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Shinefang took the paw and sniffed deeply, wrinkling his nose against the sharp tang of infection. "When was your battle training? Last moon? Your pad is infected." It was just the early stage. Easily treated. "If you'd come in when it first happened, I could have napped the day away. But here we are," the old tom grumbled. He heaved a melodramatic sigh and added, "I guess I'll save your paw today kit. I'll get it out and then get some herbs on it. You're lucky I'm such a softy." Without more warning than that, Shinefang began to lick away at the apprentice's pad, working on bringing out the torn. Then, once he had the slightest hold, he clamped down with his teeth and yanked it loose without warning.

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Shinefang let the thorn fall to the medicine den floor and inspected it. "Starclan, Woodpaw! This thing is huge. No wonder you were limping. Let me put some honey on this and stick it to the end of one of your toes, and you'll have yourself another claw." The medicine cat pushed the thorn closer to the younger cat for them to inspect before standing and heading toward his herbs. "Go ahead and lick your paw clean while I get you something for your pad," he instructed. Shinefang knew exactly which herb he wanted for a change. He stood on his hind paws and grabbed onto a thick, stemmed stalk in his teeth. "Horsetail. Good for bleeding. Good for infection. Good for both!" He snagged a cobweb strand with his tail next and padded back over to sit in front of the apprentice again and start checking the fibrous herb into a poultice.

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Shinefang, seeing that the apprentice's paw was now clean, held out his paw to take the apprentice's and apply the poultice. He worked the mashed herbs into the wound, and quick as a flash, twirled a cobweb around the paw. "All set," the tom said, pleased with how quick he was getting at treating wounds. "Take the rest of the day off your paw, and you'll be ready to leave with the dawn patrol tomorrow.

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"Yeah yeah," the old tom murmured with a yawn as he waved a dismissive paw at the younger cat. "I suppose it is my job and all." The tom hid a good-natured grin as he turned and crawled back into his nest, eager to get back to his nap.

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Eveningkit a black kitten with white paws and underbelly stepped into the den, her green eyes focused on the medicine cat, Shinefang, she cleared her throat,” Shinefang, please...don’t treat me like a mousebrained kit who can’t behave. I’m not as kit-like as a look.” She meowed nervously flicking her tail,” I can take the hard-truth, I’m not like most kits.” She swore hoping Shinefang could understand it before clearing her throat,” I’ve been having evil thoughts. I realized that I could easily as an apprentice kill my annoying littermates so they wouldn’t bug me during my training or blame me for things I didn’t do.” She meowed braced for Shinefang to panick.

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Shinefang had been taking advantage of the surprisingly bare den. He'd had cat after cat coming in with something or other, and now he finally had an opportunity to clean out his den. He had used his bushy tail to sweep all the leftover herb parts into a neat little pile, and he was nearly ready to sweep the dust out of his den altogether when a little black and white kit came up. He sat and watched the little scrap, thinking they might want to chat with him or something. And he actually felt up for that today. The comfrey roots in his nest had done wonders, and he had woken up rested and clear in good spirits...They were instantly dampened when the younger cat spoke. Shinefang was taken aback and sat in silence for a long moment, unsure of exactly what to say next. So he settled for, "...What? Are you telling me you're going to kill your littermates?" The tom asked, confused.