(XD)(Why... why is Brokenwing literally me XD)
Lostpaw kinda let himself fade into the background next to Brokenwing as everyone took turns praising and striking up talk around them. While no one really focused on him as Brokenwing was now the center of attention, his fur still crawled with discomfort at all the cats around them. He glanced around and his eyes locked on his mentor's. Bramblefur seemed to be regarding him and Brokenwing with a usual unimpressed glare. Lostpaw was quick to glance away, looking to his paws to quietly listen to the cats talk around him.
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Canopypaw gave a long stretch before she straightened to her paws. She glanced around her den for a moment before she nodded. "Yeah, I need some horsetail and marigold." She paused before tilted her head. "Horsetail is out in the Pineclan area, I say we should just get marigold and sneak off to Warming Shore for a bit." She crippled leg was a bit achy and the thought of the warm stones against it made her plan sound all the more good to her, it wasn't like they immediately needed Horsetail anyways.
Willowstar listened in interest to Nettlepaw's run through of the clan's health. She felt some pride in the knowledge that the apprentice had been so well trained by Ashstripe. "Your apprentice is right, the clan is very healthy right now, everything is going back to being quiet for once." She then smiled more relaxed as she added. "You've trained Nettlepaw well, sooner or later you'll have to give her that medicine cat name of hers if she keeps this up."
Brokenwing shrunk back, slowly backing away and slipping away almost unnoticed as the clan's praise died away. She spotted Lostpaw sitting alone, his shoulders hunched and head down, his skinny frame closed almost closed off. She approached him slowly, hesitating. She didn't say a word, only sat down, curling her tail around her paws in silence, just feeling the warmth of the sun while sitting next to Lostpaw.
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"That'd be nice," Ravenpaw meowed, copying Canopypaw's stretch, though she over dramatized it by stretching her legs out as far as possible, before bouncing back up. Without waiting she dashed from the den, before pausing, realizing Canopypaw wasn't quite so fast. "Come on, lets go!"
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Nettlepaw couldn't help but smile a little, ducking her head. "I'm just doing my duty to my clan, Willowstar."