'Come with me, Zainabu. We'll live happily together, and have lots of cubs of our own,' pleaded Arya.
Zainabu looked away. 'I-I can't Arya,' she said simply, not wanting to meet his eyes.
All fight went out of him as he looked pleadingly at his love. 'Why not? We'll be happy together.'
'They're my family Arya. I can't leave behind Mom and Dad, and Grandpa and Grandma, and everyone else. Besides, there aren't going to be any cubs for us.'
'Why not?'
'Because... because I can't have them, that's why!'
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My evil brain is concocting something evil for Arya later on... mwha.