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Don’t compromise yourself - you’re all you have.

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Moss. Tigerrush had sent her to get some moss from Sunningrocks, it often grew close to water so she knew Sunningrocks would be a good place to start, a clever idea on Tigerrush's part. However, what she didn't expect was a warrior to already be there. "Hello Skyblossom." The apprentice called softly, there had been a brief time when Robinpaw and Skyblossom shared a suffix, but it had been... what two? three moons ago now? Regardless, that didn't give her reason to treat her better than any other cat.

"I'm just looking for some moss. Would you like to help me find some and carry it back to camp?" the mostly white calico suggested with a flick of her dappled tail. She hadn't had much time to chat with any other cats around her age recently, and while Skyblossom was older than her, she was only four moons Robinpaw's senior, they even shared the nursery briefly before Skyblossom graduated, and same with apprenticeship, but they didn't sleep in the same den this time.

Realising that she was getting sidetracked with her own thoughs, Robinpaw glanced back at Skyblossom with a smile. "We can talk all the will too, if you'd like." She offered gently, lifting her nose first to see if she could smell the moss around. Keeping her ears open for Skyblossom's answer

Don’t compromise yourself - you’re all you have.

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Robinpaw followed Skyblossom to the patch of moss and smiled up at her "You have a good eye." She praised gently before scooping out some moss of her own into a ball. "I think we'll need a few pawfuls, I don't think a battle is to be expected where we'd need them, but its always good to prepare for the worst and hope for the best." She added, answering Skyblossom's question honestly.

"You couldn't mind helping me take it back after this would you? If you can't that's more than alright too." Robinpaw added, it wasn't often that she had warriors helping her with herb collection duty, but it was nice to have it be Skyblossom of all cats. At least she was one of the kinder warriors in ThunderClan. That was nice to say the least.

With a twitch of her ear, Robinpaw pulled out another clump of moss with her paw and rolled it into a rough ball. Part of her wanted to complete this in silence, but she promised a chat to Skyblossom, so she was going to give her one. "How has hunting been going? I've seen good fortune in the fresh kill pile. But have you caught anything of note recently?" She asked softly, twitching the tip of her tail.

Don’t compromise yourself - you’re all you have.

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Robinpaw's good ear twitched faintly at Skyblossom's answer, "A three-legged rabbit?" She thought aloud, then let out a soft, amused sigh. "I'm sure that would have gotten you some funny looks, I know a few cats who would have thought you ate the leg before bringing it back." When she said it, Gingerthrash and Brindlespice were the first cats that came to mind. She knew that her great grandfather would find any old way to turn something into an argument for entertainment. But it wasn't really any of her business at the time.

At Skyblossom's first question, Robinpaw didn't need to think much of it before answering. "Training is going well, I have two moons before I earn my adult name." She murmured in response, she wasn't sure what she'd be named, she didn't know what name fit her, she would have asked Skyblossom but then she spoke again.

"Well, I've met them a few times now, Nettleplume of RiverClan seems a little distant to me." Robinpaw began as she rolled the current moss ball with her paw. "But I think he's a good medicine cat from what I've heard, just not a conversationalist I suppose." It wasn't like he needed to be, when it came down to it, words mattered very little to a cat who was injured or dying. 

She thought of the other medicine cats, WindClan and... ShadowClan, she had met Flutterdream before she passed and hadn't really known Frosteyes that well. She wasn't sure on them. "WindClan's medicine cat, Rowanglade is pretty nice, but she's serious, very duty bound, as a medicine cat should be." She replied softly, and now she had two apprentices, Muddypaw being taken under her wing after Flutterdream. She wondered if Muddypaw missed ShadowClan at all. Probably. "You'd probably need to ask Tigerrush about Frosteyes, I don't know her too well, but I know she came out of retirement to help ShadowClan when they were in need, so she must be selfless in that way." She added, it wasn't difficult to assume, just more of a hunch than anything else though.

Don’t compromise yourself - you’re all you have.

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At Skyblossom's addition to the conversation, Robinpaw's good ear perked with interest. She had thought of Nettleplume's intellect before, the silence hid something deeper beneath it, for sure. He did strike her as the silently intelligent type truly. "I suppose you've got the right idea." Robinpaw answered with a gentle twitching of her whiskers as she pulled the moss balls over to dry temporarily atop of the Sunningrocks. 

"I'm not sure what Moosestar will pick for me, but I have no doubt that it would be just as befitting as every other cat in ThunderClan. Some names gave her obvious hints to the cats the names were attached to, Bravesong, Wildcry, Gingerthrash, Dovethorn and Brindlespice to name a few, some were more abstract, but every name tended to fit each cat to perfection. She would hate to have that much pressure put upon her as a leader to think of things such as that.

Robinpaw listened as her possible names were spoken, at first, it made her wonder if other cats had any reservations of what she might be called and what of Finchpaw or Rimepaw? She wasn't sure but it was interesting to think about to say the least. "I think Skyblossom suits you well." She added with a light flick of the tail. The day was more peaceful than most, Robinpaw truly did hope it stayed that way.

Don’t compromise yourself - you’re all you have.

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Robinpaw was about to respond to Skyblossom's words before she travelled after colorful winged insect with kit-like glee. The medicine apprentice tilted her head as she watched the blue warrior disappear into the bushed and shrugged, there was nothing wrong with a warrior getting distracted when nothing came from it and nothing was at stake, if she was caught by a cat like Savagefox or Rimepaw... or anyone of the like on the other paw, she would get an earful from them, not her.

However... it would have been nice to have help returning the moss to camp. No matter. Robinpaw shoved as much moss as she could into her teeth to take back to her mentor, she would be able to come back for the rest soon enough, they may not need as much as they gathered, but moss was versatile stuff, if not used to clean wounds, elders with more  achy legs could drink from it, even kits could play with it. Versatile.

With moss in tow, Robinpaw made her way back to camp, tail tip twitching as she remained alert to her surroundings, she didn't need anything disturbing her trip back to camp, let alone Skyblossom's kit-like ventures. There wasn't enough joy in ThunderClan, even if it had been rather peaceful as of late.

[Robinpaw Exit]