[BEAR.]

As the three stooges trickled into his den, Lionstar quirked his eyebrow at them. So these must be the kits Bumblebelly screamed at him about-- minus one.

"I'm going to be upfront with you three." He would let these words soak in as a precursor as he played with how he wanted to approach this. "Your attempt at leaving camp was reckless and careless. You not only endangered your own lives, but the lives of your friends and anyone else who overheard you and thought it'd be a good idea. Our territory has been swarming with hawks this last moon. A full grown cat was picked up and taken away in the middle of our camp." Despite her name, Ravenpaw was once a warrior who had disgraced her rank and demoted. Even so, she was a lot larger and more capable at protecting herself than the kitten army who thought they could take on the world.

And now she was dead.

"You can be as sorry as you want, but it will not change the decision to delay your ceremonies as punishment. You are all very fortunate Bumblebelly stopped you before you went out. It's unlikely any of you would have returned alive." And to make matters worse, if RiverClan found any of them it'd likely only just be a leg.

Lionstar sighed as he stared at the kits. "If you want to help around camp, perhaps you should see if the elders need anything. I'm sure Bitterthorn and the others would appreciate your company and.. if you three remain on good behavior, perhaps we can reduce how long your ceremony is delayed by."

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