Thousand Yard Stare — Zazu ((exclusive))

The hornbill blinked. Once. Then he turned his head with a slow, mechanical click.

Simba waited.

"Zazu," he said. "You're not his messenger anymore. You're mine." thousand yard stare zazu

Simba sat down, curling his tail around his paws. "Is it about Scar's reign? The hyenas?"

It was a stare that went through the cave wall, through the savannah, through the years. The hornbill blinked

"It's the middle of the night."

Simba reached out a massive paw and placed it gently on the perch, steadying it. mechanical click. Simba waited. "Zazu

Zazu's beak finally curved—not into his old, performative smile, but something smaller. Something real.