Shere Khan turned, mildly surprised but moving past it quite well. "Well...while cubs or young ones of any kind are generally an annoying nuisance...cubs of my own would be an exception and the model of what a tiger should be, just like me...and yes" he confessed, "the fact that I will need heirs so that all my control and authority in this jungle as passed down by generations doesn't just die away with me, but truth be told a proper mate to be all but queen of the jungle has never been found".
He side glanced to Allison before turning back to her after having turned away, "Are you...applying for that position?" he asked his own point blank question with his usual air of haughty seriousness, yet was also with a smirk that was a tad amused, in a good way.
OOC: Whew! It's a bit of a brain scratcher that one, how does Shere Khan react to the topic of cubs! But I think I got it, hehe
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OOC: Ok, just going with the idea that using Ranjan produced...
Elliott continued searching and had just thought he'd noticed something by a tree, and squinted, when something else intruded.
"Yah!" with a shout, little Ranjan burst from the bushes nearby, holding a stick in the position of a gun and, spotting Kyano, began poking him, also giving away his position.
"Tiger Hunter get his prey!" the little kid went on, still just poking Kyano.
"H-hey, stop that!" Elliott rushed up to the little kid and yanked him back by his ankle. Ranjan began hitting his stick at Elliott's trunk, "Let go!" he said.
"No, you have to play nice!" Elliott said. He hadn't met Ranjan yet (ooc: I don't think...gotta re-watch the second one...) but he was familiar with the fact that man cubs weren't hunters, and this kid looked younger than them.
The commotion attracted Hathi's attention though, "I say what the devil..." he stormed over and then gasped, "another man cub! Why Bagheera gave me his word no other man cubs would be...Bagheera!" he hollered, as if he could call the panther from here.
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"Well..." Namita started to feel they may be taking up Bagheera's time and, nervous as she was due to the fact that she still felt that 'childhood crush' only stronger, she didn't want to be a bother to Bagheera, "Maybe we should let you...".
Just then Hathi's trumpet interrupted her. "What was that?".
Miko peered forward interested as well, then took off in interest towards the spot.
"Oh no, Miko...I said no running off!" Namita took chase.