She watched him for a moment. Puzzled wanting to ask more but not sure if she should. Surely he had family he missed or a loved one who would miss him.
I see... perhaps you should send for family to join you here?
She smiled to him but her mind was miles away though clearly happy. She moved to curl against him arms wrapping around him gently. She reached her other hand to caress his cheek and trace his lips with a fingertip.
He pulled her back into the water with him, watching her, he could see that her mind was wandering far away and he allowed her to touch his face as he looked at her eyes
She smiled closing her eyes laying her head on his shoulder and nuzzling against his neck. A faint purr falling from her lips it was after all all she had known since she was a very young child. Smiling her eyes closed as she just relaxed in his embrace.
He ran his fingers through her hair as they sat there, he watched their surroundings and noticed movement inside the cave they came from. It was a lion, if it was the same lioness he did not know, but she seemed curious.