Sweet poison

[Luna16]

Hemlockleaf was genuinely taken off guard when Blueberrybird snapped back at him. Usually, she'd just let him say his peace and leave. She very rarely got upset enough to snap at him. He blinked, trying to process what just happened before he could even get to thinking about her question. But once the shock wore off, his own anger surged. "How dare you!" He growled. "You have absolutely no right to question me like that! Despite your best efforts, she was my sister in the end! You don't get to decide how I miss her!" By the end, he was spitting in his outrage. He wasn't even totally sure what they were talking about anymore, only that the words from both parties seemed old... Like prey that had been sitting at the bottom of the prey pile and festering for moons, turning all it touched to rot and crow-food.

He didn't know how, but this seemed to be the moment where they were finally lashing out with old feelings. Things that have gone unsaid for too long. Were they actually getting to the root of the problem? Hemlockleaf doubted that was actually possible. There was no way for them to sort things out between them. Because no matter what, Magpiepaw is still dead. And he would never get that time back.

[ @Hushfalls - sorry for the delay!]