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Apricotflower was on a walk, the nursery was empty outside its sole lingering occupant and he made his way there after the hunting patrol had headed back out rather than joining them. It had taken a few days before he'd found the time and moment of peace to even make this visit due to other obligations but to say he was looking forward to it was incorrect. He had assumed his deputy had passed on his expectations of her and even his disappointment to Hazecloud but the more he thought about it the more he realized that was not enough. She needed to hear it from him as well. Mostly so there were no misunderstandings about any of it later.
Smokestar peered inside, only Hazecloud present. Did Lichentail even visit the nursery? He didn't think he'd seen her near it at all yet. If he had sired kits he'd stick his head in periodically in passing to check on his mate, but given he'd been the one carrying that never came up as a possibility. "Do you have a moment?" Obviously she did, she couldn't leave camp now as a queen without an escort and she was rarely far from it even then, but it was more a nicety to ask rather than a genuine inquiry. Once given even the most marginal nods or affirmations he stepped inside and glanced around briefly to take note of how everything looked. They had packed the weaved walls well with mud and folded bracken and it should hold for leafbare, he remembered rebuilding the apprentice den entirely with his own clumsy paws not suited for the act of nest weaving and being proud when it at least held itself together - it was good to see the place seemed well insulated and upkept.
"Lichentail told me they are hers, we've already talked. I don't think I need to tell you about how foolish you both are, but I will promise that you and the kits will be cared for as well as possible."
That was a given, he did not want any harm to come to them - he did not want to grieve lost kits another leafbare in a row. He was sure the entire clan felt just as strongly.
"I do want to make myself very clear when I say you will not be returning to your duties until these kits are apprenticed, they are your responsibility and you will not pass it off to Apricotflower at all. I have had one too many queens think they could wander the territory alone, hunt and patrol while carrying kits and that will not be something I allow going forward. You're not a prisoner, but you are not a warrior again until I say so." His expression remains neutral, voice steady - Smokestar presents more tired than genuinely angry or annoyed. "...are we clear?"
Apricotflower was on a walk, the nursery was empty outside its sole lingering occupant and he made his way there after the hunting patrol had headed back out rather than joining them. It had taken a few days before he'd found the time and moment of peace to even make this visit due to other obligations but to say he was looking forward to it was incorrect. He had assumed his deputy had passed on his expectations of her and even his disappointment to Hazecloud but the more he thought about it the more he realized that was not enough. She needed to hear it from him as well. Mostly so there were no misunderstandings about any of it later.
Smokestar peered inside, only Hazecloud present. Did Lichentail even visit the nursery? He didn't think he'd seen her near it at all yet. If he had sired kits he'd stick his head in periodically in passing to check on his mate, but given he'd been the one carrying that never came up as a possibility. "Do you have a moment?" Obviously she did, she couldn't leave camp now as a queen without an escort and she was rarely far from it even then, but it was more a nicety to ask rather than a genuine inquiry. Once given even the most marginal nods or affirmations he stepped inside and glanced around briefly to take note of how everything looked. They had packed the weaved walls well with mud and folded bracken and it should hold for leafbare, he remembered rebuilding the apprentice den entirely with his own clumsy paws not suited for the act of nest weaving and being proud when it at least held itself together - it was good to see the place seemed well insulated and upkept.
"Lichentail told me they are hers, we've already talked. I don't think I need to tell you about how foolish you both are, but I will promise that you and the kits will be cared for as well as possible."
That was a given, he did not want any harm to come to them - he did not want to grieve lost kits another leafbare in a row. He was sure the entire clan felt just as strongly.
"I do want to make myself very clear when I say you will not be returning to your duties until these kits are apprenticed, they are your responsibility and you will not pass it off to Apricotflower at all. I have had one too many queens think they could wander the territory alone, hunt and patrol while carrying kits and that will not be something I allow going forward. You're not a prisoner, but you are not a warrior again until I say so." His expression remains neutral, voice steady - Smokestar presents more tired than genuinely angry or annoyed. "...are we clear?"
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Smokestar
—⊰⋅ Leader of RiverClan
—⊰⋅ He/Him
"SPEECH", 'THOUGHTS', ATTACK
—⊰⋅ Black tom w/vitiligo & one orange eye.
