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"Nobody," Blue snapped, "And that's not your business, anyway."River gave him a blank stare. "I was coming to see if Night was already on his shift. I see he is not here." She cocked her head at him. "Who was that rooster?"
Blue dipped his head to the older rooster, though it seemed strained. "Just another ground-guard I was talking to. He... mentioned an unused fox den at the edge of our territory." Blue's lie was said so casually it was hard to think he'd made it up. These chickens need to stop poking into my business. What'd I ever do to them?(Vaast)
Riverfire fluffed his hackles and made his way over alongside River. "What's this I hear about some rooster?" His eyes flicked between the two of them in a mild suspicion. "Or maybe my hearing's just going bad."