[Branch of Life]

Originally Posted by Sagittarius

Dipping his head, Windystar smiled. “That’s great.” And honestly, he hoped he wasn’t coming off as too distant. But as a leader, he had to word everything he said carefully. Even the most simple of phrases could be molded into a weapon against him, against ShadowClan, against the Clans themselves. In a way, it was pressuring. But he’d live with it. For now. Peeking up at Forestshade, the long-furred feline purred. “That’s awesome! I caught a blue jay... yesterday, was it? Everything is a great addition to the prey pile.” He felt a bit bad that included his catch in, but now it felt less formal. And he liked that. “Hmm? No, it’s just you seem like a very good cat and I’ve been likening to talk to you, maybe become friends?” That was actually what he wanted. His goal was to befriend as many cats in ShadowClan as he could.

Forestshade smiled “Of course every catch is important.” He spoke carefully as he often spoke sharptounged and uninterested. It was true mostly though he didn’t want to come off like this to his leader. At Windystars next comment Forestshade returned to his normal face. Windystar wanted to be friends with him? Even called him a very good cat. “A very good cat? Half of the clan hates me because of my sister.....” He trailed off at the end as he remembered Doveheart. He felt himself tearing up so he shook his head off. “Become friends? That would be nice. You would be one of my few friends. ” He licked his paw and flicked his ear. Suddenly feeling way less formal He meowed “So what’s been up with you my dude?” He felt like he was living in another cats body for a moment. Forestshade snapped out of it and became more like his stubborn,untrustful,but responsible self. His green eyes flickered with intrest “Did you want to debate something?” He purred looking at the leader.