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Stormstrike's whiskers twitched in faint amusement as he watched his apprentice lay into his brother. She was a bit of a spitfire at times that was certain, but he enjoyed mentoring Oakpaw. She was a challenge and a fun young cat to be around. He was just glad that he didn't get stuck with Barkpaw. The tom meant well, but he was a stubborn as the sun was set to rise. He had to wonder what Smokestep's kits would be like when they were apprentices, it was amusing to think about. He would love to mentor one of them, but he wasn't sure Coyotestar would allow it.

He returned his brother's greeting with a faint grin and Hawkshadow nodded his broad head in response. [color=8493ca][b]"Alright, let's go."[/b][/color] He turned and pushed his way through the woven fronds and gorse that made up the entrance to camp and lifted his head to wind that raced across the open fields. [color=8493ca][b]"We're checking the BreezeClan border. Coyotestar wants to make sure they don't get any ideas."[/b][/color] 

They kept a decent pace and once they crested over one of the rises of the plains he looked down to where the grasses gave way to the beach. If he squinted hard enough he almost thought he could see BreezeClan's camp nestled away in the rocks and driftwood that made up the shore. How they could stand to live so close to the ocean was beyond him. He was pretty sure some of them even dove into the rough waters to try and fish. The thought made him shudder.

As they stepped over and down the hill he turned to Oakpaw, [color=8493ca][b]"What can you smell on the wind?"[/b][/color] They were on patrol and he wanted to keep her senses sharp. 

With the two other cats on patrol distracted Hawkshadow turned to Smokestep. His large paws cut through the grass with ease as he kept up with the others. [b]"Congrats on all three kits opening their eyes,"[/b] his green eyes were warm, [b]"Always great to have new little ones in the camp. Won't be long before they're tumbling over and under everyone's paws."[/b] A purr rumbled his chest, but he kept his eyes trained towards the beach as the approached the border.

The smell of BreezeClan was strong on the wind and given the flat land they were on it was easy to see the border patrol on the opposite side. Stormstrike had hoped that they would miss the other clans dawn patrol and he bit back a sigh as he realized that they were probably going to have an encounter. He just hoped that it would be a civil one.