Just as Arkani had said, a group of wild dogs led by some of the Herders finally came into view. Sireto was among those in the front, her eyes taking in the sight of so many lions, ears swiveling to pick up the conversations, nose twitching with new smells. She wasn't the most trusting of wild dogs and the fact that an entire pride of lions had welcomed them in without even flinching was odd to her. Though she was towards the front of her pack, she didn't approach any of the lions. Indeed, she stopped and acted like a stone in a river, the rest of her packmates flowing around her without a care in the world. She'd let them mingle, but Sireto was going to hang back and watch. Listen. Learn.
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Iyannough, on the other hand, was beyond excited. His tail was wagging and his tongue was lolling out of his mouth as he walked in a haphazard zigzag, not sure what to do or where to go first. There were so many lions to see and meet!
Finally he picked out two that seemed to be in a good mood, at the very least. One was even bouncing around a bit. He steered through the swarm of wild dogs towards them, breaking through the edge of his pack as he trotted over to them.
"Hullo!" he said, looking at the two females with a wide grin. "Thanks so much for letting us stay! I've never really seen a pride before, we move around so much that we pass them kind of at a distance. What a cool place!" He'd only seen the lands where the Herders tended to the herds and now here, so there was clearly more to see that he didn't know about.
"I'm Iyannough!" he added, realizing they might like to know his name.
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