A Busy Place pt 2, Khephra only. Anyone else will be warned

[Lyamilana]

She looked around, already knowing that they had been teleported to the entrance of her temple, but she waited to regain her bearings before speaking.

"Welcome to my temple, Khephra, I hope you find it of some comfort to yourself." she said, walking to the flaming pedestal in the middle of the room, where her leopard was skulking around.

"Hello Kimi." she greeted her companion with a scratch on the chin, receiving a low purr in return.

"This is my friend Kimiyata," she said to the fellow god, "She gets rather touchy around strangers, you've been warned."

She looked back at the God of Wisdom and then laughed slightly, " But don't let that get to you. Now what is it you wanted to talk about?"

[Khephra]

The temple of Power didn't betray its namesake. It was vast, and for the moment at least - easily intimidating.

Khephra watched Kimiyata cautiously. It's not that he felt threatened per se, just that he didn't often spend company in the time of... leopards. Swallowing any sentiment of pride with a grin, he decided to try and learn from the foreign situation. Ly had mentioned that she was wary of strangers, so Khephra decided to try something. He was sure that Ly was quite comfortable with his presence, and wondered if the leopard would heed it.

Khephra knelt slowly, and nodded at Ly, hoping she would pick up on his intention. He drew his hands in an open circle and called to the leopard by her full name. Respect he imagined, was everything.

"Kimiyata."

Trust is full of anxiety, but this is my gesture of submission. I am the intruder here, and I do not wish to offend you.

Sweat gathered in anticipation. Despite his nature, Khephra strained to remain still. His breathing slowed, and he patiently awaited a response.

[Lyamilana]

The leopard's attention was drawn to the man more than it was already when she heard him call her name. It wasn't just her pet name as her mistress would usually call her, but her full name. This carried some respect that Kimi was rather drawn to, perhaps because her mistress was too.

Stalking carefully towards the stranger, she raised her tail slightly and got his smell before going closer and bumping her muzzle against his arm as a sign she approved.

Ly raised an eyebrow, "That's an interesting method of getting her to be friendly to you... I also proved that I could be trusted when I first met her- she was injured and I cared for her to the point that she didn't want to leave when I gave her the choice."

She smiled fondly at the leopard who had returned the her side and was rubbing her head against Ly's hand asking to be patted.