[Dolomedes]

Seabreeze
He/him | Riverclan Warrior | Moons: 15 | Purrks: Sweet as a Flower | The Collector | Ultimate Predator |
“Ocean waters rising above your neck
You feel the glass start to crack.”

A detour? Seabreeze wondered why Coldamber was taking the lesson off the original track but wasn’t complaining when it answered his earlier questions on poppies and marigold. Poppies, small red flowers, the seeds are the useful part which are held in the middle. Only giving one or two to help with pain, shock, calms emotions, but also induces sleep. Seabreeze made a bright and flashy not to give any to kits under four moons or any queens. He wondered why. Were the effects of poppy seeds so potent? Well, surely they are given the fact that it only takes one or two for such powerful effects. The warrior pinned his ears for a moment when he realized what that could mean if the wrong cat got their paws on it before he growled and bit his tongue. Why was it that his mind always turned to the worse.

The next is marigold, as Seabreeze suspected the flowers were chewed into a poultice and applied to open wounds to prevent infection but doesn’t do anything besides stopping spreading once infection already sets in. The next herb was similar- Seabreeze turned his gaze as he heard a sudden change in the ambient noise of his companions. Mistypaw seems distressed, why was she distressed? Then he caught her eyes for a brief moment and then looked at Coldamber. The medicine cat had mentioned someone named Fawnlight, and how they found broom. Fawnlight wasn’t someone that Seabreeze had been very familiar with but then he put the puzzle pieces together and realized that was likely the only reason to Mistypaw’s sudden switch in behavior. Looking to the she-cat again, Seabreeze noticed how she had refocused and the brief moment of vulnerability was gone but now Seabreeze could put a name to it. Grief.

The very thing that constantly haunts Seabreeze, the reason why Seabreeze was even here…Mistypaw, someone so much more brilliant than him was facing the same threat of drowning in such an emotion. That’s…of course, Seabreeze knew other cat’s have gone through the same things that he is currently going through but to have that person right next to him, to be someone he knows was. Strange. For a moment, the warrior felt less alone than he had in moons, as awful as the reason for unity is. Would Mistypaw appreciate company? She seems to be trying to pretend it didn’t happen. Though Seabreeze knew of the pain of being alone. Even worse, being alone in a crowd of cats all around you. Slowly, the tom got to his paws and quietly approached Mistypaw.

Seabreeze took a new seat beside her, giving her space but close enough that his presence was there and noticeable. For a few more moments the tom looked to her, hoping that he was helping and that his, honestly very unclear, message was passed along. The tom didn’t want to say anything about it as it seemed Mistypaw wanted to move on, distract herself maybe like he does when he gets caught up in the past, but he didn’t want her to feel alone despite that. Then in the next moment, Seabreeze focused back on the lesson, though keeping some of his attention on Mistypaw. Broom was about the same as marigold’s use,

“Coldamber, is there a reason that you should use marigold over broom or vice versa? Or are their uses that similar?”

Broom was found in dried river beds, dry hillsides, forest clearings, and dry scrubland. Look at the hills and dried river beds first. Bright flowers on such a sickly looking stem. Simple enough, Seabreeze thought but his train of thought has been a bit clouded from herbs to concern, he could always discuss any questions he had with Mistypaw or one of the others here later if he needed. As Seabreeze finished his thoughts, a sudden voice from behind them caught his attention.

Looking back, Cobwebpaw was seen making her way over to the group of cats, Seabreeze smiled distantly at her, “I can help catch you up later if you want, though after the lesson, I don’t want to interrupt Coldamber.” Closing blue eyes, Seabreeze recounted the herbs taught prior, “So far we’ve done dandelion, daisy, borage, and we just went over poppy seed, marigold, and then broom.”

[ @starry - Mistypaw, @finley.exe - Cobwebpaw, @Abyssopelagic - Coldamber]