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Gjernferd once again had snuck off from his day to day family life. He loved being around his family a great deal, however, having as many sisters as he had often gave him reason to go off on his own. Sure, all of them were stormborn and truly tough but it was different when you were a boy. At least Gjernferd felt that way. He needed his space to breath and shake off some of the frustrations of being the only son.

Today that time was to be spent at the top of a cliff where he planned on catching some lizards for a snack and also to sharpen his hunting skills and combat skills. The top of this particular cliff was pretty ripe with lizard activity during this time of day. Gjernferd was pretty sure a large colony had set up home there and it meant good snacking.

The albino cub hid behind a rock as he watched a few lizards skitter scatter about. They were quick and the trick was not to go after them until they were resting for at least a little while. Today they seemed more active than usual which frustrated the cub. He had been waiting at least fifteen minutes for one to settle down so he could pounce the darned thing but none had. Fifteen minutes to a cub could have been an eternity as far as Gjernferd was concerned. Finally frustrated and having enough with waiting the albino cub decided to try his luck and pounce one of the creatures. Not surprising the lizards scattered to every nook and cranny the cliff had to offer as far as hiding places leaving Gjernferd looking foolish and with no snack.

He grumbled some cub level curses under his breath and swiped the dusty ground with a clawed paw.

Laughter had Gjernferd stiffen. Some one had seen what a fool he'd been made by the lizards. He turned his head slowly to find another boy which made it a little more embarrassing. The other boy didn't seem to be too concerned with his failure which was a relief.

"I'm .. I'm Gjernferd," Usually he wasn't overly shy but given the embarrassment he was a little more on the meek side still processing a few things.

"O-oh. I've caught a few. I just... got sand in my eye and missed is all," There it was the masculinity trying to save face. In truth he had caught a few lizards before but a lot of it wasn't due to skill and had more to do with cub clumsy luck.

"Oh? Yeah. They are fast. How would you deal with it? I mean I know you said you've never caught one before but ... My eye is bothering me and all so maybe you should take the lead." He desperately wanted to impress this other male for some reason. It was strange as he never felt this need to prove him self with his family. This was the first interaction with a male cub and it was strange how badly he wanted Attor's approval.

Gjernferd had to agree that a trap sounded like a great idea and he wasn't sure why he hadn't thought of that before. "What kind of ... Oh.. You're right they all scurried away?!" The cub began to knock over rocks recklessly to see that there was nothing underneath. This was concerning that he'd scared the lizards so bad that they all had scurried away.

"I suppose we should look in a different spot," He looked around deep in thought. Where would the lizards be aside from the cliff was the big question that these two boys needed to answer.

"I bet .... I bet we could find more by the shore. Maybe they got scared and went towards the beach...?" Gjernferd was a little unsure of his reasoning. "Worst case we can smash some crabs and snack on that." He offered.

Gjernferds face glowed a bit at the idea of having a race. His childish masculinity could not refuse such a contest. He got down in a playful bow with his paws spread out.

"Yeaaaaah!" He exclaimed. "Lets have a race and see who's fastest. Loser is an elephants trunk!" Honestly Gjernferd wasn't even sure what he just said but it felt right so he went with that. If anyone asked him by what he meant by that he'd probably challenge them to come up with a better insult as a way to get out of explaining his life choices of making such a stupid insult.

((Do you want to game-a-fy this with a dice roll? Like 10 sided dice - highest roll wins - if its a draw - then its a tie ? : P Herp a derp))

"Okay." Gjenferd agreed that Attor should be the one to count. He took his own stance and readied him self. Every time Attor called out another number the pale cubs stance intensified and his focus deepened. Three was called out and the pale cub kicked him self off to chase for the finish.

But it wasn't meant to be. Attor was ahead and even as the pale cub did his best to pick up speed he couldn't bring him self to pull his speed to match Attors.

He skid to a stop with a new founded respect for the other.

"I guess that makes me an elephants trunk," He laughed.

Gjenferd was laughing now to at the sight of Attor covered in leaves and twigs.

"Guess I am a big ol' elephant trunk," He had managed to not get covered in leaves and twigs which was on the bitter sweet side since he'd lost. He sat quite proud of him self and watched the other struggle for a moment before deciding to he would help. Gjenferd took a big mouth full of root and began to tug on it hard.

"How is it that roots and twigs stick to us so well," He mused out loud as if he was speaking out of experience. With one more hard pull he managed to snap a root. Gjenferd was quite proud of him self for such a deed.

There was a knowing look of 'I gotchu bro' on the pale lions face. He knew all to well of mothers and their tendencies to not be to happy with boys being boys and getting dirty. His white pelt made it incredibly easy to spot when he was off being rough.

The mention of lizards had the pale lion perk up quite a bit. Everything had come full circle and his mind was now back to where it had been from the start.

"Lizards yeah! Let's go find some !" The boys were off to go hunt some tasty snack lizards. Gjenferd couldn't have been more thrilled.