'And this is where the hyenas lived back in the day? Yick,'
Why Ziko was wandering around the Elephant Graveyard was unknown to him, but he finally settled on scouting out lands to see if there was unclaimed and suitable lands the Kiburi could use as a safehouse. His pride knew where he was going while he was out and why he was apparently doing so, but he didn't worry; they'd be alright without him for a few days.
Padding around, the king saw a smaller lion in the shadow of a skull. The paternal instincts that Ziko apparently just gained in the last 30 seconds kicked in and he started to worry. What if it was an orphaned cub? Or what if the smaller lion was dead? On closer inspection, he noticed it was a lioness that was curled up. Slowly but surely, he walked up to the lioness, trying not to make any large movements that would startle the other.