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Originally Posted by birdie
Redhawk
She/they | 27 moons | Ultimate Predator Immediately her own problems were forgotten in lieu of this scared, trembling apprentice. Redhawk pulled her ears back and shuffled so that she was sitting next to them, lifting her tail to place it over the apprentice's back in a comforting manner. She may not be the best fighter, or the best warrior in general, but she knew how to comfort others.
"I'm sorry you h-have to go through that." Red knew the pain of coming back to familiar cats being gone, vanished without a trace. Most of the apprentices she had trained with were nowhere to be found now, gone and lost to the wind. It was difficult and could tarnish any cat's spirit no matter how resilient. "Coming back t-to unfamiliar f-f-faces is scary. It's definitely h-hard, yes." Gently she allowed her tail to move in slow, rhythmic movements in an attempt to comfort the apprentice.
Then, an idea pops into her head. She didn't know Gentledoe's fate yet, and wouldn't give herself any concrete thoughts until she did, but in the meantime Redhawk figured it would be good to get to know the Clanmates who were here. "If you w-want, we could be f-friends? Most everyone I g-grew up with is g-gone too." Except for a few. Warm yellow-green eyes shimmered down at the young cat as she let her offer hang in the air.
[ @Streamtail this has taken an unexpected wholesome turn and i love it  ]
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Lotuspaw
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Lotuspaw lets out a breath she didn't know she was holding, her sadness and distress seeming to slowly evaporate. She looks at Redhawk with a grateful smile, relaxing slightly.
"T-thank you, I would love t-to be friends," Lotuspaw replies, sniffing and wiping the last of the tears away with her paw.
The rhythmic strokes of the other she-cat's tail is comforting, it makes Lotuspaw feel less alone, they are going through the same thing. Only, neither of them are really alone now, they have each other. Lotuspaw would say that, but she doesn't want to break the silence quite yet, so she waits for Redhawk to respond first. She has a friend, the first one she's made since she's gotten back.
(I know, right? So sweet!)