| Snowybreeze |
"Scalescar! Scalescar!" the gentle giant called out for the blind warrior, happy to see his brother would be joining him in the warriors' den. Hopefully this move would cheer him up, although even at a distance it seemed the gray furred tom was still not the most pleased with the paw life had dealt him.
Ears drooping lightly as he wondered what he could possibly do to cheer up his older sibling, his attention was suddenly shifted back towards the leader, who had begun reassigning apprentices to new mentors. There were many reasons for this. Neglect from previous mentors. Mentors having vanished during the chaos. Bad chemistry between the pair. Snowybreeze understood that no one could get along with every cat out there. It was simply a part of life. As such, it wasn't the reassignments themselves that caught his attention, but who was being reassigned for once.
Milkpaw was to be... his apprentice now? Paws shuffled with both excitement and nervousness as the massive warrior turned to look at the cream colored apprentice besides him. Truth be told, Milkpaw was not that much younger than him. At a mere sixteen moons, Snowybreeze was far from the oldest of warriors, and he'd shared a den with Milkpaw during his apprentice moons. All that said, he had grown much closer to the tom after his return, well into Snowybreeze's warrior moons, and was surprised to hear that the kind hearted, passionate tom had not had his training go smoothly since his return.
This thought made the white maned tom's anxiety spike, wondering how he could stop himself from failing the apprentice as well. He had been dealing with plenty of apprentices since he'd started giving kit lessons, if he were to be honest, so he assumed... this would be similar? Only... taking more attentiveness to a single cat, he supposed. But at the same time, he could not be rude and simply assume Milkpaw had learned nothing from his previous mentor. No. They would have a good talk later. Make sure what Milkpaw needed of him training wise. He was certain the cream colored apprentice would be honest with him if he was open about only wanting to help him gain his warrior name!
Clearing his throat mildly, unwilling to interrupt his new apprentice - eep, that would take some time to get used to - and the medicine cat apprentice's chat, he still deemed it important to let Milkpaw know that he was excited for their new partnership. At Lightningpaw's curious glance in his direction, the patched warrior dipped his head in silent apology before offering a small smile.
"I am. Sorry. For interrupting. I just. Wanted to say. That. I look. Forward. To helping you. On the path. To warriorhood," Snowybreeze mewed lightly, one ear twitching shyly before dipping his head again, this time as a promise. A certainty that he would get Milkpaw the training he needed.
Silence followed his words as he turned his attention back towards the leader, solemnly sending a silent prayer up to StarClan for those they'd lost. It was a miracle, truly, that they had not lost more, but even that silver lining did not take away from the sorrow of the moment. The potential for losing more clanmates did not soften the blow for those that had been lost. Not to mention the home that they had to give up along the way. Hmmm... he supposed a territory tour would be in order, come to think of it. With their new home, even he wasn't terribly familiar with their surroundings, despite having been in the scouting patrol that found the place originally.
As always, however, Twilightstar was one step ahead of him. The leader called out to the cats gathered, intending to give a territory tour of her own for the clan to head out with her, kits included! What an excellent first bonding experience for him and Milkpaw to get acquainted over! Happily, the white furred tom turned to his apprentice, hopeful eyes landing on him as he suggested heading out together.
"The tour. It sounds. Quite nice. Would you. Like to join? We can. Get used to. This new. Territory. Together."
Shortly after he was done talking, he spotted the somewhat crestfallen look of the lithe calico besides them, and gulped self-consciously. Oh dear... had Lightningpaw been meaning to ask Milkpaw the same thing? The two did seem like they were friends. And he'd interrupted her before she could ask! StarClan help him. In his quest to be a good mentor, he'd just been completely rude and unthinking of their current companion. Mouth opening and closing for a few moments in silence as he formulated his thoughts, he finally asked.
"W-would. You like? To come. With us. I mean. The more. The merrier!" Now to hope he hadn't misread the situation, or the earth might just have to open up and swallow him whole to rid him of the humiliation.
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Wingnettle [Milkpaw]
| Snowybreeze is joining the tour! |