Description
Mkuu was very old when it happened. A sick wildebeest asked the current leader of The Thornbush Pride about the Tree of Life, a sanctuary that was said to cure every disease, that a cape buffalo from another heard have came from it seasons ago, completly free of their illness. Mkuu didn't know and dismissed the herbivore away, without knowing he got infected from that same disease. Dalili, though, knew about the encounter, since she followed her uncle around for her training as a future leader.
Worried about the only family that seemly deeply cared about her, Dalili relunctantly asked Nia if she knew about this "Tree of Life" so they could send Mkuu there. Nia replied that yes, she has heard the stories about this sanctuary from her father, but they were all just that: stories, and that Dalili should let the course of The Circle of Life to continue, that it was time Mkuu joined The Lions of The Past.
Dalili didn't believe that bullshit: the spirits wouldn't take another relative of hers. She was going to prove Nia wrong. So she went to Kulinda and asked about these "Moonflowers" that were on the painting of the cave Dalili found years ago. Kulinda was also old and didn't remember exactly, but she knew the plants could help, but there was a catch about them she couldn't recall. Dalili didn't care about that, as long as it cured her uncle.
Dalili found the plants and gave a couple to Mkuu. For a few days, he seemed to get better. So she asked to herself: "why dรณnt I give him more flowers so he gets better faster?". And so she did. And Mkuu felt stronger and more alive than ever!
Until a couple of hours later, when Dalili found her uncle, surrounded by the Moonflowers, lying dead in his cave.
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Yeah, remember that i said Mkuu died of old age? It was partially true
The disease Mkuu had was tuberculosis, and yes, that cape buffalo is the one that killed Rani's parents with its illness. I'm making a reference to the Kruger incident that killed a lot of lions.