[Brilliance]

Originally Posted by Duskflight

The smile that the she-cat had flashed him would cause his tail to flick back and forth with mild irritation. Does she think this is a joke? Perhaps I should speak to Goldenstar about her behavior. This is not how a Shadowclan warrior should act. His mind thought with contempt as he stood there, waiting for her answer. But then again, was he really waiting for an answer? Was he waiting for her to do something at all? He had said his two cents, now he wasn't quite sure what he was waiting for. Badgersong was a hard cat to please, especially at this point in his life, and his son Ibisprowl knew that all too well. Perhaps he was looking for an apology from her, though it was likely he wouldn't let her get away that easily.
His scar began to send small claws of pain up his arm from the continued use, so the senior warrior would grunt and sit down, now annoyed at himself for letting the pain get to him. He'd have to talk to Daydream about getting some poppyseeds or something, it was truly beginning to get on his nerves.
Badgersong would blink in mute surprise as she pushed the piece of prey closer to him, as if that's what he had asked for. One would hope that he would be happy about this, have his heart-warmed by the sweet offer, but that was not the case. If anything, he saw it as her trying to please him and get out of trouble. "If you're not hungry then put it back in the pile for someone else to eat." He would say somewhat crossly, watching her draw backwards slightly. However what she said next was taken a bit better by him. Good. She gets it.
"Well then you need to keep in mind that there are consequences. Maybe next time it won't be me scolding at you, but you'll see a hungry apprentice without food while you're playing around with your meal. Or maybe it'll even be Goldenstar revoking your warrior duties and sending you back to live with the apprentice's for a few moons." Focusing his green gaze upon the rodent, he considered taking it back to the pile himself, but figured that would suite her punishment. He didn't want to admit his scar was bothering him too much to move again, even if it was just to the freshkill pile.

He didn’t seem pleased with taking the food, not that Pearcloud minded at all. She smiled, blinking blankly at him. Her ears pinned slightly, her nose twitching that he appeared to not want the piece of prey. She tilted her head when he told her to take it back to the food pile. ‘’...Well, if you don’t want it.’’ Pearcloud avoided confrontation at all costs, and it wasn’t hard to notice that by the contempt in his tone that he wasn’t happy with seeing what she was doing. She idly stared down at the prey, lost in thought. She barely listened to the older tom, not that she was trying to be rude in any way. ‘’You’re right! Someone else could be hungry!’’ She exclaimed. If he wasn’t going to eat it, that meant someone else would eat it, right? Pearcloud never been the cat to do the senseful thing at the right moment. One look at her, a cat might as well deem her as a cat who lacked common sense.
She quickly scurried away, grabbing the mouse and flinging it back to the food pile. Humming softly as she made her way back to her little shade, only to see the tom still there. ‘’Oh, hi, again!’’ She greeted, ebulliently, initially forgetting that he was terse with her. Pearcloud believed she didn’t do anything wrong, having to plop back down, a tilt of her head, and a sweet smile, staring blankly as he spoke again - seemingly lecturing her. She tried her best to listen to every word, but cats who usually tended to say more than a few sentences to her, caused her mind to become disheveled. Her eyes blinked, widening for a moment, trying to collect her thoughts. ‘’I…’’ It was almost like a ‘game show’ for her. Like some type of trivia...what exactly was he telling her? ‘’...Wouldn’t I just give...my food to the hungry apprentice?’’She asked, a bit puzzled. When she wasn’t hungry, she never minded giving her food to any cat that was.
Despite his tone of hostility, Pearcloud didn’t allow it to deter her. ‘’A few moons with the apprentices?’’ She repeated, softly. Her mind floating around the idea of being surrounded by younger felines. They were always fun, while the older cats were grumpy. She wouldn’t admit it to this older warrior that she found him to be quite grumpy. She was too sweet of a cat to ever say anything rude. ‘’I think that’ll be awesome! We get to play games, tell stories, and have plenty of fun -!’’ That’s how she envisioned if Goldenstar ever punished her to the apprentices’ den, a bright smile glowing on her features. She was naive, if that wasn’t obvious...albeit, she noticed the slight pain. The limp and the scar, the wincing of the mature warrior. She sat down, her tail slightly propelling behind her, like a wagging dog. ‘’...Are you alright, mister? You seem like you’re in some mighty pain. Is that what makin’ you so cranky?’’ She asked, genuinely curious more than anything, but her words never meant to offend anyone.