Zira's Redemption : Part 1 : Nuka's Visitation

Logs and branches float down the river past a flat clearing, where an injured lioness limps into the grass. She has a hole in her right ear and a brown stripe running down her head. She turns back to the river, the torturous memories of her defeat fresh in her mind. She snarls and turns back into the grass, vowing vengeance. Such was Zira's mood the day she was to be changed for better.
Sunset brings an end to the lioness's roaming, and she chooses to rest beside a small rock, which is still warm from the sun's warmth. Day fades to night, and Zira falls asleep. She's awakened by a rustling sound coming from the grass. Zira perks up to see a soft glow approaching her. She expects it to be a lion from Simba's pride coming to hunt her down, (she doesn't know those same lions think she's dead), and unsheathes her claws, ready for a fight. Her angry face changes to a shocked one when she sees the figure of Nuka, her deceased son, seemingly alive again.
Zira : Nuka? Is that you?
Nuka : This was me. (Zira's heart sinks as she realizes she's seeing not her son, but his ghost.)
Zira : Could you lay beside me?
Nuka : I can. (He then lays beside the same rock as his mother.) You truly loved me?
Zira : I did, as much as I do now. I grieved you when you finished your circle. But, now, I see you've come down here to see me. I haven't felt this happy in a long time.
Nuka : I can see that, but I'm not here for my own happiness.
Zira : (confused) What do you mean? Aren't you happy the see your mother?
Nuka : I would be if I hadn't learned of your wicked deeds. I was shown these upon my death. They lay much weight upon your shoulders. Do you feel them pressing you down?
Zira :