private HAND HOLDING HEAVEN ✦ gracie

[DOEBLAZE]

Sunhigh has just passed, and yet a light mist still drapes itself lazily over SkyClan territory. The faint fog needles memories of dawn and just obscures the form of her apprentice as he jogs ahead of her near the Twolegplace border. Walking this particular stretch of trees has her hackles rising slightly, ruffles of lilac spiking along her sinewy shoulders. She moves carefully, pawsteps dampened by the springy coat of needles underpaw and the thin mist that slinks silvery between each craggy trunk. Twolegplace has been the source of so many tragedies, the freshest still lingering in her mind. And it's personal now, too, the way her breath quickens ever-so-slightly when she passes by the not-so-distant jungle of artifice.

" Hm? " Doeblaze's head lifts and turns instantly when she hears a whisper of pawsteps. Cloudypaw fades in and out of the mist ahead, but she can still hear his trills and smell his distinctive version of the Clan's pine-scent, so she doesn't worry too much. " Stay in earshot, 'kay? " she shouts towards his swishing tail, turning herself fully to face the disturbance. Her torn ears twitch alertly, eye narrowed and paws braced into what could easily become a battle stance ...

... Oh. Out of the leaf-fall mist emerges nothing more than a demure-looking kittypet, if the pretty pink collar buckled around her neck is anything to go by. Her shoulders relax, but only slightly, tension streaming down her paws into the earth below. At a quick appraisal, the cat doesn't look old enough to be a warrior yet, with an odd split pelt that reminds her vaguely of Edenberry. A potential joiner, perhaps, or just a curious kittypet.

" Hello. " Doeblaze lopes forward to meet @GRACIE before she can cross the border. Not that she expects Slate or Silversmoke to suddenly materialize from the mist and issue a challenge, but one can never be too careful. " Careful. I don't mind accidental trespassers, but some of my Clanmates might, " she notes with an almost relaxed amusement. A young, innocent cat bearing a flashy collar—it's a situation she can understand, and it mingles with the pleasant crispness of the air to set her at ease. " This is SkyClan's border. "

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