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[ @hxney ]

----Buckbranch----

A loner. Like Flintspirit, after he resigned. Like Softbriar, if they weren't dead. Was all of ThunderClan's leaders destined to leave the Clans one time or another? Would he eventually follow suit? He'd certainly try his best not to.

He shook his head at her apology. "Like I said before: what's past is past. We can only look forward. But... thank you. For at least giving me a chance before you leave." He returned her smile, and gently touched his nose to her ear before returning to his own spot in the den, settling on bare ground. He'd have to scrape together a nest tomorrow.

Tomorrow, the Starcave, tomorrow. They were his last thoughts before he slipped into an uneasy sleep.