They were finally at the new camp.

Well, they had been back for a few days. But Mothpaw hardly paid attention- with the nightmares plaguing what little sleep they could get, as well as their burns still aching dreadfully, they were exhausted. Barely able to comprehend anything going on. Conscious, but a sleepy boy. Very sleepy. Very achy. Agh.

The crispy apprentice lay stretched out in a nest, head resting on his paws. Exhaustion was blatant in their eyes. He wanted to sleep, but he couldn't. He wanted to stop hurting, but injuries as severe as his would take a long while to heal, regardless of how well Cowtuft was caring for him. Mothpaw wished they could say that they regretted what they had done, but... Cowtuft was still alive. That was what mattered.

They only hoped that the pain would go away soon. Even if it was just a lingering annoyance they had grown used to by now.

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「☆」 THE GENTLE GIANT 「☆」
╰► COWTUFT
he | him ★ massive white tom with black splotches and floppy ears + scar over his neck; left green eye and right blue eye ★

ೃ⁀➷ @lio

After the herb patrols had returned with an acceptable number of useful herbs - Cowtuft's main goal was to change Mothpaw's. It had already been a few days since, and it was likely getting to be unpleasant. He was not sure how burns would defer from the wounds he typically treated, but hopefully they would avoid infection.

Entering into his den, the gentle giant found the crispy apprentice laying in moths nest. Eyebrows furrow closed together at the pure exhaustion in their eyes. Reaching down to try and gently press their nose against the other's unburnt cheek, "Can..not sleep?" He asked in an hushed tone, his voice was raspy from being overextended. He swore to the stars he had spoke more in a moon than he had for his whole lifetime. "Must.. change dressing.. sorry, " Cowtuft quipped, and settled down next to the fella.

Gently, Cowtuft started to remove the ruined dressings - discarding it into a pile. It was slightly hard with the burns, blistering and bubbly - but they appeared to be beginning to scab over. He set aside a marigold flower, dandelion, and daisy leaves. They seemed to help with swelling, so perhaps they would have a positive effect. He pushed a burnet towards Mothpaw, "will give strength, " because the other seemed to like herbs.

Then, Cowtuft proceeded to chew the flowers and leaves into a pulp. Spitting it onto his paw pad (er, never pretty) and starting to gently dap it into the wounds. Focusing on the unscabbed paws more than anything, as well as only dressing the vulnerable areas.

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ೃ⁀➷ @JayfeatherMedCat

Cowtuft lifted his head up at the call of someone's voice. Rising to his paw, he exited his sleeping chambers. He let out a quiet squeak in response, raising his tail as a greeting. The medicine cat was in fact, here. And his apprentice - .. maybe. Cowtuft glanced around. She was somewhere around.

The faint, sloppy, pitter-patter of tiny paws grew louder at the medicine den's entrance, followed by giggles and squeaks of little Cottonkit.

Being so young, Cottonkit was entirely oblivious to the hardships WindClan had been through over the last moon. The roaring fire was nothing but a hot memory, and the battle was nonexistent in her little mind, as she was masked away from the horror of it all behind a warm pelt and soothing hums. However, with her parents suddenly missing after all the action, Cottonkit was free to roam about; legs finally strong enough to carry her wherever she wanted. And what better place to go than the funny smelling den with all the colorful plants?

The fluffy white kitten followed her nose to the tiny stock of herbs, unaware of Cowtuft or Lighteningpaw nearby. Plopping herself down by the couple of marigolds, she laid a paw over each one and began the scene...

"Hewwo miss! You are very pretty and smell very nice!" She mewed in a fake gruff voice, mimicking a tomcat.

"Oh, thank you," The other flower replied, rotating bashfully under her paw. "I am the prettiest flower in all the lands!"

@x ghostie & @Alchemist Kitsune (if you wanna join in on some wholesome scene!)