his eyes fixed on the pup while warmth began to simmer inside of the bear. It had been a while since he summoned his magic after the fight, especially with his chipped stone - he needed time to recover. Thankfully, it was enough time, or simply that Leon wasn't trying to use too much magic. Whatever the reason, he was able to feel the warmth rise inside of him. A dim yellow glow emanated from his skin between clumps of fur, from his nostrils and ears and where ever the fur was thin. Accompanying it was a gentle warmth radiating out from the bear, an attempt to comfort the little pup.

While Leon's mind mostly lingered on the pup, every now and then he'd cast a glance up at Makyna, watching her soothe and comfort the small child just as he had when he first found her. It seemed so long ago, the bear couldn't help but crack a small smile at the memory, a small fire of happiness sizzling in the pit of his chest. The babe was eager to get to warmth it seemed, scooting up between them. With the light and warmth dimly spread from his form, Leon shuffled in closer as well. She spoke of breathing in the water, prompting a furrowed brow of concern from the bear before he looked up at Makyna, then back to the child as she asked what "it" was. Most likely the water she was asking about, but Makyna went ahead and explained mostly everything that the child might even be curious about, including the water and the cave.

Often during times like this, Leon had very little to say while Makyna comforted and answered everything a small Gembound would ask about. They had discovered quite a few newborns - he could remember finding Amaria, Ghost, and Silence, they'd even helped Carrie together when she had lost her leg... although the capybara hadn't been seen since then, Leon liked to believe that she was just making her way somewhere out there. This time around, the bear raised his head and looked down at the babe with curious eyes. "Yeah, water," He said and reached a paw out, gently tapping the surface of the nearest pool of water. "Good to drink, not so good to breathe in." There wasn't much else for him to say until the child expressed wonder about anything else.

So, Leon withdrew his paw and tucked it in, falling silent.

As the youth turned her head to Leon and boldly asked if she was what he was, the bear couldn't help but laugh and slide down on his belly so that he sat at eye level with the young child. Makyna pointed out that they were all different species; he a bear, she a lioness, and the cub was but a small wolf. "A Gembound is a creature with a stone on them. All of us are Gembounds. See, I have a big rock on my shoulder, and Makyna has one on her forehead." He added, wiggling his shoulder so that she could see the massive obsidian point sticking up out of his back, then gesturing at the cabochon of aquamarine lodged in Makyna's forehead. Leon focused back on the pup, quickly realizing that her stone was embedded in her face and carried up over her skull - she probably wouldn't be able to see it without the help of a reflection. "Your's is on your face. You can't see it, but its very pretty." He smiled and tapped between his eyes, just to show her where it would be.

Falling silent, the bear listened as Makyna offered to take the pup in, to give her a home and parents as the two of them so often did. Makyna had a habit of collecting children, sometimes without Leon knowing until she brought them home to Pisces. Leon didn't really have a problem with it, though. Young Gembounds weren't all that dependent anyways, and it only really took a cycle or two before they were up and off doing their own thing, with only Makyna and Leon to refer to as caretakers in the past. Still, he hoped that in doing so they forged a special relationship. After all, once they had found Amaria and brought her back, he liked to think the relationship between them was still as solid as it had ever been, despite the fiasco with Cancer. Leon would always see the clouded leopard as his younger sister, no matter what she did. He would always care for her.

As she called on him, the bear gave a firm nod. "We can take care of you and help you learn." He added with a tilt of his head. It was always better to have somebody helping you learn, or learning alongside you. Now that Leon had better control over his magic, he wasn't as afraid of accidentally harming anybody. "But even if you don't want to stay with us, and if you want to explore instead, you can always come back and see us." Leon said. He didn't want to give the pup an ultimatum, especially if she desired the love and companionship of 'parents' without feeling obligated to live in one part of the cave. She was bound to want to explore.