Jiwe

"Change. Wind in the grass is whispering about change. It is inevitable."
Panthera silently growled:
"And? What kind of change it will be? Good? Bad?"
Jiwe swiped with her tail in irritation:
"Change is not good nor bad. It simply is. It will be in your paws, how good or bad will you make it."
"You know how I hate this kind of talk, Jiwe. My time is near, Death is stalking in my footsteps and I want to know, if my pride will survive," frustration driped from Panthera words like poison. He knew, that blessing od Aislin has left him. Some colors of his pelt was gone. And now... only thing what left for him was fear.
"You have done well, Panthera. You protected us. You was our guide. You earned your place among ancestors between stars. You have nothing to feer. Let your heir do some work, will you? He needs to earn his own achievments. I Hopethat Mieru will serve him well."
"Its strange, that cub. You sure that her father was an ordinary lion?"
"You know that we search mates outside of our pride. I am not sure, if he was an ordinary lion or not, but Mieru is good cub. She is my last one. I need to be sure, that I will teach her everything she needs to know. In a way, she will be like Utabiri..."
"Utabiri?" asked Panthera, puzzled look on his face.
"She was my great-grandmother. She has come in to this pride as a little cub, because she was destined to be our spiritual leader. Her predacesor earned ire of the ancestors, and she was banned to birth her own heiress."
Panthera flatened his ears:
"Ou..."
"Ou indeed. Now go, I have a lesson with Mieru. Dont worry, ewerything is, as it should be. Stars will guide us."
Panthera bowed and left her cave, insted it was Mieru, who had come in.
"He is afraid for us," said the little cub.
"Yes."
"I like him. Such a shame, that he has to go..."
"I know my dear. But you also like Doa, his heir, dont you?"
"He is kind. And knows how to listen."
"Good. Because you will spent a lot of time together. Now, what are this herbs and how to use them?"