#speckleback

[follyart]

Are you?

[needleclanclangen]

🌸 for speckleback!

🌸 - how did your character grow up? were they loved by their family? did they have a good or bad childhood?

Speckleback was just like any other loner in the forest. He was pushed out on his own, broke a bone and had to recover it himself using the cobwebs around him, wandering around and maybe occasionally helping others- wait what do you mean some of that isn't normal

his childhood was okay other than the fact that his dad was not the greatest and didn't meant to have a kid at all, i would think.

Daisyshadow and her kits gets him a little jealous, which is why he latched onto Goldpaw and Batpaw, despite them being five moons and all.

[needleclanclangen]

MOON 9 - SICK

It was a persistent cough. It would flare up when he hunted, causing the prey to escape from his grasp instead of being fully caught. It caused him to stop moving in order to sneeze, which left him wheezing due to his lungs.

The moment he realized it wasn't a one day thing, he went to Speckleback. Speckleback regarded him as a friend, but the moment his cough started, Speckleback went from happy to very, very worried.

His lungs. His time struggling to get good air from the water left them damaged for the rest of his life, he knew that. No matter what breathing exercises he did, he was always a bit winded at things he had spent his whole life being good at.

"It'll pass, won't it?" Whiskershadow meowed, sniffling a little bit.

"We don't know that." Speckleback hissed, sorting through his slowly growing pile of herbs. Whiskershadow didn't comment, but he did smile. Speckleback turned to glare at Whiskershadow. "Lay down. You will need rest."

"I'm not as bad as Riverpaw was!"

"You'll get there with how your lungs look!" Speckleback hissed, then breathed in. "... apologies. You know that, don't you?"

Whiskershadow glanced away. He did. The slight wheeze to his breathing. The reports of him snoring when that had never been an issue before. 

Riverpaw had recovered. He hoped to do the same.

Whiskershadow made a 'mrrp?' sound of surprise when Speckleback placed his chin on his head, sighing.

"We need you."

Whiskershadow didn't respond for a few moments. He bumped his head up, rubbing against Speckleback.

"I'll be better."

I hope.

Events Referenced: Whiskershadow gets sick with whitecough. Speckleback gets worried because of his weaker lungs.