[SpiritedWarrior]

Flameheart

@Jayvines

Flameheart did a short, quick dip of her head in acknowledgement to the thanks Sparrowstar had offered. Her gaze returned to meet the tan and brown leader's eyes as she began to speak once again to address something that hasn't been made official in the eyes of the Clan yet.

"I also wanted to report... Sootfur and I are not just friends. We're more than that, actually. We're mates. Shortly after we became warriors, we both agreed that we were ready to be more than friends. I thought you should know for future reference. I know he's showed more than the usual amount of concern when I returned to camp after being attacked by that RiverClanner."

Rainpaw

@/Jayvines

The stern, commanding voice was not at all what he had expected from Sparrowstar after finishing his rant. He fought to keep himself from interrupting the she-cat while she spoke and let him know her thoughts about the situation. Ambition and straightforwardness are the reasons that piece of fox-dung was chosen? Really...? And I thought Sparrowstar was better than that.

"You and I have different views on my father. The ambition he has will end up destroying the Clan as we know it if he can't keep a connection with the cats he helped raise and hunt with. He's hunted with my mother, he visited me and my littermates frequently when we were all around... when Quietpaw ran away, that connection ended. He distanced himself from us. And while you say it's... 'natural' for toms to not be an active part in their kits' lives, I don't think it is. That's your opinion, and I respect it. Really, I do. But what I don't respect about what you said is that we can't keep sending parties out to search for lost Clanmates because it'll dwindle our numbers too often. Well- guess what? It's better to try and show StarClan we care about each other by sending patrols of twos or threes and sending them out every so often. I'm not saying we need to send patrols out every sunrise. I mean- come on, kits and apprentices aren't the only ones going missing. Warriors do too! And I'm not saying we shouldn't be making our own choices. If we didn't, we'd all be growing up as kittypets instead of out in the forest, under the stars and feeling the wind and taste of our prey's blood."

And he couldn't help but notice Sparrowstar's failure to answer his question, so he decided to repeat it. "Answer this question honestly, Sparrowstar: you trust Thrushfur to look out for the entirety of ThunderClan's future due to the qualities he possesses. But if he doesn't even care about his own kin enough to go out looking for them himself, how do you expect him to care for everyone else? The future of the Clan is in your paws, Sparrowstar. And I see the end of ThunderClan with his reign."