the winds change for better or worse [private]

ooc; this takes place a day or two before the Together at Last thread (which will mark a significant point for Barley's life)

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Barleytuft hoped that this day would go a little more smoothly than a couple of the previous days had. WindClan had settled back into the moor and begun reparations on camp, returning back to warrior life as smoothly as the wind changes direction. The first day Barleytuft had taken a rest to try to let his wounds from the dog fight heal. The second day, however, he had considered them healed enough and gone right back into his duties. He loved hunting; he had missed the feeling of the moor beneath his paws, even though the texture was somewhat changed from the moisture that had soaked into the ground. He returned to the duties he'd known all his life, surrounded by cats he'd known all his life - and new ones, too, but valued nonetheless. Within the first few days, one of Barleytuft's friends, Aspenpaw, fell to some lingering injury. Barleytuft was worried about something like that happening again to the tom, but he was in Briarpaw's skilled paws for the time being. The warrior had his own apprentice to think about.

He had taken a few days off of her training to allow them both to get used to being home, but after the incident with Aspenpaw Barleytuft feared he had been slacking with Gingerpaw's sessions. Aspenpaw was a skilled tom, but there was likely nothing he could've done to avoid his injury. What if he hadn't been so well-trained, though? He didn't want to think of it, so Barleytuft found his calico apprentice among camp. It was mid-morning and seemed as though it would be an overcast day, but the warmth in the air suggested thunder might roll through later and possibly bring more rain. It made Barleytuft anxious; he feared awakening in the morning with water about his face and paws again, but so far it had all remained solid as mud could be. The warrior managed a smile at his apprentice and meowed, "Good morning, Gingerpaw. How are you feeling this morning? Are you up for a training session?"