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Originally Posted by king kaleb!

"shinefangs too old to be traveling around mentoring cats that arent his own. and caliaflame...im not really sure, iver never even spoken to her before." they admitted. she was the only medicine cat that they hadnt talked to or had some sort of connection with. it was weird. but they shrugged it off,"flashpaw will be made a full medicine cat soon though, so will oriole." they comforted him. they were happy watching him get excited about talking about his mate and kits. even if he had a bit if a struggle being there for them, he knew he cared about them alot. "its never to step up as a father, you know." they mewed. russet had been the closest thing to a father they ever got, especially after their borth father passed away. and things..with their mom were still tense. maybe theyd forgive her one day. "its never to late to step into your kits lives and atleast try. talk to your mate about it, you know? i never..got the whole love thing, but from the way youve talked about him seems like you guy have a real connection. im sure itll all work out in the end."

"...Hey, maybe you should speak to her. If there's any cat who's good at making friends across borders... it's you," he murmured with a flick of his tail, a smile crossing his face at the mention of the Medicine Cat's apprentice. "I'm proud of you for training Flashpaw. You've really grown up since I last spoke to you," Russetswirl praised, paws scraping across the camp floor as he got up to nuzzle the other cat's face. Perhaps he'd been a better father figure to Daydream than he had been to his own kits, but... there was still time, wasn't there? He needed to talk to Whisperblaze, anyways— he'd missed spending time with his mate, and he hadn't been taking advantage of the free time provided to him after his retirement. "Love isn't always romantic. It's... a feeling of strong affection, one that pushes you to take care of and protect someone. It's a little hard to describe, but... just because you're a Medicine Cat doesn't mean you can't love, kid."