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"To be a warrior is to be resilient, adaptable, and compassionate."

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"Okay" he said happily, ripping the rabbit in half. He pushed the bigger half over to Aspenberry happily. "So... Tell me about yourself" he said politely.

"To be a warrior is to be resilient, adaptable, and compassionate."

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Boldclaw sat down, "There isn't really anything interesting about me.." he said with a frown. "uh........" "You seem interesting", he said with a smile, taking a big bite out of his half of the squirrel. "Ouch" he said to himself somewhat quietly, itching his scars. "Do you want to do anything?"

"To be a warrior is to be resilient, adaptable, and compassionate."

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"Uh.. Can we do this another day, I am getting tired." Boldclaw didn't get much sleep last night, and the sleepiness just hit him.

'I am yet to understand my place in this world, but with you by my side, I know things just might be alright'
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Aspenberry looked a little taken aback at, what to her seemed like a sudden change in mood. He was the one who had approached her, yet now he wanted to leave? If he genuinely was tired the speckled she-cat could understand, but it all seemed a little abrupt to her. 'Uh yeah, that's okay. Are you alright?' 

Her voice was laced with concern, but it could be seen that she was a little upset as well. She hoped she hadn't done anything to upset her clanmate. 

'If you are tired you should go head to your nest. I don't think anyone will mind if you sleep a little earlier than usual' she suggested, knowing it was probably the best solution, and the most obvious one too. She flicked her pale green gaze over to her clanmate, watching him as he decided what to do. 

"To be a warrior is to be resilient, adaptable, and compassionate."

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"Uhm.. Don't worry, you didn't do anything to upset me, it's just" Boldclaw said with a smile as a wave of energy hit him, he started chasing his tail around in circles. and then the tiredness hit him again, "It's just-" He yawned. Boldclaw started stumbling around and slowly fell to the ground. He seems to have fallen asleep but it seems a little worrying with the mood swings and falling to the ground. He is breathing slowly. Is he unconscious or just sleepy?

'I am yet to understand my place in this world, but with you by my side, I know things just might be alright'
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With her clanmates sudden fall and change in mood yet again, Aspenberry couldn't help but feel as though something wasn't right. 'Boldclaw? You sure you okay buddy?' She said, rushing to his side to check him out. It was hard to tell whether he was conscious or not, but she didn't have time to work it out. While she had enjoyed dabbling in medical knowledge, she knew it was best to go get proper assistance. 'I am going to go find Piperpaw or Rowanglade, and no, if you are about to say you are okay, no you are not. I'm not hearing any complaints' she said briskly before rushing off over to the medicine den. Her fur puffed out with both stress and confusion. What in StarClan's name just happened to him?

Healing is a matter of time,
but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.

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Rowanglade was lounging near the entrance of the Medicine Cat’s Den, not far from the Fresh-kill pile, when Aspenberry made her way around to the Medicine Den. She rose to her paws, blue eyes sharpening in response to the demeanor of the warrior. ”What’s happened?” Her tone was all business. Expressions like the one Aspenberry was wearing never boded well.

'I am yet to understand my place in this world, but with you by my side, I know things just might be alright'
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'That's the thing. I don't know' she replied to her medicine cat with a little laugh. She didn't find the situation funny, but it was so unexpected that she was still processing. 'Boldclaw, he just... collapsed' she said, already guiding the way over to her clanmate, not waiting for Rowanglade's response. 

As she neared back to Boldclaw, she narrowed here eyes, she could still see the rise and fall of the tom-cat's chest. At least he was alive. 'We were just chatting. He had brought me some prey, and then mentioned that he got really tired. He said it so abruptly that I thought I had done something wrong, but a second later he had energy again, started chasing his tail and then just went out cold' she explained, hoping the dilute tortoiseshell had at least an idea to what had happened. Her emotions were conflicting with concern and irritation right now. What just happened exactly??

Healing is a matter of time,
but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.

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A chill flowed through Rowanglade before she dashed in the direction that Aspenberry had come from. A collapsed cat, especially a solidly built one like Boldclaw, was impossible to miss. ”BOLDCLAW!” Her voice was sharp and demanding, intense as she could deliver it. Then she prodded the tom forcefully on the shoulder. If he truly was unconscious he would go over easily with the amount of force she brought to bear on Boldclaw.

"To be a warrior is to be resilient, adaptable, and compassionate."

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Boldclaw's tail started twitching slightly, as his paws slowly started moving around. His eyes slowly opened to see Rowanglade towering over him. "wha- uh- uhh-" he murmured quietly, "who's there" "a- whaaaaa?!" he exclaimed, staring up in a confused manner. He started slowly turning his head to see Aspenberry, and then right back up at the lean tortoiseshell.

'I am yet to understand my place in this world, but with you by my side, I know things just might be alright'
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Aspenberry watched with both confusion and concern written over her face. At least Boldclaw was awake now, but she had a feeling that it she moved she would spook the tom into another fit. While Aspenberry wasn't overly old, living in the wild exposed you to a lot of injuries and sicknesses, but this was something she had never seen before. Her thoughts instantly ran to Brightmaple, Barelyswipe and Emberback. If something like this was contagious it would become increasinly dangerous, especially for Brightmaple and her upcoming litter. 

