After a hot day, it was dusk. The night was already cool, and the stones were still warm from the passing day. On one of the ledges of the pride rock lay a young lioness. She was depressed and tortured. The beautiful sunset did not please her, the rays and stones did not warm her.
"What a beautiful sunset.".. The words of the red-maned lion sounded sad and thoughtful. "Kiara, tell me, are you mad at me?"
- Dad... We've already talked about this... I'm not mad... At you... -- The princess replied coldly and distantly.
— I remember, you just don't talk to me after that day." Except when I'm the first one to start. So I don't understand why. -- Simba replied softly.
There was silence. Even the wind had died down. Leo stared into the distance and couldn't stop thinking that his beloved son was out there somewhere. The same questions kept running through my head — what was wrong with him? How is he?" Will he forgive me? Will we ever meet again?
"Achaeus will take care of him." The king said hopefully.
— What does God care about an outcast?" Kiara suddenly replied, completely discouraging her father. — Why was he like this?" If there is... she pointed up. "There is a God why he allowed this to happen... -- She didn't have the strength to be angry, but her indignation and indignation rolled in like waves. -- "Kion deserves this punishment, but WE don't deserve to suffer for this scumbag...
— Why do you suffer?" -- Simba decided that this was a chance to put things in their proper place so that they could move on and let this situation go. — If he deserves it, then justice has won and harmony must be restored."
"Exactly! Where is she!? - the lioness herself did not expect such an outburst of emotions, because it seemed that there were no feelings left. — Why when we lived in a lie, we all felt good!? It would be better to leave everything as it is... -- she didn't finish the sentence. Tiifu's tears and her suffering flashed through her mind in vivid images.
— Do you think that would be better?" - still looking into the distance, the king asked.
"No"... -- she lowered her head and stared at nothing. -- "When you think about it, the pride has been restless for a long time, ever since Kayon began to change. I saw how he sometimes behaved, but I didn't pay attention, thinking that it was just a bad mood...
"Since he got the scars on his eye. I don't know exactly how, but the evil got into his heart and mind. -- Simba mused, remembering those days. — How important it is to keep your mind and your heart, because outwardly we have defeated evil, and it just migrated to another vessel. -- king sighed heavily. -- "My daughter, our pride is in limbo right now. It will either get stronger and have a future, or it will collapse from the inside. I, your mother, you and Kovu are responsible to our pride, if WE don't forgive Kayon and let this situation fall into the hands of Achaea, then no one will. -- - -- Simba looked at his beloved daughter and hoped very much that he had helped her, that he understood her pain. Looking into the distance again he asked:
— Do you forgive your brother?" -- He could feel the lioness thrashing inside with resentment and helplessness from fighting this resentment.
-- I forgive him... -- enough breath for the words. — But that doesn't mean that nothing happened and that he's not a jerk!"
— I understand... Just as you remember him, forgive him and pray for him. - Simba really understood that this is only the beginning of a long journey of forgiveness, but the main thing is to start, and then it is up to Achaea to decide what will happen next.
The father and daughter remained in this place until dark. Lying next to each other, they talked quietly about the future wedding, about their reign, about the future.