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Dunepounce fell in step with the rest of the patrol, tail flicking lazily behind him. He said nothing, but occasionally glanced between the two - he wasn't familiar with either of them on a personal level. Seabreeze he certainly knew very little about. Dusklion... was fine. He didn't think much of her 'outburst' or whatever nebulous label his mind had given the event at that meeting. Cats got their feelings hurt all the time, that was pretty par for the course, so he didn't see the point in making a fuss whenever someone reached their boiling point.

He caught the scent of blood the same time as the others and stiffened. Suddenly Dusklion was gone, running after the scent. Dunepounce ran too, a bit behind Seabreeze. Seeing the seen was like being drenched in an icy ocean. There was a ludicrous amount of blood, which culminated in a bloody heap that Dunepounce disjointedly realized was Fadingsun.

Dusklion had already launched herself at one of the attackers - a very large attackers - Dunepounce noted. Seabreeze shouted and Dunepounce twisted quickly, immediately launching himself at the opponent that Dusklion didn't have covered.

He landed on the cat's back, digging his claws in and ripping up. His opponent dropped to the ground, rolling, and Dunepounce hissed as his shoulder slammed into the ground. The other cat twisted and swiped at Dunepounce's side; Dunepounce, in retaliation, kicked hard, satisfied with the yowl of pain he elicited. He hauled himself on top of his opponent and tore his claws across the cats throat.

He staggered to his paws and away from the outsider as soon as they went limp, blinking as he took in the current state of the scene. Seabreeze was already taking care of Fadingsun, thank the stars. He relief was momentary, though, immediately jolting back into action at the sight of Dusklion still tearing into a long dead cat.

"Dusklion, you got 'em, they're not gonna get back up!" He attempted to shove her away from the bloodied outsider with his shoulder. "We gotta get Fadingsun back to camp, 'kay?'

[ apologies for the delay on this, i was very sleepy writing this so lmk if i need to adjust anything @taillow ; @Dolomedes ]