Justified [Brindlepaw]

Brindlepaw had been in the camp for most of the morning, enjoying the sunshine and a few hours of time to herself. She had not slept much the previous night due to a stomach ache and once she'd heard the dawn patrol leave she had left the medicine cat den to get some fresh air. Maybe that would help her stomach ache - she would feel bad if she used their precious herbs and was just hoping that it would go away.

Eventually she decided to head back to the medicine den and she was sitting down gazing down at the herbs, trying to name them all, when she heard the voice of Aspenstar. The apprentice's first thought was that something had happened and she was needed so quickly she turned around to face the leader but let out a deep sigh of relief when she realised that everything was fine and the older she-cat simply wanted to share tongues. It surprised her that Aspenstar wanted to share tongues with her but nevertheless, Brindlepaw nodded her head. "I'd love to," the seven-moon old responded, sitting down and looking at Aspenstar.

Her stomach ache hadn't gone yet but maybe eating something would help. She'd be able to get to know the leader a bit too, even if she did feel somewhat timid. Aspenstar, Brindlepaw had been told, was her mother's former mentor and the pair were close, or so she gathered. That meant that Aspenstar must be nice and with that, Brindlepaw smiled at her. "How's your day been so far?" she asked, thinking it was polite to ask her.

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At Aspenstar's question, Brindlepaw found herself nodding quite eagerly. "Yeah, I love it!" she answered rather loudly, forgetting about her slight nervousness for a moment. "Mintnose is a good mentor," Brindlepaw informed the leader, smiling as she did so. It was the truth as well as she felt the pair of them got along well so far. Sure, she hadn't been his apprentice for long but it was long enough for her to know that she liked him. "I'm sure the stress will be less and less once you get more used to it," she added, realising that she hadn't answered the she-cat's earlier words and not wanting to seem like she had ignored her to talk about herself.

Her eyes went onto the rabbit placed in front of her and she gave it a little sniff. She didn't feel like eating but it seemed impolite not to when Aspenstar had been so kind as to bring it to her. She took a few bites and forced herself to swallow it, still feeling queasy and hoping that it wasn't obvious she wasn't feeling her best. "Thank you for bringing me the rabbit," Brindlepaw meowed gratefully to the leader. "Make yourself comfortable!" she said, wanting to make Aspenstar feel comfortable in the medicine den, smiling after she had spoke.

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Aspenstar's words made her jump and she found herself looking into the older she-cat's similar green eyes. She wondered what had made the she-cat say that and realised that she must have made it obvious that she didn't particularly want the rabbit. Her gaze moved off of the leader's and she looked downwards somewhat apologetically, wondering if Aspenstar would be cross at her for not saying that she hadn't wanted it in the first place. "Sorry, I'm just not feeling my best," Brindlepaw eventually confessed. Despite her concern for irritating Aspenstar, she did feel somewhat relieved that she didn't have to try and eat it anymore. She hadn't been enjoying it since she didn't feel great and she was sure that somebody else would be more grateful for it.

When Aspenstar mentioned the moonstone, she shook her head. "Nope but it sounds beautiful from what I've heard," she meowed, her eyes widening when she realised that the leader would have been there to receive her nine lives. "What's it like?" Brindlepaw asked, realising that she had asked an awful lot of questions and feeling kind of bad about it. It was just the first time she went she wanted to know what it would be like and make the visit special, one that she would always remember as she grew older. Plus it was out of their clan's territory and she often wondered what the habitats were like that surrounded their home. She always had been rather curious.

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notes: not the best post i'm afraid!

She looked at Aspenstar and nodded her head at her words, deciding that if she didn't feel better then she would take the she-cat's advice and ask Mintnose for some herbs. She would wait a little first though as she would prefer for it to go by itself as it meant that her clanmates could have the herbs instead. Maybe having a drink would help, or just sitting in the camp for a little while. "I will ask him," she said to the leader, glancing around the den for a moment and noticing that a few leaves had gotten into the den and brushing them out with her paw.

When she heard Aspenstar answering her question about the moonstone, she turned to look at her once more and listened. From Aspenstar's description, it sounded just as beautiful as she had imagined. Mintnose would be with her and she was sure that there had to be at least another medicine cat apprentice who had never been to it. "I bet Mintnose has been to it loads of times," she said, wondering what his description of the moonstone was like and deciding that she'd ask him too, glad that when she went to it for the first time he would be with her.

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