"It is the code." Jadeheart said. She didn't want to argue with her mate. She could tell if he wasn't grieving, he would see her side.Fallingrain let out a snarl, "This is not fair, Icepaw and I lost the same thing! He is getting punished for an act of grief, that is unjust."
"All right," Dropspring said. "What makes you such a rat expert? Makes one think an apprentice is sneaking off." He stopped himself. He was an apprentice himself once and Flamepaw had been braver than him. (She had also been a tom though, so that might have been part of it.)"So the rats wouldn't kill us. Emberfeather's scent picked up just outside here, let's follow it."
"The code," Auburnstar said. "Two would not have gone if we had followed the code." If we had followed the code, Luna also wouldn't be here."His whole family! Not one but 3 cats! That's greater and apprentices grow no closer to their mentors, family wins!"