[Quasar]

Originally Posted by Ravensong

**Elmshadow**

The dark tom stretched as he walked out of the medicine cat's den, his den. Shaking off the scent of herbs, her tried to leave the dankness behind him as he soaked in the fresh breeze in the camp. Work had seemed to slow a little but then so had his learning. He was getting real paws-on work with some of his clanmates but it wasn't going to be enough in the long-run. He'd need to go out and try to get his own learnings once again. Ivysnake knew the basics, he was sure he could leave the clan with her for a couple of days while he figured out how to gain more herb and healing knowledge.

Elmshadow let his dark emerald gaze sweep over the clearing, stopping suddenly on a familiar little tortoiseshell. He sighed a little, caught off-guard some by a strange sense of relief. He'd had other kits disappear from camp and he'd searched for them but if they were stupid enough to run off then they had no place being in Shadowclan and recognized as his kin anyways. Seeing Burningkit felt a little different though. He'd simply assumed the kit had disappeared with the rest of his family. His mate and two of their eldest daughters had disappeared along with their youngest litter. To see Burningkit gave him some hope. Maybe they'd all returned. He took a step towards his youngest kit, slowing to glance at the nursery as he considered taking a look inside, but ultimately chose to approach Burningkit before he got too ahead of himself.

The grey and black warrior approached his daughter, looking down at her stonily. "Where have you been?" He didn't know what else to say, or ask, and decided against bringing Goldenstep up until he got more information from Burningkit.

Burningkit | she/her

Burningkit wasnt really sure who she expected to approach her first, really. Thankfully it wasnt some cat who had a weird interest in berating kits, nor was it a cat younger than her who wanted to get an ego trip. A sigh left her as sh glanced around once more, sharp amber eyes picking through the assortment of pelts around her. Some seemed familiar enough - she wasnt gone long enough to feel like an outsider just yet - but a few were...new. Be it former loners or formerly missing cats much like herself, the clan had grown during the moons she had been missing.

Still, one pelt in particular grabbed her attention. It was someone who she was sure she could have recognized no matter what. "father" she greeted smoothly, or as smoothly as one could considering the circumstances. She sat down in front of him, her half-missing tail tucking close to her body. "I left camp on my own. I already understand how foolish that was, and Dawnstar scolded me for it already. A twoleg injured my tail and took me to its den, which is where i've been the past moons" she replied, short and to the point.