A s h c l o u d . . .
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F e r n f u r . . .
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W i l d f l o w e r . . .
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S m o k e f u r . . .
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P a l e - e y e . . .
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N e t t l e k i t . . .
Nettlekit tugged away from her mother and opened her eyes. They were a lovely, rich, deep teal color, and shimmered up at her mother and father as she mewled gibberish. Hello? I want to get out! I want to go! Her tiny claws slid in and out of her paws as she batted her mother's belly. Ashcloud was very approving of this exercise, but the speckled queen was distant to most of her kits, looking at them with almost wistful eyes. Nettlekit stumbled out of the nest and crawled around, staggering over to Nightshade and curling herself around one of his monstrous paws, a simple scrap of dark brown tabby fur against his giant black foot. She'd heard the name of this tom so many times in her mother's sleep, and was constantly trying to process how to say it, when to say it, and why to say it. She felt a strong bond to this large ebony cat curled around her mother's warm body. She knew he was also a part of her life, but didn't know how major just yet. Nettlekit peered up at him with her enormous eyes that would remind anyone of an owl's. She was about to speak her first word. And when she did, it was not a squeak, nor was it a squeal. It was a meow. A firm, attention-calling, somewhat mature for her young age kind of a meow.
"Nightshade."
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F e r n f u r . . .
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W i l d f l o w e r . . .
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S m o k e f u r . . .
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P a l e - e y e . . .
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N e t t l e k i t . . .
Nettlekit tugged away from her mother and opened her eyes. They were a lovely, rich, deep teal color, and shimmered up at her mother and father as she mewled gibberish. Hello? I want to get out! I want to go! Her tiny claws slid in and out of her paws as she batted her mother's belly. Ashcloud was very approving of this exercise, but the speckled queen was distant to most of her kits, looking at them with almost wistful eyes. Nettlekit stumbled out of the nest and crawled around, staggering over to Nightshade and curling herself around one of his monstrous paws, a simple scrap of dark brown tabby fur against his giant black foot. She'd heard the name of this tom so many times in her mother's sleep, and was constantly trying to process how to say it, when to say it, and why to say it. She felt a strong bond to this large ebony cat curled around her mother's warm body. She knew he was also a part of her life, but didn't know how major just yet. Nettlekit peered up at him with her enormous eyes that would remind anyone of an owl's. She was about to speak her first word. And when she did, it was not a squeak, nor was it a squeal. It was a meow. A firm, attention-calling, somewhat mature for her young age kind of a meow.
"Nightshade."