[odessa]

Blah blah blah Sunkissed Creek something or other words etcetera. Alderstep furtively yawned, struggling hard to keep his head up and fighting harder to not zone out (it seemed he already lost that battle, though.) Forget ShadowClan, the real challenge was staying awake, especially with apprentice ceremonies coming up. Not that they weren't important, because they were crucial to the clan, but they just got really monotonous. Like, atrociously so. With all these kits it'd take some time or so, too.

After an especially long blink (if he dozed off for a mere second, that was between him and the ant crawling at his paws), Alderstep snapped his posture into rigid stiffness. No, it would be a bad idea to fall asleep right now. Hm. He could attempt to count the cats here, for fun or something, anything to stay awake.

One, two, three, four five six, seven, eight...ten? Eleven? No, it was...sixteen?

Huh. He lost count. Oh well.

Perhaps he should just play a guessing game. Hm, what was Bumblestar planning for the meeting? It had to be important, right? Otherwise, she wouldn't be having a meeting right after a battle. Duh. Unfortunately, Alderstep's cognitive functions were compromised by his intense need to take a cat nap right then and there, so he had no guesses. It'd just have to be a mystery.