[SpiritedWarrior]

Originally Posted by implimm

[ @Wingnettle, @SpiritedWarrior, @AshCloud67 ]

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.

Flamepaw glared at Nectarflame, she seemed to be on a power trip. At least... in Flamepaw's eyes. It wasn't often she was mad at a Clanmate, but the warrior she-cat seemed to not be having it. Aspenstar and Dogbark? Flamepaw had no idea who those two cats were, but if it was true that they neglected ThunderClan and their duties, the orange and white green-eyed tabby understood.

“I did miss that day.” Flamepaw grumbled, beginning to feel that it wasn't worth arguing with the warrior, "That was the past. You seem to focus on it rather than the now."

Although Flamepaw wanted to argue back to prove that what Nectarflame was saying was wrong, she understood it was the wrong place and time. She quietly urged Ashpaw to go back to her seat in the crowd and glanced back at Nectarflame before turning away herself. She sat by Darkpetal and paid no more attention to the golden bengal. If she was telling the truth, then why'd she sit on the branch Cinderstar is on during the time after Aspenstar and Dogbark? Flamepaw desperately wished she could understand Nectarflame more, try to make the effort to understand why the golden bengal say what she did. But alas, she was at a loss. It wasn't time to think about it now, it was time to see who her new mentor and continue becoming the best warrior possible. One day, she'd be denmates with Nectarflame. Flamepaw had to get over her anger.

It wasn't until she sat down that she noticed her fur was bristling during the conversation with the senior warrior. Glancing down, she noticed her claws were slightly unsheathed, so she quickly fixed it and sheathed them. I can't let my anger get the best of me... depending on who I get, I will have to ask my mentor how to manage it. I can't be this hot-headed forever, I may never become the leader of ThunderClan!

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