whistle while you work [c]

Thymepaw didn't quite enjoy wandering the lake territory on her own, not because she didn't enjoy the sights, but because she was unfamiliar with her surroundings. She enjoyed taking time out of her day to appreciate the scenery that nature provided, but she also had to be realistic. New territory meant the possibility of new dangers, and although she had been a warrior apprentice before being deemed a medicine cat, she still wanted to take precautions. She needed a companion. Asking Bearpaw to come along with her to look for herbs made the most sense for convenience's sake, but she wasn't interested in asking him. They'd get the job done, but they'd both be unhappy doing it considering the fact that Bearpaw disliked her and Thymepaw wanted to give him the space he so clearly wanted.

On the bright side, this would give her the chance that she had been looking for to get to know some of the other warriors. She went over the SkyClan roster in her head, focusing on cats that she hadn't spoken closely with before. Well, there was Lightningbreeze. She seemed sweet. Stoneheart and Stoatclaw both seemed to be approachable. Definitely not Sunfire. Ah, what about Ambersun? Thymepaw knew that she had been given some herbs a while ago to help combat her illness, so she wasn't quite sure if she was fit enough to attend... but there was no harm in asking. She scanned the camp before graciously approaching the she-cat with a hopeful smile on her maw.
"Ms. Ambersun! Might I trouble you to help me collect some herbs? It's okay if you aren't feeling well enough. I just didn't want to go out alone." The apprentice explained, flicking her tail as a silent greeting.