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Alright that was good Marigoldpaw seemed at least receptive to listening. "The warrior code is the code every cat must try and live by in order to live a peaceful life as a clan cat and is a code you are expected to follow. However,,,, its rather.... vague. at best. While you should have no issue following it due to this the responsibility falls on you to create your own sort of personal code to dictate how you want to be as a warrior and how you want to live your life. You can choose not to do this sure, but those that don't tend to live weak willed and dull lives unmoored from a purpose and meaning. Your code should be your own and make sense to you, something you can stick to even through difficult times and decisions." Adderfangs gaze drifted from where they were fixed on Marigoldpaw, staring off into the distance emptily. She'd, she'd seen the effects of a listless life all too personally in the fate of her mother. A good queen and a kind cat sure but she was always strangely dull and empty cat who just drifted away.

Snapping herself out of it she focused again "My code is this. Protect your clan from all thing with everything you can. Stay strong, your clan relies on you and you should never be a burden. Guide the younger generations well, they are the future. Stand up for what is right, no matter the cost. And finally be kind, it doesn't take much and can change a cats life with very little.
It may sound overly sentimental bit this has made me the cat I am today able to face down any threat and in control of my own life." Adderfang waited for a moment to allow the apprentice to absorb. "This is a discussion and your opinions are important. So tell me what are your thoughts on all this? Remember there are no wrong answers and I will not get angry at you for what you think."

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Marigoldpaw absently nodded her head along. Yeh yeh the warrior code. Blah. Blah. Given to us by starclan so we don't do evil stuff or whatever. I already know this. I had to listen to elders drone on and one about it! Wait-wait-wait. The warrior code is vague!? What? How! It's basically telling you what to do and what not to do. Thouhg as Marigoldpaw recalled the code she noticed how....vague some parts were. Hmph seems my mentor was right.

Marigoldpaw wasn't sure how she felt about this conversation nor did she have much an idea were this was heading. The golden furred apprentice was quite happy with not becoming a mindless practically lifeless cat but did she have too make up her own code? Well....maybe. Or wait were all you motives your thoughts on what not to do and what to do already your "code"? Hmmm possibly. If so Marigoldpaw kind of had a code...sort of.

Marigoldpaw snapped back out of her thoughts as Adderfang continued to speak. The golden apprentice had a feeling whatever her mentor would say next was important. Marigoldpaw agreed with some of the things in Adderfang's code but not all. "Alright then!" Marigoldpaw said after hearing she could say whatever she thouht about Adderfang's code. Her mentor better be ready for a beating.

"Your kindness rule is...fine but I will never be kind to Windclan scum or at least not their leader! I guess I'd pardon the kits and some apprentices." The lime eyes she-cat spat, fur bristling at the thought of Twilightstar. "Oh and what does standing up for what you believe matter if you die huh? Then you're dead and useless!" Marigoldpaw said continuing on before Adderfang could speak. The golden she cat paused to get her breath. Unbeknownst to Adderfang or even Marigoldpaw the golden apprentice was subconsiously starting to form her own code. The first part of her code was to protect Shrikepaw and Shadowclan with her life! She was still working on the others...
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Addefang blinked a couple times in the face of all this enthusiasm before breaking into a rare rough chuckle "I suppose it can be viewed as a bit stupid to some yes. But thats part of the point. It seems you've got the beginning of your own code there too; Kindness is easy and my foes don't deserve it but kits and the innocent are not part of the fight. Maybe thats a line of your code or maybe thats still not it and you want to tweak it. You dont need to know your own code word for word more often then not you already have one subconsciously but laying it out will help give you direction."

She cracked a small grin at Marigoldpaws outbursts about the worth of her own life, it would keep her alive in the future no doubt. "Thats an interesting way to look at it, though some find purpose in dying for a cause living for one will definitely mean you end up doing it for longer. What about your views on leadership and orders? What else do you find is very important to you?" Adderfang asked looking down at her student proudly. Passion true passion was hard to find and yet the younger cat had it in spades. Together they would find the core of that and give her the framework to shape herself around that steel core of self, as Adderfang herself once did. Moments like this were what the warrior lived for.
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