✦Pine dips beneath the undergrowth, stepping onto the pebbled shore of the little island. The feeling is unfamiliar under his large paws, which had long ago grown used to the sandy beach of the shipyard. He was not fond of change, was not fond of moving. But he was, however hard he'd tried not to be, fond of Torrent and Squid. He was fond of Brook and Lilac too.
He looks into the rippling surface of the river, watching his distorted face look back up at him. He thinks of his mate, Lily– would he be able to find his way back to her and their kits grave from here? He'd tried to keep track of the direction they'd walked, their relation to the sun, to the shipyard, mapping out where they'd rest. But he wasn't sure. It's strange. When he'd just buried them, he refused to leave them for days, weeks– he had to start moving further away to hunt, but he always came back, eating next to them, like if he kept doing this maybe they'd come clawing their way out, hungry and scared. It took moons before he finally ventured so far as to reach the shipyard. And now he's even further away… he can't help but feel he's abandoning them again, betraying them– he shakes his head.
Den materials. That's what he'd come for. The reeds behind him rustle, and he turns to see Brook approaching him, her expression determined. She'd left Rain behind in the ocean. How broken must she feel…? He can imagine it, but he does not know which words to say to comfort her.
"Brook," he says. "How are you feeling, after everything?" A beat. "After everything Pike said?"
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ooc: takes place just after rc first arrive at their camp and Pike tells them about riverclan.
@Brook <3 -
PINE, - 48 moons / riverclan + warrior
large brown tabby town
adopted guardian of Torrentpaw and Squidpaw / future mentor to Torrentpaw
healing and peaceful powerplay allowed