While she would leave the assistance to Rowanglade, her mind wandered towards what could help. In the back of Aspenberry's mind she couldn't help but think this might be something herbs will not be able to fix, but that doesn't mean you can't have hope. Maybe some energy inducing herb like rosemary might help in the short term, but other than that, Aspenberry was in the dark. She turned to face Rowanglade, giving her full attention to the medicine cat. Her tail tip twitched ever so slightly with anxiety, but other than that she seemed relaxed. 'Do you need any help. I can go get some herbs if you need?' she offered, already standing up, ready to do something. She wouldn't just stand there and watch. 

Healing is a matter of time,
but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.

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”I’d like rosemary and sage, please.” Rowanglade’s voice was quiet now as she leaned over to get a better look at the Boldclaw’s eyes before he turned towards Aspenberry.

Her eyes narrowed as she considered the possibilities. Excitable collapse, sleepiness in the daytime. Absolutely confused, now that he was coming around. ”Tell me where you are right now, Boldclaw.” Her tone was businesslike, devoid of the worry she felt internally. Her first guess would be a fit from not eating, but there had been no fit. He’d been still as the grave. That left only one thing, but it was impossibly rare…

"To be a warrior is to be resilient, adaptable, and compassionate."

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Boldclaw laid there frozen with shock. "uh... wha?" he murmured, "Where am i? I- I- I don't know......." he said with fear in his eyes. "I remember being dragged away by tw- t- two l- le- l- legs" he said, now shaking and twitching with fear.

Healing is a matter of time,
but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.

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”What happened was a hallucination, Boldclaw.” Rowanglade’s voice was gentle, as supportive as she could make it. ”We didn’t see anything like that. You collapsed for a moment, but now you’re awake. When you’re ready can you tell me about what you saw when you hallucinated.”

She chose her words carefully, working to bring the seal point tom around to his right mind. Theoretically it shouldn’t take long. And then the real information gathering would begin. Perhaps heat or honey shock. It couldn’t possibly be anything else. When one heard a caw they expected a black bird, not a white one.

"To be a warrior is to be resilient, adaptable, and compassionate."

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"A h-hallucination???" He asked, still shaken up. The thought hit him, "IT WASNT REAL?!?!?!?" He flew up in the air in surprise, still contemplating this idea. He started to stand up, "Okay, I'm just a bit shaken up, but the last thing I remembered was the face of Aspenberry, and then i woke up in a forest, with Two-Legs chasing me. They started to drag me away, and picked me up, and ran over to a river. They held me up, and threw me out into the water, but the weird thing is that i felt all of it as if it were real." He said, laying back down.

Healing is a matter of time,
but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.

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”That’s what makes a halucination so challenging.” Rowanglade’s voice was soft. Her mind had already shifted to the deep ramifications of this. ”You’ll need to be taken off warrior duties until we know if this was a one off or something that will happen again. We have to rule out a very rare condition before…” She trailed off, thinking about what it would mean for such a young tom.

She cleared her throat. ”Sleepswoon is so rare my mentor only saw a single case when she was an apprentice. Have episodes of extreme drowsiness happened before?”

'I am yet to understand my place in this world, but with you by my side, I know things just might be alright'
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Finally she had found the star-forsaken herbs. She knew exactly what rosemary and sage looked like, but it had been a while since she had made her way into the medicine den, and knew nothing of the organisation. Inspecting each herb with a sense of urgency, she picked out the plants once she recognised them. She didn't know how much to grab, so she just took as much as she could fit in her mouth of both, hoping it would do the job. 

She ran back over to Rowanglade, noticing the Bayflower was there too. Placing the herbs next to Rowangalde, she left the medicine cat to do her job for a second, turning to Bayflower. 'Bayflower, it's best we don't cause a panic within the clan. Can you try draw attention somewhere else while Rowanglade assists Boldclaw. I know it probably feels like I'm brushing you away, but if more cats start coming here with concern wanting to help, it's just going to make Rowanglade's job harder' she said to the black feline, almost wincing as she ordered them. She felt bad, but it was the right thing to do. 'Come find me if others start being nosy and you find it too overwhleming. If they don't listen to you, I'll make them listen to me'

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Boldclaw looks around in confusion "wha- what j- just happened?" he asked, sounding very confused, being half asleep and all. Still laying down on the grass, he looked up at Aspenberry, "Wait, what is happening?" He asked demandingly, scanning the area.

Healing is a matter of time,
but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.

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Rowanglade looked at the pointed tom, slipping and letting the worry drift into her eyes. The ongoing confusion was worrying. Problematic, even. She busied herself by pulling together the proper dosages of the rosemary and sage that Aspenberry had brought. ”What’s happening is that you’re going to take these herbs for me now that the hallucination has passed. Then we’ll help you to your nest in the Warrior’s Den.” She wouldn’t keep the uncomfortable twitch from her tail. This would be the end of his career as a warrior, and so young. But a cat who collapsed randomly was a danger to the rest of the patrol.

”Once you’re settled and have rested I’ll bring some more herbs and we’ll chat more about what’s going on.”