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Giving a twitch of her whiskers to the older molly, Hailpaw crouched on her side directly in front of Shimmerbird. Her stomach growled in retort as she saw the fish swimming with the current. "I haven't been an apprentice for long but it sure is a colder leaf-bare to me.." Sure, she had been born during a leaf-bare, and the apprentice couldn't remember much about her birth. But she knew enough it sure as hell it wasn't as cold as this season, that was for sure.

This would have been her first time fishing, but she was rather a troublemaker as a kit. we don't talk about that- Her paws ached to catch the fish with her claws, she could already taste it.

Hailpaw forced herself to look up from the stream, meeting Shimmerbird's warm amber gaze. Maybe they could be friends, she had known the older molly when Shimmerbird was still an apprentice, but not for so long. Hailpaw was half her age as well, so that didn't help.

Determined to make conversation, the young cat asked the gray-and-white molly about the fish. "uhhh.. Is the fish running as good as they normally would..?"

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