Before the last words had left her mouth, a fluffy, pale-furred tom bolted out from the nursery. Thrushnose squinted at him. Harrierkit…no, Starlingkit? Without a scent to pick up on, she couldn’t tell which of the twins this was. The tomkit’s excitement wasn’t much of a clue, either; both Harrierkit and Starlingkit were due to become apprentices before sundown. She stared a moment longer, then with a shake of her head redirected her attention to the crowd as a whole. “One of our kits has reached the age of six moons; today, he will become an apprentice. Starlingkit, step forward.”
This, she could be certain of: the kit who approached the Highrock was Starlingkit. “From this moment on, until the day you earn your warrior name, you will be known as Starlingpaw.” She paused, then, gaze shifting to a brown-and-white tabby pelt among the warriors. Two rambunctious apprentices in less than half a moon. She didn’t doubt Kestrel could handle it, but from what she’d heard, Starlingpaw was one of the nursery's biggest pawfuls. “Kestrelswoop will be your mentor. I trust him to pass everything he knows on to you.” With that done, she began the careful climb down to the sandy earth below.
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