Epesi spent the next week under Nala's tremendous girth. It wasn't only cramped for him, but even if he didn't get a sprained ankle it was impossible to even exercise under the massive lioness. He spent most of his time lying on the ground trying to get comfortable. Whenever meals came Nala moved to hide Epesi from view so that Henry didn't see he was stuck under her and each meal after she ate her fill then pushed his face into the meat. He then was forcively munched down the meat until he was full, but Nala was never satisfied with even a scrap of meat left, let alone several complete steaks. She forced him to eat it and left him with an overstuffed stomach. The first couple of days didn't reveal any change, but by the end of the week Epesi had a bulging gut that went down to his ankles if he could've ever stood up. It was also at this point that he discovered his added girth had given him enough room to pop out from under Nala and to his freedom. His ankle was also much better and he was ready to run again.
"Nice try Nala, but your plan didn't work as well as you wanted."
"Think again. I knew you'd get away sooner or later, but you'd have to become like me, you'd have to become fat. And when you reach a certain level of obesity you will soon discover going back isn't possible, epescially in this case."
"Liar, you slimmed down yourself."
"Up to this, but inside I could feel stomach yelling for food. Each day it yells for more and once you give into it you might not be able to escape it and with the food we eat here gain weight is no problem."
Epesi didn't say another word and ran off. He didn't want to believe what she said. He looked at himself and saw his fattened body. His larger paunch and meatier legs. Looking in a lake he saw his neck had layers as well. He was disgusted at this and hated Nala for it. He was ready to run, but suddenly...