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(Today, 06:28 AM)Mapokser Wrote: If he had an "abnormal" bond with the brother he lived with his entire life, why do you think he'll easily bond with a male known for abandoning countless previous partners due to multiple reasons?
Even with the Talamati themselves, NK had partned and abandoned them multiple times before. Talamati, his brother aside, also abandoned the Nkuhuma males, then he was alone with Mohawk for a while and also abandoned him, then he was with some unknown young males in Kruger for a while before leaving them again...
I'm not saying it won't work out this time, but both males have a strong history of failed partnerships.
Building a strong bond with an unrelated male and challenging for territory in an area where you don't outnumber your opponents is not an easy job.
Khanya never abandoned the Nkuhuma boys nor do I think they were ever together to the point we can say who abandoned who. It’s a well known fact that towards the end, Khanya was trailing Nkuhuma Pride but he wasn’t getting accepted as much as before which caused him and Mohawk to go into Londolozi alone and I believe after that was when he returned to his brother who was also with NK. Made no sense trying to form a coalition with Mohawk being such an older male when he still had a brother and his half brothers were still members of a pride, they weren’t moving as a coalition yet
Similar thing happened in KNP, the males he met prolly weren’t ready to even form a coalition, they were still members of a pride / breakaway pride and young themselves. I also think them sticking to KNP was the reason that never worked too, it’s not by chance Khanya come straight back to Sabi Sands, he’s more comfortable over here.