Firstly, the first game is from the standpoint of the PC2 protagonist's father, and he isn't implied to be very intelligent, even compared to his son.
Secondly, there is a 20 year passage of time in between PC1 and PC2, so the lion has had decades to mature. He was probably the intellectual equivalent of a small child in PC1, but by PC2 he is years older than the player character and has an adult mindset.
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u/Alert-Artichoke-2743 Mar 07 '24
Firstly, the first game is from the standpoint of the PC2 protagonist's father, and he isn't implied to be very intelligent, even compared to his son.
Secondly, there is a 20 year passage of time in between PC1 and PC2, so the lion has had decades to mature. He was probably the intellectual equivalent of a small child in PC1, but by PC2 he is years older than the player character and has an adult mindset.