Wise Words Never Spoken (Open)

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Sootfoot glanced around the elders den. He was annoyed to realized that there was some fleas on his back. Even more annoying to him, he couldn't reach it.

Sootfoot glanced at the opening of the elders den. He hoped some apprentice would come and deal with the fleas on his back.

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Shadepaw quietly poked his head through the lichen covering the elders den. He nodded at Sootfoot.
"Good morning," He mewed, slipping inside. The black apprentice was trying his best to sound respectful. As he got older, his mind had developed, and he realized how much these cats actually had worked. He no longer thought of them as useless, weak elders. He thought of them as warriors that had been loyal to their Clan for a lifetime, finally settling down to let the new generation take over. He resolved to be respectful, as Sootfoots and his last encounter hadn't gone so well.
"Is there anything you need me to do?" He asked quietly and meekly, sitting down a little bit away from the only elder of the Clan.

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Sootfoot yawned. He stared at the black apprentice, an icy look in his eyes. Not one to like Shadepaw, Sootfoot decided to ignore. but then again, since Shadepaw was here... "Hmf. If you really want to be of use, go bother the medicine cat and ask her for something to cure my back pains," Sootfoot answered. Then, without anything more to say, the grey tom curled up, pretending to sleep.

@pawsfun

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Shadepw nodded and slipped out, quickly returning with the said herb. He approached the cat with hesitation. Would the elder like it if he treated him? It was hard to tell. Last time he had approached the elder, tensions had quickly formed.
"May I?" He gestured to the elder with his tail.

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Sootfoot glared at tge apprentice. "My back pains aren't gonna disappear anytime soon!" Sootfoot growled. He looked at the herb. The comfrey was chewn up a bit. That was how ut was suppose to be. He beckoned for Shadepaw to bring it to him. While that happened, his back pains were growing more painful. He winced at the pain as it increased tremendously in size. He leaped to his paws and grabbed the herbs. Returning back to his nest, Sootfoot slowly started eating the comfrey.

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Shadepaw was quite baffled, though he didn't show it. Their last encounter had been last pleasent, mostly due to the fact that Shadepaw had immedietly started approaching the black elder. This time he waited, and the elder still snapped at him! Perhaps elders were just plain… disagreable?
Shadepaw shook his head of thoughts, blinking as Sootfoot snatched the Comfrey from the black apprentices mouth. He watched with a respectful expression as the elder ate the herb.
"Should I leave now? The black apprentice asked mildly.

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Sootfoot growled an obvious yes. Of course Shadepaw should go! That apprentice was one of the most annoying ones, only goof for changing moss in such. Youngins. No respect or brains. Not a surprise. The grey tom licked his paws and clened his fur a bit. Sootfoot yawned loudly and curled up into a ball and fell asleep once more.

@pawsfun

[Specklebird]

ooc: mind if I join in?

silverice was curled in her nest her eyes closed, but her ears were pricked listening to the other cats. when the apprentice mentioned that he should leave she open her eyes slowly pretending to have just woken up from a deep sleep. the shadows on the corner where she was sleeping blocked out the light making her blind eyes reflect the light from the brighter parts of the room. her eyes fixed on where she thought the apprentice was, she breathed in his sent, and mewed "shadepaw isn't it? yes yes I remember you cleaned out our nests a few days ago" she smiled, it was a friendly smile, for she was much less grumpy than most of the other elders. she was in fact almost half most of their ages having been forced to retire to an elder because of her blindness.

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Sootfoot watched the younger cat with little interest. From what Sootfoot knew, Silverice had just recently moved into the elders den, an arrangement which disagreed with the older tom, as he liked his peace. Before Silverice, old Sootfoot was the only elder. Not at all lonely, of course. He felt very cross, something quite nasty started forming in his mind. Instead, however, Sootfoot replaced it with a more appropriate comment. "It`s a pity that couldn`t have been his last apprentice duty concerning my nest," Sootfoot growled.