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Tam staggers to his feet and grabbing the cub by the scruff, he shakes him hard, then puts him back down on the bed. "Kero... wake up... Please, wake up!"

Tam sighs with relief and holds him tight. "It's okay, Taro... it was only a dream... please... peace... " and again he sings his odd soothing drone.

"The past is past, Taro, and cannot be undone. let it go... let it be..." Tam sighs and holds him close. "What was done was evil... what was done was wrong... but it was not done as an act of evil.... remember this. Hopian has told me of his tale, unhappy though it is... I cannot turn back the hands of time. All I can do it say I will never... ever lift my hand to you, save to keep you from harming another, including yourself. Fair enough?"

'I know, dear one... I know... Here... let's find something else to do for a bit, hopefully he'll awaken or someone will see how his dreams are inflicting him... until then, it might be wise of you to not sleep for a bit. The two of you are unusually close these days. Perhaps it is but a phase of the moon... or some other twist of fate. Normally distance weakens the tipe between you two..."

He looks about and sees the chest Mica has brought to keep Kero busy. "What's this? Tantagrams? I've always loved playing around with those. See here. All the pieces form a square. And the puzzles use the shapes to fill them in. Let's work on this one, ok... it looks interesting."

He pulls out a card and hands half the pieces to Kero, keeping half for himself. Then he tries to figure out how his pieces fit.

Once Kero becomes really involved, Tam checks the cuts, the cub gave him and is relieved to see that his fur has saved him from some serious damage. Still they are seeping into his fur and so he pretends to be goinbg to the jakes and goes off to wait for Sharmistra, to have them seen to. He ia also looking for some form of pain killer for his head. And although he knows Kero's venom would help, he really doesn't want to bother the cub right then for fear it would disturb him even more.

Tam feels the cub's confusion and concern and runs back to the clinic.

**sorry... misread yer post**

Tam stands up and moves closer to the other lion, making sure he makes nose so as not to startle it. "Can I help you," he asks, clearing his throat first.