Username: Nia The Elf
Lion name: Zekhan
Lion gender: Male
Pride: Red EaglePride status: Knight
Prompt:Zekhan's tusks are a big part of who he is. They show his place in society, his strength, they aid him in combat and they help him interact with others.
It wasn't his fault that the lions who met him on this new planet panicked as he charged towards Gringolet with joyful stupor.
"Back off!" Elyan snarled, hackles raised defensively as Gringolet swung his antlers and knocked the newcomer aside, long tusks barely missing an eye.
"Stand down, now!"
Zekhan tilted his head, confusion etched clearly in his features. Backing up, he created space between the three of them. "Do you not want to be friends?" He asked, holding in the hurt that began to course through him.
Frowning, Gringolet stepped closer. “Friends? You just tried to attack me, I wouldn’t consider that very
friendly behaviour.”
It clicked. These lions didn’t have tusks after all, and only a few had antlers. Cultural differences.
“I’m so sorry! Where I come from, tusks are everything - you use them to assert dominance, but you also use them to greet eachother and make friends or allies. I presumed it’s similar everywhere; but I come from far away so I guessed wrong. I hope this hasn’t gotten us off to
too bad a start?”
Elyan smirked behind Gringolet, who just shook his head and calmed his racing heart.
“Of course not,” he sighed, and introduced Zekhan to the safer way of greeting one another; with a gentle nudge of his muzzle.