Nightbird was a little surprised that she had caught up so quickly, seeing as she had a head start, but they were around the same age so it made sense. “I was going easy on you,” she huffed. Her pride wouldn’t let her admit that Hazelpaw was as fast as, if not faster, than her.
"Fine, thank you." Dustfur assured him, though she thought it might be bruised a bit. Not to worry. It would feel better by morning, she was sure. She was mostly was happy that she had impressed him, and though she kept up her usual guarded demeanor, her whiskers twitched with excitement.
"Tell that to your legs!" She teased, pulling away from her. Suddenly she stopped, sniffing the air. "Huh. I didn't know catmint grew here..."
"I know you're probably tired from battling, so you can head back to camp and get something to eat. Tomorrow, why don't you join the dawn hunting patrol? I'll be leading it."
Dustfur dipped her head in respect. "I'll be there, thank you." Then she started back to camp.
Flykit didn't hear Dustfur entering the tunnel and ran straight into her legs. "Sorry!" She squeaked
Dustfur almost tripped over that small kit. "Just be careful. You could have been hurt." She scolded.
"I wasn't going to leave camp, I swear!" She promised. "I just wanted to see what the tunnel looked like." She admitted, scufflimg her paws in the dirt
"Huh. Well in that case," Dustfur told her, "I'll just have to show it to you. Here it is." She motioned with her tail the tunnel they were in. Her whiskers twitched with amusement.
She laughed. "Well, I already knew where it was!"
