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ALL THE KINGS HORSES AND ALL THE KINGS MEN
COULDN'T UNDO ALL THE DAMAGE I DID
COULDN'T UNDO ALL THE DAMAGE I DID
siltcloud ♕ 20 moons ♖ female ♘ she/her ♙ shadowclan exile
Teeth grip scruffs as she hauls them up-and-over to rest upon a nearby stairwell, ignoring any protests or confusion. " Marblekit - Sycamorekit... I want you to listen well, " she starts, voice utterly serious. There is no gentle warmth, no kindness to be found - no, this is a lecture stern and serious, as sharp-tongued as the way she's warned them from leaving the alleys without her, or the way she's spoken of the deadly thunderpath and the pain that would await them should they ventrue near it.
" Look up - see that, above us? That's silverpelt - a place of stars, and of cats like you and me but who no longer walk this earth, " like your siblings she thinks to herself, but she will not say such words aloud. She does not think they remember, and she does not wish them too. " They're our ancestors - my parents, their parents, friends and family who have died and strangers alike. We call them Starclan... and it's because of them that we have the names we do - I used to be Siltkit once, just like you are Marblekit and Sycamorekit, " she explains, crooked tail flicking at each of them in turn. " Do you know why? " she asks, head dipping to the side.
She doesn't expect them to know where she is going with her stories, but it's better to humor them - let them guess, let them try. Perhaps they may even get close.
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