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[b]"I think she will. Even if we've only seen her speak at Gatherings she seems level-headed enough to at least want more information before she makes a decision."[/b] Squirrelpaw's voice was quiet as she responded to Ashenpaw. Finchwing blinked warmly at her apprentice as they went to join Greenpool and Wolfheart at the entrance.

Wolfheart felt a little bit of the tension drain from his shoulders at Greenpool's words. Given everything going on right now trust was something that was sorely needed if they were to survive this. [color=0072bc][b]"Thank you, I appreciate that trust. The last thing I want is for anyone else to get hurt, or worse."[/b][/color] The idea of anyone else ending up like Russetfern made him want to be sick or drive his claws into something. No one else in the clan was going to go through the pain that Braveleap was right now, not if he had anything to say about it.

Amber eyes flickered across the two apprentices and Finchwing before he gave a nod and they all trotted into the forest. He kept to the forefront of the group and padded quickly through the trees. He found it somewhat difficult to ignore that sounds of twittering birds and the scuffling of small paws in the underbrush, but that wasn't what they were out to do. He kept his ears pricked for any noises past those of prey, thankfully hearing nothing, but pausing every so often to remark the borders as Jaystar had requested.

[b]"What's MistClan like?"[/b] one of his ears twisted back at Squirrelpaw's question, [b]"We've only met at the Gathering before and that isn't a super long time to get to know them."[/b]

[b]"Many of us have friends in MistClan and ThornClan both. There's been peace for so long it's hard not to. They're usually very warm and welcoming,"[/b] Finchwing responded. Hopefully they'll be that way when a bunch of BirchClan cats show up on their border.

He paused at the edge of their border with MistClan, looking out across the expanse of marsh and reeds. [color=0072bc][b]"It'd probably be best to wait for a patrol to come by. I don't think they'd appreciate us just traipsing into their camp with words of war."[/b][/color]