Stranger Crusaders

Flintshard's freedom had been short lived - it seemed being named deputy had resparked Mothglow's interest in keep an eye on him and now she was even more determined to make sure his leg healed fine. He laid sprawled out in the nest that he had claimed as his own during his stay in her den, his scarred leg stretched out to let the medicine cat poke and prod at it while his chin rested on his other leg. He listened dutifully to her ramblings...If only because it seemed impossible to ignore her, his focus seemingly trained on whatever sounds caught his ear. His eyes were closed as he simply let the medicine cat tend to her duty, hearing the sound of approaching paws but hadn't bothered to open his eyes until the familiar voice of his mother spoke up. The sight of the leader caused him ease as he straightened up, sitting a bit awkwardly as he didn't want to retract his leg until Mothglow was done looking it over. "Of course," he meowed with a nod, perhaps a little relieved to have a chance to get out into the territory. With Mothglow being with them, it would also be a chance to show how well his leg was healing in action...And hopefully spare him from many more of these visits but he did somewhat doubt that being the case.

"We have more than enough twigs," Mothglow replied good-naturedly. "It's herbs we could use more of. But it's definitely a good idea to stock up some more. I don't want to have to inconvenience any of the other medicine cats by requesting any of theirs until there's no other choice," she added. She considered each of the other medicine cats a friend in their own right, but they had clans to provide healing for just like her. "Besides, I can still hunt living prey perfectly fine!"

One of the things that saddened her about the creeping chill was, admittedly, that she'd need to spend more time gathering herbs than before. In the warmer moons, she'd enjoyed hunting for herself alongside her herb trips - a reminder that she hadn't always been held to plants, or to the stars, any more than any other warrior - but with the scarcity of herbs in leaf-bare it was becoming more important to place the stock of the herb stores above all else.