[iliri]

• Springpaw •
long-furred, oriental-shaped, gray-and-orange calico molly with blue eyes; torn right ear
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Either it was just her gut telling her this, or it was just her opposition, but Springpaw could easily see through the barrier that Dovefluff was already putting up on herself. The calico may have been naive at times, but she wasn’t full-on oblivious to such facts like that. Dovefluff’s pain from losing her children had a profound impact on her, as Springpaw’s keen eyes had occasionally caught sight of her bagged eyes or ragged fur. Hell, she even caught sight of the tear stains smeared on the gray molly’s face. So that was one of the biggest factors for how Springpaw mentally knew that Dovefluff was initially not okay, she just didn’t dare to speak it out. That would’ve felt like a wrong and impulsive decision to do. She would allow Dovefluff to be within her own space, and Springpaw would be with her own as well. The calico didn’t want to cause trouble within the small trio.

However, Springpaw couldn’t help but flash another small smile at the gray molly as she began to speak, nodding slowing in understanding of the gray molly’s explanation. Of course Springpaw knew both Goldenpaw and Hazelpaw were indefinitely great cats, as Goldenpaw was quite literally the apprentice of Bumblestar herself and Hazelpaw?… well Springpaw felt like that apprentice had more potential than her. Springpaw didn’t bother to pay much attention towards the thought too long, the thought only making her doubts cripple themselves around the corners of her mind. Bumblestar chose her for a reason; a reason that she couldn’t exactly compute for. Was it from that… omen? A small shiver ran down her spine, ears twitching as she tried to succumb the tingling feeling in her chest. Even if it was an omen, and it was StarClan’s choice. What if it just ended up being the same as Cinderpaw? Cinderpaw was chosen by StarClan and look at her: she gets demoted from her rank. A quiet huff escaped from Springpaw as she let out s soft sigh, shaking her head to clear away the thoughts.

Springpaw’s attention soon turned towards the russet tom when he began to speak against his silence. The corners of her lips curled upwards from his rather lame attempt to joke, but it was enough to get a small chuckle out of the molly and give her a smile at least. Springpaw didn’t admit it, but she didn’t think that Alderstep was that much of a bad tom. No, it wasn’t from the fact that he was quite literally her former mentor’s best friend. It could’ve been from her being around him often, or from their interactions from the sinkhole evacuation from the old camp, but Springpaw didn’t necessarily see him as a bad dude. She had hopes that he could be a good deputy and eventually gain Bumblestar’s trust, just as Springpaw could eventually do the same with her rank. “Yeah, I’ll try not to let her eat me,” she mused, purring softly in response, “I’ll keep an eye out for myself.” Her response felt bland, but it was a simple way to respond to the russet-furred deputy without being overly enthusiastic or hyper about it. Those emotions weren’t technically her strong suit.

As she lifted herself atop of her paws, she twitched an ear briefly to flick off any intruding bug that was going to try to land on one of her ears. Bugs were annoying, always causing her skin to itch or her to flick a tail or an ear. Gross. Other than that quick little thought, she glanced back-and-forth from Alderstep to Dovefluff before speaking again. “It’s probably best if I go out to find Roseraven. It was what I came out here for anyways so she could help me and Drizzlecloud out. I hope you both have a good conversation though! Oh, and Alderstep,” she quickly turned her attention towards the tom, a small smile apparent on her face, “I believe that you’ll be a good deputy. You’re outspoken and responsible, and I completely agree with why Bumblestar would’ve chosen you to be deputy. She’ll warm up to you eventually.” She chided, whisking the tip of her tail for a short ‘good luck’ for the both of them before beginning to shuffle her way towards the warriors den..

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@valery @jupiter [just to end off Spring’s interaction with them! ]