#aygig

[mallowstep]

Crookedstar stood on his hind legs, bring his front paws down on Oakheart’s shoulders. “I am nothing like Rainflower!” he said. “I’m acting in her best interests.” The breath knocked out on him, his face pressed into the mud of RiverClan camp, Oakheart struggled out, “I’m sure that’s what she thought, too.” (For a moment, he wasn’t thinking of their mother.)

anywhere you go, i go

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[mallowstep]

"Afflicted?" Crookedstar said. It's a euphemism they've never liked. It was used to describe Rainflower's treatment of Crookedkit. Oakheart had always found it a coward's way to describe uncaring.

anywhere you go, i go

tfw ur culture justifies away the neglect of your mother