The Fallen Hero [P]

[Moonraven]

Batglare
Batglare eyes were on the horizon while listening to the other cats speak. He was ultimately forced back to staring at Wolffang's mutilated corpse when the tom's spirit appeared. In all years in WindClan, Batglare doesn't believe he's seen a StarClan cat before. He had a more casual view of the spirits in the sky and so never sought them out or had a reason to.

Batglare blinked his eyes while staring at the star-speckled cat and almost missed his kind words. He gave a small dip of his head in response to the common and nothing more. He wasn't as close to Wolffang as some of these cats and had a more professional relationship than anything. He had respected the tom as he would any senior warrior and tried not to be too touchy about his interest in Twistedpaw. He knew there was some history between the two but nothing Twistedpaw ever spoke to him about.

It probably had something to do with Ashfeather, but he never delved into topics that didn't pertain to him. Hearing that Wolffang seemed pleased that Twistedpaw didn't turn out like her lookalike confirmed his initial thoughts. It probably had something to do with guilt, Batglare's never thought about it before.

The news about Rosebriar didn't hit him much most likely due to his more distant relationship with Wolffang. Still, the wrongness of this made his stomach roll. He hoped the molly rotted in the dark forest.

The elder warrior waited patiently as the rest of the cats went through their emotions, and Wolffang's spirit faded. Leechscar was snapping out orders and Crowtooth looked ready for a fight. Batglare silently reminded himself to keep an eye on him and Leechscar during the battle. He couldn't get a fix on their mental state and did not want either one of them to be reckless.

His intense yellow-green eyes danced over to Deadpool who looked like she was in a daze. It worried him more than he liked and was glad that Leechscar decided to leave her behind. As he rose to follow the other two furies, he briefly leaned in to brush his flank against Dapplebreeze as he passed her. "Mind her." He grumbled softly for the she-cat's ears and glanced at Deadmoon. Out of everyone she had to be the most distraught about this as it was her kin she had lost and another who had caused it.

He knew Dapplebreeze would watch out for Deadmoon regardless of Batglare's request but it made him feel better asking. He pulled away to pad up behind Crowtooth. "Lead on," He urged Leechscar with a flicker of his ear.

@Rani [Crowtooth] @Undertaker [Leechscar] @Alchemist Kitsune [Dapplebreeze] @gs29513 [Deadmoon]