Denali

Denali has grown up in this pride and has constantly been working to improve herself and show that she is a faithful and good lioness that never gives up. Ever since she was a cub she was worried about what others thought of her and sometimes it was to her detriment.

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Ebony sits watching the younger lioness trying to practise her hunting pose, Denali had been at it for hours and you could tell in the slopiness of her stance and the slight panting that made her tongue loll slightly out of her mouth. She sighed, "Denali, you should really take a break before you hurt yourself."

Denali stays poised ready to strike an imagined foe and speaks breathlessly, "But it needs to be perfect. I can't give up yet." She mutters focusing still on the placement of her paws.

The adolescent watching shakes her head and frowns unsure how to make the reckless cub listen to her. "You're doing more harm than good practicing all at once, it needs to be done in stages to really master something, go rest." She tries again.

As she's speaking Denali's mother walks up behind her young cub and grasps her by the scruff of her neck, in between her teeth, the little lioness struggles in her mother's grasp but her tough grip holds firm. In a muffled voice Cloudie speaks, "You need to rest." And carries her struggling daughter to her nest, leaving no room for argument.