WHAT THE HECK WHAT THE HECK WHAT THE HECK????? WHAT WAS WRONG WITH JAGGEDKIT???? Deadmoon regretted deeply that she was forced to hold down this kit, this actual child, the child of her beloved former apprentice Snowybreeze! Stars above, Snowy was going to be so disappointed when he heard about this. And Jaggedkit would certainly scuttle off to tell him and Deadmoon would have to try and explain even though she didn't even know what was going on herself! The kit was just.....losing his mind! Trying to shred her, trying to get away, screaming about how he was hungry! Hungry! Why was hunger what occurred to him now?
Why hadn't he eaten prey? There was enough, surely! It wasn't leafbare yet! Did Deadmoon need to keep more of an eye on the prey pile, perhaps? Make sure she brought something directly into the nursery for Snowybreeze's kits? And Wolffang's too, she imagined. Stars above, she needed to visit them far more, she'd barely done so and they would probably grow up resenting her slothfulness at this rate. But they had Leopardsong, they didn't really need her about all the time. Deadmoon was so bad at this sort of thing.
Case in point, Jaggedkit. He had finally stopped struggling, muttering to himself, and Deadmoon had actually no idea whatsoever was going on here. She was well out of her depth, and clearly floundering. And now he was.....normal again. Acting normal. Did she really trust that he wasn't about to try and....what? Eat her leg again? Not really. So she kept him pinned down, because this was hella weird and Deadmoon was taking no chances. He was just asking a question? Yeah, right.
In light of her confusion (and in because her paw was hurting like mad, those kit teeth had done some damage!), Deadmoon's response was.....not the most empathetic.
Just asking a question? You attacked me! You tried to bite my paw! I had to pin you down so you'd stop trying to maul me! Perhaps she was overreacting a bit, she was kind of freaking out a bit, but she had just been attacked! By a child! By a child she had wanted to like! She was tempted to wave her bleeding paw in his face, but blood had apparently been part of what triggered the last little.....violent episode, she wasn't taking any risks. She wasn't going to touch his head, or extend a paw to him, or ANYTHING. Deadmoon was taking NO chances. @
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