The slightly wounded lion kept his paw in the air, staring at the little metal object embedded in between the pads. How'd it even get up here?

"I don't know, I don't think I've ever seen something like this before. Nnngh!" He tried to get his teeth around it, but he couldn't quite reach. "How am I supposed to get it out?"

His ears swiveled as they caught the sound of voices, and he sniffed the air. Hyena...and meerkat? And he didn't smell any blood other than his own. He spotted them at the watering hole, not far away at all, but he really didn't think it was a good idea to try to walk with this thing stuck in his paw like that.