@necrobinical gently squishes batpaw. hes so adorable and i love that idea; stormbranch would gladly adopt him!!
also the starlight cave is very intriguing!! lavender wouldve been 10(? i think?) when the cave expedition happened, and i can imagine her interrogating paleshadow about what happened bc she Needs To Know and ending up with them talking at her about starclan for hours.
and, speaking of, depending on the cats chosen for the journey, lavender may try to argue for extra guards to accompany the traveling cats lol or if it's just dahlia i think she'd be just as stubborn as asterflash about tagging along to protect them!