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The sorrow deepens as his young ones' whereabouts yet linger in darkness. Profound, soul-crushing defeat, unparalleled by any other failure he's endured prior, consumes him whole, and he powerlessly grapples with it, bereft of any solace to cling to. Halfkit and Tanglekit, wherever they may dwell - if they still dwell - await a saviour, but all attempts to afford them their salvation had amounted to naught. Five patrols in total. Five. One, in which the swamp's entirety was scoured for even the faintest trace of them, and the remainder relayed to the neighbouring clans. All futile in their pursuit, a step backwards rather than forwards. The most agonising aspect wasn't the not knowing; it was the whispering suspicion that certain individuals held knowledge beyond their disclosure.
The ashen tom sits at Clanrock's base, and in his midst stand Granitepelt, Skunktail, and Chilledstar. Clanmates who'd helmed the patrols to ThunderClan, SkyClan, and RiverClan respectively, with the deputy himself having led a unit towards their moorland neighbours. Bitterness steams off his tongue, and his knuckles are locked so firmly, his claws were one with the soil at this point. "What have we learned?" he puts forward, lying in wait for their purposeless answers. This discussion wouldn't be held, had the patrols unearthed anything pertinent. "I've a hunch on something, a... gut feeling. I think some may know more than they let on."
// @GRANITEPELT @CHILLEDSTAR. @Skunktail
// anyone may contribute to the discussion, but the emphasis should initially be on the patrol leaders!
// ALSO THIS TAKES PLACE BEFORE SUNSTRIDE'S VISIT AJKDHKLASDJALKHSDL
The ashen tom sits at Clanrock's base, and in his midst stand Granitepelt, Skunktail, and Chilledstar. Clanmates who'd helmed the patrols to ThunderClan, SkyClan, and RiverClan respectively, with the deputy himself having led a unit towards their moorland neighbours. Bitterness steams off his tongue, and his knuckles are locked so firmly, his claws were one with the soil at this point. "What have we learned?" he puts forward, lying in wait for their purposeless answers. This discussion wouldn't be held, had the patrols unearthed anything pertinent. "I've a hunch on something, a... gut feeling. I think some may know more than they let on."
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// @GRANITEPELT @CHILLEDSTAR. @Skunktail
// anyone may contribute to the discussion, but the emphasis should initially be on the patrol leaders!
// ALSO THIS TAKES PLACE BEFORE SUNSTRIDE'S VISIT AJKDHKLASDJALKHSDL