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It was one thing for Ashpaw to get it, to understand what the Bengal was saying. But... It was another thing entirely to miss the point so terribly that one would lash out vehemently, like Flamepaw (and soon, Darkpetal). Green eyes flicker in the dim shade, surprise lighting them up before fading into exasperation the closer the mouthy apprentice came.
"Perhaps you missed the day where I stood atop that tree and called attention to moons of neglect from Aspenstar and Dogbark, child," she responds coolly. Nectarflame was not ordinarily one to throw around the things she had done, she quite loathed the
'you owe me' attitude some had, but Flamepaw seemed to be especially daft and a little reminder surely would not be harmful.
"So if you would like to say that any of us here are unobservant, perhaps start with those closest to you who did not realize the trouble you have been facing." And then, quite coyly, her gaze shifts to the warrior among them.
"Darkpetal, was it?"
"Rather than swearing either way what you would or would never do, these things go better when one actually shows they mean what they say. Perhaps instead of throwing kit-like insults at your senior warriors when they express their knowledge and advice, you would like to begin setting a decent example of what warriors should be doing for their pupils? I understand that it may be challenging, after all that is why we are in this predicament with so many younger warriors such as yourself abandoning their sworn duties."
And that was it. Nectarflame sniffs dismissively and turns her cheek, putting a boundary down between them. She was not here for any petty argument a child wanted to start. She was here for her mate, and for Sparrowflight. Her gaze finds the deputy and she smiles faintly, amused clearly.