[TheRedWyvern]

Originally Posted by Moonraven

Wow! So she was coming to find that Maggotkit was a little menace. Leopardsong would not go as far as saying that she dislikes the kit, but she did wish that it would be a little nicer to the other kits. She'd also appreciate it more if it was a bit more thoughtful and didn't immediately try to trick kits into playing a game that Leopardsong just said was not a good idea.

She scowled lightly at Ashkit who seemed willing to jump on the border with Maggotkit's rather absurd story. She couldn't be all upset with him. Kittens were always rather impressionable and naive. The forever queen softened her expression when Ashkit meowed about his other mother. He was such a considerate kit she had, thinking of her feelings.

Still, she was not on board with this game of theirs. A few said they weren't playing but there were always a few that wouldn't give up on it. "I'd prefer that you not play staring at the sun. It's not good for your eyes. What if staring at the sun causes vision problems later and you can't hunt or see as far as you grow? Just because it's not bothering you now doesn't mean it won't later." She implored the few who seemed interested in playing that dangerous game.

"What if I get a fury to play with you instead? We can do a hunting lesson and even use live prey to chase. Doesn't that sound like more fun than staring at the sun?" She'd feel bad about tossing said fury under the monster later. Leopardsong was fishing for ideas here. "Or we can do badger rides, or play clans, or play mossball. One of those has to sound more fun than staring at the sun right?" Worse comes to worst she'd have to see if Lightingstorm was available to explain better why cats shouldn't look at the sun. Leopardsong didn't know if the sun could blind a cat, she just knew that looking at it often left cats with sore eyes or temporarily blind.

Now that Leopardsong talked about being temporarily blind, Ashkit remembered that he never looked directly at the sun but only next to it, which is why he didn’t get blind. “Oh, actually I never started directly at the sun, I just stared at a point next to it.” he said.

Hmm, hunting lessons did sound good! Ashkit actually managed to catch one prey, but only because of a lot of luck. But furies shouldn’t have time to play with him, right…? “Do the furies really got time to teach hunting lessons to kits?” He asked.

“Badger riding?” asked the kit. “Aren’t badgers dangerous?” He recalled what his mother told him about them. Big black and white animals. Very sharp teeth and blunt claws, but that could still kill a cat. “Did you manage to tame them?” He asked.
“Play clans? What’s that?” asked Ashkit. He wondered why cats in clans should play being in clans…

It looked like Ashkit was interested in hunting, and would also be interested in badger riding, if it was safe. But he doubted it was. And maybe he would want to play clans after knowing what it consists of. At least one thing was sure, his attention drifted away from stun staring.

{ @Moonraven - Leopardsong || @Phoenix - Shadowkit || @bigbxdwolfz - Whislekit & Sedgekit || @nyme - Maggotkit }