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"SARABI!!! SARABI-I-I!!!"

"Merciful Aiheu, what happened?!"

"Mom! There! In the savannah! She's been lying there... I don't know how long! And she's not moving at all, not breathing even! And there's blood under her belly... A lot of blood, a whole pool of it! Sarabi, please, let's go to her right now!!!"

Hunting solo is a dangerous and unpredictable activity... just like any other hunt, technically. Even in the most well-planned hunts with the assistance of sister pride-mates, one can never predict the behavior of one's prey and what kind of injuries one might receive in an attempt to take it down. By refusing the help of other lionesses and trying to single-handedly procure food for her only surviving daughter, Pira didn't just take a serious risk but also spent a lot of energy that she should've been conserving. As a result, one of her hunts came to a lamentable end. The lioness suffered a severe wound and was too far away from Pride Rock. Were other huntresses nearby, they would have immediately sent for help... but Pira had no one by her side. The bleeding lioness tried to reach the lair on her own but fell a mere hundred meters from the cliff. It was there that Shayena found her, entirely by accident, while on one of her secret rodent hunts. Scared to death, the little one immediately rushed to Pride Rock, wailing for the adults to help, but it was too late. Pira was gone long before anyone found her.

Sarabi © Disney
Shayena, Pira © SickRogue
English translation ©  IronyFerrum