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Originally Posted by Jayvines
~ Lioncrest ~
Well, the frosty undertones of Tansyjaw previous scoldings were certainly still present. Although, it seemed somewhat offset by the promise of new kin soon to arrive. Chest puffed up slightly in pride as he thought of his mate and the kits that were very soon to come if Dovefluff's behavior and general... pregnant-ness was anything to go by.
"I'm certainly no medicine cat, but I'd hazard a guess that they should arrive in the next few sunrises," he rumbled quietly, amber gaze flicking back towards the nursery before returning his attention to his leader as she called a gaggle of kits up for their apprentice ceremonies. "I am unsure of how many we'll have, but my personal hope is for a large litter."
A pleased rumbling purr echoed from his chest as the large tom speculated on his impending fatherhood. Perhaps he'd gain a prodigy or two out of this first litter, but one could hardly tell such things until the kits were at least able enough to venture outside the protective confines of the nursery. Would they have his pelt? His eyes? Perhaps he'd gain a daughter who mirrored their mother's appearance. But whatever the case, he'd ensure their training and family values were thoroughly engrained into their upbringing. |
Tansyjaw was almost tempted to chuckle. Almost. Her sense of humor mostly related to vaguely threatening death and destruction upon others, but for some reason Lioncrest's little comment about not being a medicine cat tickled her slightly. Wrongly. He was not in her good graces enough to be getting a laugh, no sirree. All he was getting was a choked off little snort, which wasn't terribly attractive but better than a big laugh. Chuckle. Whatever.
What she would allow herself was to wish her grandkit well in his hope for a large litter. She would certainly prefer one, seeing as their family had declined in number somewhat throughout her lifetime. It was a bit easier to manage them when there weren't so many, but it meant less cats to carry on their legacy. Lioncrest was the only one who'd gotten around to having kits recently, which was rather unfortunate. Tansyjaw wanted the chance to impress values on at least a few more litters before she bit the dust herself.
I hope Starclan blesses you and....your mate with a large litter as well.
Let it not be said that Tansyjaw was unreasonable. She was aware by now that there would be no dissuading Lioncrest from being mates with Dovefluff, if they weren't officially mates already, there was nothing for her to do but accept it. Was she happy? No. Could she deal with it because she was far more sensible than those fools Shockkit and Sparkkit she could see over there? Yes. She also saw no reason to stay on such a mutually dissatisfying topic.
How do you think Bumblestar plans to deal with the hostility with Windclan? It was a rather radical switch in topic, but would likely be involved in the meeting coming up, so there was no harm in discussing it now.