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[ThistleBack]

They leave the sandy ravine, the ground pebbled where they neared the river. The pines thinned and he could hear the groan of the aquatic current. Thistleback detested bodies of water, never having learned to swim he was never quite fond of watching the cats move about in the waters. It looked unnatural, but one could appreciate something beyond their own consideration of normality.

" On the other side, Riverclan lives in those reeds. Cats who swim and catch fish… two things I’ve never done myself, and have no intention of trying " he explains, with a glance across the border. " They are quite gifted, I suppose. Much like how we walk in the trees just as easy as walking on ground. " he considers with long steps carrying him down the river line. " do you have questions, quiet one? " he turns his white war-nicked muzzle to face Teeveepaw. Pausing in his footsteps, unbothered by time. This was his third apprentice, he had long since weaned off the idea of haste making a finer warrior.

⛤ OOC INFORMATION REFERENCE ⛤

• — apprentice @Teeveepaw. no need to wait!
  
  
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  forty-eight mns. EVENT TRACKER | IMPORTANT INFO
  — Former Lead warrior of Skyclan 12.22.22 - 06.2023
  — Father of Coyotecrest, Eveningsun and Scorpionpaw
  — mentoring Teeveepaw formerly Snowpath & Quillstrike
  — very muscular piebald black and white tom with spiky fur and cold silver-grey eyes.
  — voice & accent
  — biography･ﾟ✧​
  OPEN for Dice battles | stine#3004
  
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[Teeveepaw.]

QUICK, BEFORE YOU SKIP THIS SONG
WE ARE HUMAN AFTER ALL ​

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teeveepaw & 06 moons & nonbinary & they/them & skyclan daylight apprentice ​

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Teeveepaw follows along dutifully soaking up their mentors words. Swimming - catching fish. Two things that sound horrid to the child, nose wrinkling as Teeveepaw takes a skittish step back from the rushing water and the faint scent of not skyclan that eminates from somewhere nearby. Water is for drinking - nothing more. The thought of living in it - or even so close by - is rather unpleasant, and they can't help but question the sanity of the neighboring clan. The call of their mentors voice once more draws attention away, 'do you have questions, quiet one?' and for a moment they think. After a moment, head shakes slowly - for now, they are content to commit what they've already learned to memory, to pick apart more closely another day.

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[hazecloud]

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Hazecloud had come to appreciate how the waters between RiverClan and SkyClan remained calm for so long. Even during changes through leadership, where each transition questioned the bonds between now-dead oaths, they maintained friendly footing despite it. Neither side waiting for the chance to sever the trust built over moons of partnership and aid.

"Tempted to take a swim?" The deputy teased lightheartedly as she broke through the reeds, keeping herself away from the edge. The sun was not in her favor at this time of day to sit beside and wait- she may yet have better luck wading in and keeping still.

✿ ———— I'll be your regular mama ✿ ————— And I'll put that gun away

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  Hazecloud
  —⊰⋅ Deputy of RiverClan
  —⊰⋅ She/Her
  "SPEECH", 'THOUGHTS', ATTACK
  —⊰⋅ LH blue smoke with green eyes.
  

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[MIDNIGHTASH]

જ➶ "Of course they wouldn't. They would most likely flail around like newborn kits." Her remark is casual, but the disdain in it is hardly lost as she emerges through the reeds and partially stands near Hazecloud. Amber eyes leak with ferocity as she stares at the two Skyclanners but she is mildly amused about the situation merely because the young little kit who has become an apprentice doesn't have any question. What apprentice doesn't have questions? Especially after being taken to a border and meeting another clan at that. Softly she snorts and shakes her head and then the thought sparks in her mind. "So is your apprentice a kittypet too?" At this moment she is merely curious to know the circumstances. Sure, she doesn't dislike Skyclan as much as some clans but she can not wrap her mind around letting a bunch of soft kittypets try to defend a clan and live in the wild.

