Frostpaw mentally recoiled but tried not to let it show. He didn't blame Flintfreckle's enthusiasm. Just the wrong thing said at the wrong time. "My favorite prey is lizard," the white apprentice corrected. "Raven is something... different." Frostpaw paused there. He didn't trust himself to explain what had happened, so he tried something else. "My previous mentor was Ravenvine," the tom said.
I'm sure you know he drowned, was left unsaid. "I used to have a friend also named Raven," Frostpaw added.
She's dead, too, was also left unsaid.
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