Ari

Hope is but a waking dream

Aristotle sighed and gently sat there comforting the young colt. It seemed the young lion would be the more level headed and calm creature of the two of them. But that was okay, the young lion didn’t mind being the mellow one.

I’m glad, I can make it easier for you. The young feline mused. He really was happy that he could make things just a little bit better for him. He needed to learn to be bolder.

The young lion laughed loudly as his friend licked his face, causing the strands of his mane that were falling in his face to stand up with saliva. Eh, he could always find somewhere to bathe later. Aristotle relaxed as James made himself comfy. Aristotle looked up at him and smiled lightly.

So as I was saying, we could gather A LOT of vines between the two of us and use them along with some leafy branches to cover Abraxas. Then we could ask Pride for help, and maybe even Aunty too. Though for Aunty I’d have to make a run back to Eridanus, which isn’t hard and I really want to show her the egg anyway. Aristotle suggested aloud, hoping that this plan would go over well with the colt.

@James

"Hm... okay!" he chirped, "I can go find Pride when you go to find Aunty- who is Aunty, anyway? Pride's my mentor, he's a deer- he looks like be but with two hooves on each foot and a short tail, he also has antlers on his head, and he's completely white."

James crossed his legs, one over the other and sighed, setting his head on Ari's back, "Is Aunty the person with 'hands' that you told me about?"

He batted his long lashes at the other, brown eyes looking at his friend curiously.

@Aristotle

Ari

Hope is but a waking dream

Aristotle relaxed a bit as James agreed to the vines. Though his rounded audits fell slightly. He didn’t know if he trusted this Pride gembound that James kept talking about. He was supposed to be his mentor. Well.. Aunty is… She’s a Gorilla. At least that’s what she called herself, she’s how I found out I was a lion. The young lion seemed to think pretty highly of the first gembound he had ever met. The great ape had been absolutely wonderful.

A soft sigh escaped Aristotle as they lay there for a time just relaxing after their little spat. It was nice to know that even after that they were still happy to be close to each other. When he asked about her he smiled. Yeah, she’s really fun. She can do a zap thing too that makes you feel funny. It’s really fun! He wasn’t going to tell him how she did it, or that it tingled your toes. She’s also the one who put my swirls and leg markings on.

Aristotle sighed as he soon stood up from their little bit of cuddling with great reluctance. I guess I should head to Eridanus to get Aunty Elspet. You’ll like her she’s really friendly and has really pretty markings on her arms. He mused with a wide smile. Stay here until I get back then we can cover the egg and you can go get Pride alright? Aristotle more or less didn’t wait for his friend’s answer as he quickly loped out of the door and off towards tunnel I.
@James

EXIT ARISTOTLE

"A gorilla-" he said, before sputtering as Ari just... left.

"... Bye?" he said, blinking.

James turned his head to face the stone and stood up before walking towards it. He sat down next to it and tapped it with a hoof, sighing.

"I hope you're cute," he said softly, before laying down next to it, curling up to wait for Ari.

@Aristotle