[By the time her ears quit ringing and she can open her eyes again, she's alone. There's no sign of the little lion cub, and she wonders if he's gone, if she'd really imagined the whole thing after all--
Until she spots him on the couch, licking his wounds, and she's back to watching him silently for the moment. She may not have understood exactly what happened back there, and she may not have always been the world's biggest animal person, but you'd have to be completely heartless not to feel at least something from that little display.]
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Until she spots him on the couch, licking his wounds, and she's back to watching him silently for the moment. She may not have understood exactly what happened back there, and she may not have always been the world's biggest animal person, but you'd have to be completely heartless not to feel at least something from that little display.]