"Yeah but.... Honestly do medicine cats even generally linger long enough to last to properly name their successors full medicine cats? I dont think Ive ever seen or heard of it happening... Thats probably not a good sign lets move on. The cycle needs to break in some way.
I dont need starclan to tell me if Im ready. I've been doing everything I can to keep my clan together and I havent failed yet. I wont fail. What I need is for someone who believes in my ability knows about me and actually gives a damn to give me a name I can be proud of."
He trusted Coldamber with that where he didnt trust any other medicine cat or any other cat in general. To the tom the faith of a living cat in him was far better than a some fictitious dead ones.
"We're under the light of the stars and the moon right now. If that matters it should be enough." Moving forward felt more important right now.