Stemstone quietly flayed the snake he was munching on, lost in thought. Si' was so distressed when he saw him last...was he okay? The thought of his...
friend was so prevalent in his mind that he couldn't even fully enjoy the pretty skin of the snake he was flaying. Tracing the pattern on the scales absentmindedly with a paw while he ate at the snake itself. An ear twitched at the sound of a voice, blinking as he looked up and swallowed. He hadn't even noticed the other tom near him!
Stemmy recognized the warrior as a denmate, but couldn't fully recall the name. Right now, most of his thoughts were still focused on Silentpaw...so much so that his own usual arrogance and ambition were thrown off center.
"Y-Yeah." He answered, huffing out a chuckle as he casually waved his tail. Trying to pass things off.
"Just gotta lot on my mind is all. Plans and the like." Thinking thoughts. Nothing to see here.
That was a disaster. He was usually better at downplaying his thoughts, but when it came to Silentpaw...especially what his friend said to him when they last spoke.
But it's impossible... He shook his head, mostly to himself, before eating more of his snake. Can't think about that right now, Stem! He nodded to the tom's shrew.
"That's a nice one there." He commented.
"It's gotta nice pelt I mean. I'm a...bit of a collector." He chuckled a little awkwardly as he patted his latest snake skin, a prideful grin forming on his maw immediately. This was one thing he took great pride in, and no amount of troubled thoughts would get between Stem and his pride. It never occurred to him some cats mights think flaying and collecting things like skins and furs might be weird...but he frankly didn't care either.
He thought it was cool, that's all that matter to him.
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[StuMacher] - Havenlight - sorry this was delayed! }