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[center]Duskwing kept a close watch on the three loners as she led them towards the nursery. Hopefully the furtive glances that, presumably, the leader of the trio were more curiosity about being in a camp like theirs and nothing nefarious. She still hated the idea of allowing these strangers to stay without Fernstar being in camp, but she wasn't going to disobey a direct order from her deputy to keep an eye on them. She hoped the sense of paranoia she felt was tied to the fact that she was tired and concerned about her clanmates than anything actually being wrong. At least Maplestream had returned unscathed as far as she could tell. That was one less problem to worry about and meant that the warriors who were sent out to look for her could hunt or help guard the camp until their leader returned.

As the other two stepped into the nursery she fixed her gaze on Felix. She kept her face carefully impassive as the tom made a request to go out and hunt with them. They came running all the way here and now wished to go back out into the forest where they were just attacked? Hopefully the raccoons would've wandered off by now, but it still felt like a odd request given everything that had just happened. [color=f7941d][b]"The offer is appreciated, but that's not up to me. Stonefall is in charge and if he says you're to remain in the nursery then that is where you'll stay. You and your friends are still scraped up as well and it'd be unfortunate for any of those wounds to get infected."[/b][/color] She glanced over to where Sunfur, Stormheart, and Spidernose were gathering up to go out on patrol before looking back at the tom. [color=f7941d][b]"If Stonefall believes we need help he will let you know,"[/b][/color] she flicked her tail towards the nursery, [color=f7941d][b]"Make yourselves comfortable."[/b][/color][/center]

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[center]As Sunfur and Spidernose padded back over from the warriors den Stormheart blinked warmly at the she-cat as she stepped up next to him. [color=0072bc][b]"Oh, that's alright. Sunfur has been out just as much as I have and the clan needs to eat. I'm sure Blackpelt and Fernstar will be hungry when they get back."[/b][/color] He nodded in agreement, [color=0072bc][b]"It is a relief, I just wish we knew why she ran off in the first place. Not much, we tracked her scent over to the ravine where there were also some unfamiliar scents; like some cats had slept there. We also found a lot of broken branches with those same scents on them."[/b][/color] Come to think of it, what they smelled out by the territory was similar to what was in the camp now, as well as the trail they'd followed back. That was the whole reason they rushed back so quickly, otherwise they would've been out until the sun rose looking for Maplestream.

He turned to look at Spidernose, [color=0072bc][b]"Why's Duskwing guarding the nursery? We came back early because Sunfur was concerned about the scent trail leading in the direction of camp, and now she's posted there while we don't have any kits to protect."[/b][/color] He could make an educated guess; that whoever these strangers were that they smelled outside of camp had made their way here and that very thought made his fur want to stand on end. Their leader and medicine cat gone, possibly strange cats in camp, and they were about to leave again. Not that he didn't trust Stonefall and the other warriors capabilities but it was leaf-bare and things were difficult as is. He would express his concern, depending on what their deputy told them, but the decision ultimately rested with Stonefall.[/center]