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Thistlepaw had returned with Leafhusk, but Raccoonstripe has not sought him out. Like with Nightbird, the dark tabby has kept his distance, feeling the faultline between his apprentice and he has cracked and expanded with time. Thistlepaw had echoed his mentor's derisive nature toward outsiders, toward other Clans, but even that had not been enough to save him from Skyclaw's ridicule in the end.
Raccoonstripe leads Thistlepaw toward the Sandy Hollow, wordless. If the younger tom deigns to speak to him, Raccoonstripe will acknowledge it with gestures alone. A flick of the ear, a swipe of the tail. His words are jumbled behind his skull; when he finally parts his jaws, they are blunt, effacing.
"I'm holding you back a moon." Raccoonstripe finally looks at Thistlepaw, finally sees him, bristling dark fur and amber eyes, insecurities laid like wounds across his pelt. "You fought well in the battle, but you've lost a moon of training, and I'm..."
He grits his teeth. "I'm sorry for that." He does not speak the rest — Thistlepaw will know whose fault this is, after all. He had seen the easy way Skyclaw had followed Raccoonstripe's orders to infiltrate SkyClan; he had seen Skyclaw's truth, had heard the younger tom parrot his uncle's teachings. He would know, wouldn't he, that Raccoonstripe is to blame for this?
Raccoonstripe leads Thistlepaw toward the Sandy Hollow, wordless. If the younger tom deigns to speak to him, Raccoonstripe will acknowledge it with gestures alone. A flick of the ear, a swipe of the tail. His words are jumbled behind his skull; when he finally parts his jaws, they are blunt, effacing.
"I'm holding you back a moon." Raccoonstripe finally looks at Thistlepaw, finally sees him, bristling dark fur and amber eyes, insecurities laid like wounds across his pelt. "You fought well in the battle, but you've lost a moon of training, and I'm..."
He grits his teeth. "I'm sorry for that." He does not speak the rest — Thistlepaw will know whose fault this is, after all. He had seen the easy way Skyclaw had followed Raccoonstripe's orders to infiltrate SkyClan; he had seen Skyclaw's truth, had heard the younger tom parrot his uncle's teachings. He would know, wouldn't he, that Raccoonstripe is to blame for this?
- ooc: @THISTLEPAW
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Raccoon. Raccoonstripe, he/him w/ masculine terms.
— "speech”, thoughts, attack
— 45 moons old, ages realistically on the 5th.
— mentored by n/a ; mentoring Thistlepaw ; previously mentored Wildheart, Moonwhisper
— thunderclan lead warrior.gray wolfxhowlingstar, gen 2.
— currently mated to Nightbird.
— penned by Marquette.
lh black tabby with white and dark brown eyes. charismatic, charming, calculating, ambitious, shallow, manipulative.