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Snowball? Oh, that must be him. What was it with nicknames involving snow? Snowflake, Snowball... and Frosty. Out of all of them, he was fairly sure that the best one was Snowflake... or was be biased? Was it possible to be biased while choosing a preferred nickname? Frostpaw was feeling a bit lost, not knowing what on earth to do about the obvious and rising tensions that surrounded Doepaw and Irisflame. It was just his horrible luck to be caught in the middle of it all without any knowledge of why they were fighting so freely in the first place. Was it because of Irisflame's frequent and somewhat irritating comments...? And what was Doepaw saying about having beaten Irisflame up before? Alright, so he would be a sight guide. That didn't sound too difficult. It would likely be less confusing than attempting to decipher the ongoing argument around him. Frostpaw barely batted his tail at Irisflame's deathberry comment. It wasn't that he didn't believe her, but more that he was already too bewildered to care at the moment. Not that he was outwardly showing it. His confused expression and his understanding expression was about the same, as were those two and about every other one of his not-too-negative expressions. And deathberries were a perfectly necessary item to have in a medicine den, unless the current healer preferred plunging her claws into already-suffering feline's throats, of course. Did Irisflame just make another comment about his and Doepaw's nonexistent relationship status? Couldn't she just stop? And what was with that drawling, flirtatious voice? For guardians' sake, they were still apprentices! Senior apprentices, very close to becoming warriors, but still! Frostpaw wasn't even sure if he liked Doepaw that way. Well, he probably did but he might not, leaning towards the former. He hadn't had enough time to think it through, alright? Love and personal happiness had never been important to him before. Needless to say, the large tom was very relieved when Irisflame finally started listing which herbs that he and Doepaw would need to find. Marigold was straightforward, he hadn't known that dandelion was used by medicine cats, what in the world was coltsfoot, go near the twolegs place for catmint, and borage was fuzzy with purple flowers. Right. Hopefully he wouldn't forget all of that. Actually, that was a lot of herbs... how long would this herb-gathering patrol last? Would they just be wandering around the territory until they found everything? Frostpaw stood at Doepaw's poke and flicked his tail respectfully at Irisflame. He didn't miss the stray pebble that went flying in the medicine cat's direction. Padding quickly after his retreating tabby friend, the white tom quietly asked,
"Should we head towards the twoleg place now and collect whatever herbs we find along the way?" Ha, he had said 'find' instead of 'see' that time.