To her that seems so unreliable. Especially how slow and clunky they were to begin with. They shake the whole forest with their pawsteps. But she slowly sits and stares at the tom, lifting her head up and narrowing her eyes just a little. He was probably a kittypet at one point too. To her all of Skyclan are, especially with the mixed blood that they carry through their entire clan. ​

 

[ThistleBack]

" you’re as quiet as my other two " he refers to his graduates, heart panging as he recalls Snowpath. Only in a cruel world, should a mentor outlive his apprentice. It was like outliving your own kid. His jaws tense with this thought, he eyes the stilled-tongue apprentice for a somber moment. " very well, but know that there are no questions too trivial to ask "

Tempted to take a swim?, a voice light with humor carries on the silence. He whips his chin, colorless eyes meeting a pelt of grey like the river-stones themself. Hazecloud, the deputy herself " hmm, not even if I suddenly caught fire " he returns the lighthearted response, fixing his muzzle into a polite smile and dipping his chin in proper greeting. " Which is proving quite… possible, in this heat " he regards the sun as it bakes into his dark fur.

Another appears, coat like lava over black-rocks. What an odd coat for a river cat, he thinks as she speaks. " A similar sight I’m sure, if we were to put a Riverclanner in a pine tree. " he gently counters, eyes slitting as his lip peels around his teeth in a smile.

‘ so is your apprentice a kittypet too ‘ " perhaps, but I myself- am not. Never was " he answers factually, wondering why it was the Riverclan apprentice to have more questions than his own. In truth, he knew his apprentice was a daylighter but he didn’t ask if they had a twoleg home, because Thistleback had once been a daylighter without housefolk it’s not unheard of. Where Statichaze had brought them from, he did not know- he had only just met his apprentice. So his answer, is open for Teeveepaw to speak on their own behalf.

" A kittypet is a term used for cats with house-folk. " he quickly shoots his words to Teeveepaw, on the in-case they were unaware. " we use the word as what it is. A word, to describe what is. Others may use it in a way to … hmm…hurt your feelings. That said, there is no shame nor control in where you are born " he adds, loud enough for the young Riverclanner to hear.

⛤ OOC INFORMATION REFERENCE ⛤

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  forty-eight mns. EVENT TRACKER | IMPORTANT INFO
  — Former Lead warrior of Skyclan 12.22.22 - 06.2023
  — Father of Coyotecrest, Eveningsun and Scorpionpaw
  — mentoring Teeveepaw formerly Snowpath & Quillstrike
  — very muscular piebald black and white tom with spiky fur and cold silver-grey eyes.
  — voice & accent
  — biography･ﾟ✧​
  OPEN for Dice battles | stine#3004
  
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[hazecloud]

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Midnightash's presence is slightly more hostile than Hazecloud would allow, and she cast the black-masked molly with a warning stare. SkyClan were longtime allies to RiverClan, surviving three leaderships on the latter and two on the former. Strengthened through bonds of hardship and returned kindness, Hazecloud had seen for herself how capable their 'kittypets' were in their ranks.

"It's far more polite not to assume, even if it's a little true." Thistleback's responded supported such a claim, and he was thankfully not so easily offended by the ego's of a young warrior. "Our post-war RiverClanners, surely. Lichenstar has better footing for birds than fish, some days." Hazecloud herself could seek frogs far quicker than fish for the same reasons, but she had embraced the culture Cicadastar wove for his Clan to turn her nose at the amphibians they once shared.

"It's nice to see you back, though. Have you rejoined the council are do you remain a warrior?" One of the first of Blazestar's council, if memory served her right. Thistleback had lived through just as much life as herself, or close to and yet they stood at their leaders sides at such different times of their lives. How different must it feel, she wondered?

✿ ———— I'll be your regular mama ✿ ————— And I'll put that gun away

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  Hazecloud
  —⊰⋅ Deputy of RiverClan
  —⊰⋅ She/Her
  "SPEECH", 'THOUGHTS', ATTACK
  —⊰⋅ LH blue smoke with green eyes.
  

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