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Fudge was annoyed. He was beyond annoyed. He was ticked. The trip back to camp had taken about three times as long as the trip out. Between the weight of the mole - look, he might have been an apprentice for about half his life right now, but he was still only six moons - the limp on his paw thanks to aforementioned mole's bite to it, and just his complete feeling of dejection, the young apprentice was not having the best of times.

The fact that he was coming back from this patrol - which had not been his idea - alone and with only a stupid mole to show for it was just the last drop on an already flooded riverbed. Where had Freckles even been? He never saw the warrior. Whatever. He got back. Just goes to show how amazing he was, getting all the way to Haggard Ruins and back with any prey at all despite apprentices not being allowed alone outside of-

Oh. Well... He'd forgotten about that. So now that was a problem... What was he supposed to do? Hide the evidence of what he'd done? Oh sure, that would work wonders. And he'd just, what? Done a Cattibal and eaten his own paw? Bet the higher ups would believe that...

Deadpanned expression not leaving his face, the Havana Brown mix snorted lightly in exasperation. He had one of two options. Get into trouble for not having gone on the patrol and potentially get into even more trouble if he was caught in the lie, or get into trouble for having gone on patrol and just getting it over with. He preferred the latter, if only because it involved less talking. If they were going to punish him anyways, he might as well not have to socialize more than necessary.

Setting his jaw, Fudge's expressionless stare landed on Loudy McYowly, and with an inner grimace he approached, dropping the singular mole in front of the tom, keeping pressure off his bloodied foot. "Executed," he stated plainly, letting the second in command that he had completed his patrol. Now to wait for whatever punishment they had in paw for him and he would then hopefully go rest his injured pride... and maybe his foot if he got lucky.

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@navarra [Alderstep]