[Gusty]

@SamCats o o p s I should have replied earlier

CLAN! That was the very first thing that swept through Daledalus’s mind, snapping into his thought process as quick as lightning, making it seem unreal. The fact that Lily once lived in the forest was a spectacular, peculiar feat in itself, but her being a clan cat that once lived in the forest- well, that was even more mind-blowing, and Daledalus froze in temporary shock. His whiskers tensed up; his tail no longer swished side to side, basking in the strangely warm sunlight, but instead shot straight upwards, as if he was afraid.

And she was a warrior too... he thought, biting his rough sandpaper tongue until it hurt. Daedalus didn’t know too much about warriors, but he certainly didn’t like them, from his prior background knowledge. They didn’t seem trustworthy. But then again, nobody was trustworthy. It just so happened that clan cats seemed even more untrustworthy than the general crowd. He’d never intended on ever seeing a member of the clans in his life, and yet here one was, right in front of him- well, a former one, but the effect was still there.

Daledalus thought that he may have had a chance at becoming friends with Lily, or at least acquaintances that chatted every month, but now he wasn’t so sure. This whole clan thing got onto his nerves.

By now, he’d completely forgot the whole ‘getting-into-forest’ dilemma and only concentrated on the ‘clan’ part. There was a spacious gap in the conversation, where he opened his mouth to snap something sarcastic or mean-spirited back, only to close it again without uttering a single word.