In his tired mental state, Alderstep was vaguely aware of Treepaw by his side. She seemed alright, from what he could tell in between his slow blinking, which was what he expected, considering she should've been far from the battle. A scowl momentarily pulled at his face as he realized that he should teach her some battle moves. Just in case she couldn't avoid a battle. But that was later. After he slept.
For a second, when Alderstep heard his name called, he thought he was getting yelled at or something. Great cats, his mind was way too hazy. He needed to sleep. Real bad. But no, not in trouble, he'd just gotten a second apprentice (the more, the merrier). Fireflykit (paw) no less. His ears flicked at her shaky words, wondering if he was actually that intimidating or if she was just naturally a mess. Perhaps it was both. Besides that, Alderstep wondered how in the four clans he got the anxious, timid apprentices. It was nice not to have to deal with a troublemaker, but he has to tread carefully not to make someone cry, which was subjectively worse. (Or maybe he could just stop being callous, but where's the fun in that?)
Whatever. He was more awake now, and he wanted to know what else Bumblestar had for this meeting, so he waved his tail to gesture that Fireflypaw should sit down on his other side from Treepaw. Huh. Double apprentice. Should be fun.
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