Wematin - Cubs

"How do I feel about cubs? Huh... Well, I think they'd be fun, so long as they wouldn't get lost or anything, like I tend to do... not on purpose, of course!" Wematin flashed a cheesy, guilty grin after a moment, his tail lashing about behind him. "It really just depends on how Mzuka would feel, to be honest. She's my mate after all, so of course it matters on what she thinks, too. She doesn't really seem to want cubs just yet, and that's more than fine, but I'm sure one day we'll want some. Or, if she'd rather not have any cubs at all, that's up to her... although I do think I'd want a batch of cubs. Cubs are fun, and it'd be especially fun to have cubs that looked like me!"

"I would want my cubs to know that they'll always have a home with mom and dad. If they decide to leave the pride for another? Well, then, that's just fine. If they want to stick around, that's cool, too. They'd always have mom and dad to be there for them, and they'd never have to feel alone in the big, wide world."

"I would be afraid of how I'd look to them as a dad, really. I'm... well, I don't think I'd be a great dad, to be honest. I get lost a lot, and I've been told I'm kind of childish... you can't really be a dad when you, yourself, are childish, can you? I don't remember my dad being that way... I mean, he had his fun side, but he had a serious side, too. I don't know if I have a serious side. Maybe that'll come once I am a dad, if I am a dad... but what if it doesn't? That wouldn't be good... would it?"

"If I did have cubs and have to discipline them, I'd probably put them in a corner and let them think about what they did. Of course, that'd only work for a little while. I was once a cub, too, and I know how sitting in a corner can be. Then I'll ultimately give them a choice; a long, tedious punishment or a quick, more painful punishment. A shake of the scruff would be the most that I do... But every time I would have to discipline them, I'd want to make sure they know I'm doing this because... because I love them enough to show them that they are wrong. I love them enough to correct them, even though they don't want me to."

"I'd be especially proud of my possible cubs if they didn't wander off and get lost like I did when I was their age... and still kinda do, actually. I don't want them to get lost. That's not all that pleasant, not at all. If they were to disappoint me in any way, it would probably be if they called us, their parents, bad names, or anyone bad names for that matter. That's not very nice... all bad behavior isn't very nice."