[BEAR.]

Originally Posted by NinjaBloss

Fallownose allowed a purr of amusement to escape his muzzle when Fernpaw called him "Just Fallownose". "Don't worry, it's quite refreshing to be treated like just another Clanmate," he said, easily waving off the apology. As the apprentice began to speak about patrols he gave him his entire attention.

The suggestion that Fernpaw gave was a good one- brilliant even. Battle practice patrols were something he hadn't thought of, and doubted Twilightstar had either. The deputy didn't remember anything of the sort in his forty moons of life. "That's a very good idea, Fernpaw. With patrols being completed on time it wouldn't be a hindrance to assign some. I'll speak to Twilightstar about it later today and work something out."

Fallownose paused for a moment to let Fernpaw speak or add on anything he wanted to, before shifting the topic in a slightly different direction. "How has your time back in WindClan been? Is everyone treating you well?"

@BILL.

It was a relief that Fallownose took his teasing well, because had he become angry .. Fernpaw wasn't sure what he would've done, outside of go loaf and cry. Having Fallownose like his idea was also a confidence booster. Admittedly, Fernpaw hadn't been sure how things would go with Fallownose - he didn't know him very well, like he knew Wolffang .. but he seemed pretty cool. Chill? Yeah, that. "I'm glad you liked it." Battle training patrols might not work out, but it could help prepare the Clan for future battles and generally speaking it seemed like just.. having more practice was better. Hopefully, Twilightstar liked it too.

Then, the topic changed. Fernpaw tilted his head thoughtfully, tooth lightly sunk into his lip. "Well.. I haven't spoken to many cats, but they've all been good. Bravebird especially has been really great." Time had lessened the wound of Owltalon being gone, and.. it was getting to the point where Fernpaw's memory of him was kind of fuzzy. The thought of not being able to recognize a loved one after so long was kind of scary, actually. ".. Are many cats not treating you normally?" Thinking back, it must be very strange to go from being just another warrior to the deputy. Potentially, the next Clan leader. Wild.