[Tiabirb]

Starlingflight
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She looked the deputy in the eye, cold and unwelcoming to this attitude. "We reached the border, we marked it, we were on our way back to report." She kept her tone carefully neutral. "Our new warrior stayed close the entire time. One of ShadowClan's apprentice's was getting a tour, it seemed. Too chatty, must be brand new. Now, if you have anything else to add, I recommend saying it so I can give it a good consideration."

She was being passive aggressive, and she knew it. Starlingflight was not going to pretend she was cheerful and upbeat about the deputy's lack of true punishment for making things so much worse for RiverClan. A lot of things were leading up to all of this, but Dusklion's murder had broken the sparrow's back in her mind. The last straw that made everything crumble. If she were to be punished, she wasn't going to care. Let her higher ranks think she was being disrespectful or disobedient, but Starlingflight had already endured a punishment for a late patrol.

And any consideration for 'punishments' would be duly tossed out. What could they do that was worse than what they've already made her witness? The real punishment was seeing Dusklion. At all. How could Fadingsun think that anyone wanted to look a cold-blooded killer in the eyes and act like chums?

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