[Rani]

Bleedingpaw
Shadowclan Apprentice | He/Him | 12 Moons

Just a Scratch | Shadow Fiend | Hulk SMASH! | Mind Reader

Snorting at the scorn of swimming Bleedingpaw flicked a tail, narrowly missing swatting Scorpionpaws ears with it. "Yes riverclan swims but we can too. After riverclan WE have the most water of the clans with our bogs and swamps, its important and great warriors (like your mother) mostly know how to swim." Honestly Bleedingpaw viewed it as a neglected skill by the clan, a poor decision made out of dislike of riverclan. Shadowclan had the most water stuff in their territory after riverclan, cats drowned here even if infrequently. To stand above shadowclan shouldnt be like the stupid fish and just content themselves with their 'main' skill stealth, they should climb like the squirrels and swim like the fish to beat them in their domain.

Though as much as he wished with his lack of balance the golden bengal really couldnt climb without severe risk.


He did scoff at the disdain of wet and poked Scorpionpaw with narrowed eyes "You LOVE mud, you cannot tell me you hate wet, mud is basically wet but thicker." A sigh and reluctance as he admitted "Some of shadowclans water is basically black with the Stuff in it, if we take you to learn swimming there would you be brave enough to face the dreaded wet. I supoooooose I could take like, Foxpaw instead if you dont think youre up to it." Low low blow insinuating that Scorpionpaw was too scared to learn to swim and that Foxpaw, her most unobtrusive and middling sibling could do it instead but if it got Scorps on board then it was a fair play.




Of course immediately after, possibly in vengeance, the little rat of a cat asked the one question that'd bluescreen Bleedingpaw entirely. "UUuuuuuuuhhhh....." Oh god HOW was he gonna explain this? The 'family' was amazingly complex and totally a mess and honestly it really depended on what two cats considered eachother in the end most of the time! Plus, though the apprentice had settled into viewing Dawnstar as a grandmother or at least his matriarch that'd been after moons of feeling he didnt deserve it! Even now he didnt feel he deserved kinship of Scorpionpaw, or even know if he FELT kindship to her! Nor did he know if he could try and risk her betraying him too like all cats were capable of- uh uh uh uh-


Frozen, blue eyes wide as his mind raced, the meeting continuing in the background until he was, eventually, freed by happenstance. Scorpionpaw had been distracted before the bengal had been forced to answer, tossing him to the ground with an "Oof!" as the molly bolting out from under him sent him tumbling. In a way it was a relief, he still hadnt decided an answer, and the tom kinda just laid there head still reeling.



Rookfire, similarly abandoned, would understand.


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