Ain't that a surprise.

We lost Fire's trail that first night in the rain.

Feather and I have been lost on the Prideless Stretch ever since.

We've been eating things even the vultures don't want.

Or, Feather has.

It's rare for me to find enough for both of us.

Thank you, Nothing! I'm starving!

[SNARLS]

I... I'm sorry.

Here, you take it.

Are you sure?

You need it more than I do.

Being alone on the Stretch is bad enough, but having someone else to take care of...

I'm not sure how much longer this can go on.

I think about Hover a lot.

I wonder if she stayed in the Pride.

If I'll ever see her again.

She lived her whole life on the Stretch

I never understood how strong she must have been before.

Nothing?

Feather? Why are you awake?

I can't sleep.

Can you tell me the story about Asra? The way Sharptongue used to?

Oh! Um...

I can try!

I'll never tell it as well as Sharptongue, but I'll do my best!

When the world was new, Asra ran away from the other Goddesses in the sky.

She hid among the mortals on Earth.

Asra's sisters, Sunce and Cansu, searched for her.

Cansu hunted as best she could on land,

while Sunce used her burning eye in the sky to scour the whole savannah at once.

Of course, Sunce found her first.

Sunce was outraged to discover Asra had left because she'd fallen in love with a mortal.

In her rage, Sunce called a bolt of lighting down to kill him.

However, Sunce's actions had unintended consequences.

Asra couldn't look away from the light that killed her love.

It was so powerful that it blinded her.

When Cansu discovered what Sunce had done, she was incensed.

She forced Sunce to atone for her mistake.

And so, Sunce gave Asra a sliver of her very soul as penance.

With this, Asra grew new eyes of pure light.

Asra remained bilnd but her new eyes could see the spirits of the dead in the darkness.

We can see Asra's blind white eye as the moon above us today.

And she brings all the lost spirits to live with her in the stars, right?

I was getting to that part.

Asra found her love's spirit wandering the Eath and brought him to the night sky to live

with her forever.

When his loved ones died, she brought them too.

And then their loved ones, and on and on until she was

collecting the spirits of each and every lion who passed.

And Sharptongue's up there?

If Asra heard our call, she is.

And my Dad?

Your Dad?

He's dead, isn't he?

My sisters too, right?

Feather, I...

I'm not stupid, Nothing.

That's the only reason you'd take me away from home.

A No-Mane killed him. And he wanted to kill me too, didn't he?

I'm so sorry, I wanted to tell you.

Don't say sorry. It's not you who should be sorry.

Which No-Mane did it?

I don't think knowing that will help.

Please! I want to know.

Proud.

Proud.

Are you okay?

No. All of this is wrong.

I hate Pride Law.

My family should still be alive and we never should have had to leave.

I know. It's not fair. It's just the way things are.

It shouldn't be.

When I'm big, I'm gonna fix it. All of it.

We won't ever be scared or sad or hungry ever again.

How about we start with getting some sleep tonight

before fixing the whole world, hm?

Yeah. Okay.

Nothing?

I love you.

You broke a promise.

Hover?

This was important to me.

I threw away my life for this!

For you!

The memory is painful but it is yours.

Get out of my head!

You need to remember.

Nothing!

Nothing!

There's someone out there!

It couldn't be...

Hover?

Hover!

Hover!

What are you yammering about?

I... thought you were someone else...

Sorry...

Ah. We're all looking for someone.

You and your cub lost then, honey?

I'm not her cub! My mom is back with our Pride.

Hm. Pride borns then.

I suppose you two are thirsty?

Very! We haven't found water in days!

Do you know of some nearby?

Always.

Any Prideless on the Stretch knows where to

find every drop of water from here to the Stonelands.

What are the Stonelands?

Exactly.

Follow me.

Is it just me or is this water AMAZING?

Say, Pride lioness. Can I talk to you?

I'll be right back.

Thanks again for your help. This means the world to us.

What do you need?

I like your scars. How'd you get 'em?

Thank you. But you don't have to be nice. I know they're an eyesore.

Maybe to a Pride Lion, but we Prideless have a soft spot for scars like yours.

Really? I've always... hated mine.

Scars mean you went through something tough in the past.

Survived it, and came back stronger.

Out on the Stretch, we respect that.

I've never thought about it that way.

Well I hope you think about it that way from now on.

But... that's not why I called you here.

What is it?

You should drop that cub.

What!? Why?

I can teach you to survive out here.

You've got a strong spirit on you and that's what it takes on the Stretch.

But that fat little cub?

He won't make it.

And he'll take you down with him.

Feather and I have been doing fine.

No. You haven't.

Anyone can see that he's stayed round as an egg while you're nothin' but skin and bones.

In Prides we learn to put others first.

You're not in a Pride anymore, honey.

Any Prideless worth her salt would've dumped that cub weeks ago.

It's not even yours.

I know he's not mine but--

Do you even love that thing?

Or is this just some leftover sense of Pride responsibility?

"Cause that won't serve you here.

I...

Look.

You and me can leave right now.

I'll travel with you, show you the secrets of the Stretch and all the tricks I know to

stay alive.

But I'm not taking that cub with us.

So make up your mind.

Nothing?

Is everything okay?

I was just saying goodbye to our Prideless friend.

She was just about to go.

Made your choice, huh?

I would rather neither of us made it than leave him alone out here.

I admire that.

Say, you ever heard of the Shifting Place?

Once.

What is it?

It's this place that's green even in dry season.

Where the rivers are always cold and clear.

With trees so big you swear they touch the sun.

And smack dab in the middle there's this big waterfall.

Tallest thing you've ever seen.

Whoa!! That sounds amazing!

We should go there, Nothing!

Where is that?

Well that's the thing, sweetie. It shifts.

It's one place one day, and someplace completely different the next.

Kinda like a mirage.

Ain't that neat?

Yeah! Super neat!

Thank you for all your help.

I never even asked your name.

What do we call you?

You can call me Rain, sweetie.

Anyway, I'll be off.

The journey's never over and all that.

It was real nice meeting you two!

Goodbye, Rain!!

She was nice!

Feather. I need you to learn how to hunt.

But... hunting is a lioness's job.

I know that's how it is in the Pride but we're on our own now.

I can't do this alone.

I need your help. Can I count on you?

Of course you can count on me!

Those zebras will taste my fury!

Hey, Feather.

Yeah?

I love you. You know that?

I love you too, Nothing.