[Dust]

Aspenbreeze's voice dripped with nothing but admiration as she tilted her chin upwards in thought,

"And that is exactly why she is our leader. Wise words..." She trailed off, raising a brow to Smoulderpaw, "And a wise decision on your part. There's a lot more to hunting and battle than you may expect, though. The power... The endurance behind your moves. Trust me, it doesn't matter how old you are, or whether or not you're behind the others... There is always some warrior skimping on their duties. It is my job, and my job alone, to make sure you are able to fulfill all your duties to the clan with ease, precision and swiftness." Aspenbreeze turned away from him, her tail lashing behind her as she led the pair further away from camp and closer to the RiverClan border. It was obvious she was on high alert, ears forward and eyes attentively scanning ahead of them. The last thing she wanted was to be surprise attacked by any smelly mutts still hanging around. To her satisfaction, the were safe for now.

"The borders aren't just a menial task to keep us busy either... Think of it this way. As an outsider... when a threat enters your territory, you respond with whatever necessary force... It's unpredictable, any cat can just wander up on you and take what's yours, but our borders? We can predict the enemy that way. Any slight changes... any movement or scent over it and we know exactly what the enemy is doing. That is predictable and, in my opinion, one of the most important tasks we can have... What is prey, if it is not ours? If someone else takes it?" It was certainly a mouthful, but Aspenbreeze was sincere in her explanation. Her aura was confident, radiating with pride. As the pair would pass the dead tree, she would stop them with a flick of her tail,

"This here is dead tree. Doesn't grow for some reason, but the rabbits love burrowing here.. we'll be here often, so remember the path we took... Come on then, let's keep moving."

[I'll post my next reply in Sedgewater Valley unless you would like to! @Beau]

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@Fae

"I wilf allow you to ufe it, buth I get tha' credit!" She mumbled, spitting rabbit fur from her mouth. It was always a pain trying to talk through prey. Following after Coldsong, Aspenbreeze actually let herself relax! this had been a productive and fun trip! Coldsong wasn't too bad. As they neared camp, she turned to look at the other,

"I'll go aheaf and bring thif to the nurfery.." And when he replied, Aspenbreeze snorted with laughter,

"Yeah, you're alright," Winking playfully at Coldsong, she flicked her tail in departure and shuffled the rest of the way to camp.