[WarriorzFan]

Originally Posted by thamnophis

[ cedarsong - thunderclan queen ]

> @Celeste shadowkit - ask to join in

For a face that had already fallen so far with her own unfortunate train of thought, how much further it seemed to drop was almost surprising. Time, it seemed, to tally off another instance where Shadowkit not being able to see her was probably ideal, at least considering how much worse he would likely feel if he could meet her pity-laden gaze.
Mushroomkit was different; Cedarsong did her utmost to hide any worry she had for his condition, recognizing clearly how the extent of the attention the kit received bothered him. It took a lot, but she had been able to put on a good face for him; swallowing any unhelpful or overbearing motherly instincts as best she could, as incredibly, incredibly difficult as it was to uphold for so long. Perhaps it was wrong to be relieved she didn’t have to do that now, but the molly truly doubted whether she’d even be able to.
“I’m sorry, love.” She felt a level of guilt, not being able to figure much else out to say- was that too simple? Insensitive, even?
It was useless to worry over that, but she did anyways. As much as Cedarsong should have infinite wisdom to give Shadowkit in terms of comfort, with such similar yet opposite situations, the dusty cat had figured out absolutely nothing to aid in dulling the feelings that came with losing kin. A few moons of fawning over other cats, other kits, finding duties she could obsess with each day to keep herself focused, distracted, productive- it did nothing but make her utterly unable to be alone or bear the thought of staying still long enough to process her grief. She ran on distractions alone. Was that what the kit was doing? The queen swallowed thickly, looking ahead without much idea what to do. Same thing as always, then?

“Do you like stories?”

(Can Smokenose join? also, pls respond to my response)