Lyell was very odd for a male. Ever since he came of age, he had no real desire to breed or even mate for fun. He always felt broken because of it, only ever randomly having a primal urge. It was a spontaneous urge, it would take weeks or months or even years before he felt like mating. But Anaya helped a lot; he didn't understand but lionesses really got him going.
It was after a rather long day from work that he felt a random primal urge.