[yummyluc]

Originally Posted by king kaleb!

they kept walking along the path in silence. they had nothing more to say, they had made their point and wasnt going to waste breath further explaining themselves, she would eventually understand what they said in time. the silence wasnt tense to them, they knew they didnt have to speak to communicate with eachother. there were so many things left unsaid, and many things that daydream wanted to ask, but found themself stopping. she would come to them in time. they gave her the little push to get her brain thinking, swirling, as it had remained neutral for so long. they wanted her thinking, they wanted more than just a passive attitude and to live on meaningless. she couldve ended so long ago, but she didnt. there was a reason she didnt, so daydream would work off of that. they had something work off of atleast. so they kept walking, the witer snow crunching underneath their paws as the cold seeped in the very thin layer of their fur. it was shocking that they werent shivering, or atleast shaking. they felt cold, their paws not made to be walking on snow and growing numb, their body lowering in temperature by the minute.

what herb could daydream possibly get in winter like this?

as they kept walking they started to slow down, enjoying the winter. they liked th territory like this, though. everything was white and clean, even in the dark you could see clearly. with their lack of sleep, it was a habit of their s to form shadows into merciless monsters, to change trees into enemies, and simple threads of grass and have them be in the shape of blades. thats was hallucinations would do to you. but here, they could see everything, and all of this was real. "theres something i want to show you." they spoke softly, as if speaking too loud would break the silence they had before. but soon, their walking had come to a complete stop, their gaze on the plant before them. it was a colorful plant, it contrasted in the blank canvas that was around them. it was set apart, and somehow it survived the winter. it was a pastel looking purple, the rim of the flowing leaves. how they look almost like petals instead of leaves. they werent even frosted over, as if the snow had fallen around it.

"This is a plant that I found when out here. It survives the winter." they mewed, amber orbs glazing over each and every vein of the plant. each and every inch left daydream curious to how it survived, "no matter what weather its thrown into, it always had survived. no matter what season, whos going on around it. whether its warm or dry, hot or cold, it always manages somehow."

the words made marshfur stop, almost wanting to raise a brow when daydream turned the attention towards the flower. it was... strange. it wasn't as if the snow had fallen around it, or even melted around it. it was as if the snow was... afraid of it. like, at one point, it had been around the flower and on top of it but over time it scurried away. that's what it looked like to her. she snapped her attention to the medicine cat as they spoke, eyes narrowing and brows knitting together as they did. the words seemed ridiculous, it was a flower. what was so remarkable about it? it held no meaning to marshfur, it was just another prod at some poetic standpoint that she didn't care enough to understand.

" it is only a flower. there is nothing remarkable about it. " she said plainly as she turned her gaze back to the flower, " some wilt in the winter, others do not. you as a medicine cat know this, why did you care to mention it. " the last sentence was rhetorical. she stared at daydream with that dull, distant look in her eye again then looked back at the flower. it looked more like a bundle of miscoloured leaves than anything else. it held no meaning. was it an herb? no, so why were they here. why was daydream still trying.