[pidgeon]

Eagleflight didn't think he could become more surprised than he already was. First he got appointed as one of three deputies, and now this? It was all so much to take in at once. He tried desperately to keep up, to absorb every possible bit of information that he could. He would have to ask Lionstar to repeat himself, likely.

"Y-Yes, sir," He stammered, his ears folded back a bit in his confusion. "SkyClan border markers, tunnel expansion, battle training." He uttered the words to himself, oversimplifying them to make them stick in his brain.

SkyClan border markers, tunnel expansion, battle training. SkyClan border markers, tunnel expansion, battle training. He repeated them in his head, over and over. He would not forget. He wouldn't let his leader down! He was so afraid that he was going to forget something, or screw something up...No, he wouldn't do that. Lionstar was counting on him! If the handsome golden leader thought he could trust Eagleflight with so many important duties at once, then clearly he saw something in the russet warrior that he didn't see in himself. He would likely have to ask Frostfall for help with all this, and he wasn't sure how the leader would feel about that. Or, for that matter, what Frostfall would think of that. The original deputy had not been particularly eager to speak to Eagleflight moments ago. But the newer deputy didn't see how he could do all of this on his own.

"If you don't mind my asking, sir, what will your part be in all of this?" He finally spoke up, after many moments in stunned silence. If he was throwing all of this responsibility on one cat, surely that meant that Lionstar himself was equally overburdened.