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Rushkit sat looking around, quite overwhelmed by all the new sights since leaving camp for the very first time EVER. Their new, temporary, makeshift camp wasn’t much really, certainly it wasn’t anywhere near as protected as their old camp, at least in terms of living enemies. Apparently their old camp was horribly protected when it came to the water. It was much more open here, without the gentle burble of the camp stream always a quick listen away. It was somewhat unnerving actually. All his life, since he’d first been able to hear, he’d been able to hear the camp stream just outside the reed bed of the nursery. It was strange NOT to be able to hear it now.

His ears twitched forward, toward the direction he thought camp was, as if straining them might cause him to hear the comforting sound once more. He sighed and sat back on his haunches when that didn’t work. Oh well. He looked around again. The Clan wasn’t as separated right now, like back in their old camp. Eelpebble said they would be going back to the old camp as soon as the water went down again, but in the mean time, the queens, elders, and kits like himself were sleeping with the warriors and apprentices surrounding them. Everyone was basically sleeping altogether for once. And after the rush and stress of the evacuation, most every cat WAS asleep, save a few guards and maybe a hunting patrol that had gone out, but Rushkit wasn’t sure about that.

Anyway, he was much more interested in what lay BEYOND those sleeping warriors. He’d barely gotten a chance to get a good look at ANYTHING while Apricotpaw had been carrying him. They’d all been in such a hurry they hadn’t even LISTENED to him when he asked them to stop so he could get a better look at something. RUDE. He supposed he would just have to go find it on his own now. He glanced around, trying to decide the best way to go. It wasn’t like the warriors would let him go if they saw him… they had never let him leave camp before, so why would they now? He chose a route past his mother and sleeping sister, but as he came around his mother’s sleeping form he tripped over Icekit, who hadn’t known would be RIGHT THERE. He gave a small squeak as he fell face first over his brother and laid there, wide-eyed, hoping he hadn’t woken his mother and that no one else had noticed or it would be a while before he could try sneaking away again. And what about Icekit? He hoped he hadn't hurt him....

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I C E K I T

During the evacuation, Icekit had tried to look around and learn the sights outside of camp, but the sights were so new and he had hardly been aware of the world outside of the camp existing in the first place that by the time the Clan had reached this place, the kit fell asleep next to his mother without a second thought. The hustle and bustle of the other cats settling down had fallen on deaf ears, and the white kit slept soundly. At least, until Rushkit fell over him.

The sudden contact startled Icekit awake, and he quickly stumbled onto his paws, eyes wide and fur fluffed out until he figured out the cause of his sudden awakening. Upon discovering it was just his brother, white ears flattened and blue eyes glared at his brother for a second to properly express his annoyance before reverting to his usual ‘Curious~!’ expression. Their new camp wasn’t as comfortable as the old one, but the deaf kit liked this camp better: it was much more open than the old one had been, and he could see all the cats in the Clan. I forgot there were so many! It also let Icekit see that aside from him and his brother, most of the cats were asleep, including his mother, sister, and the giant white tom that had carried his sister out. Now that he was awake, that left his options for playing with other cats fairly limited, but that was alright: the best cats for that were his siblings, and one was clearly awake.

Now with a course of action, Icekit headbutted his brother lightly and scampered off a few steps, tail twitching playfully. He would just tackle his brother where they were, but he didn’t want to wake up the other cats. Maybe they should play on the edge of the new camp. Or explore the surrounding area! The idea was a little scary, but as long as the two stuck together, they should be fine, right? New plan in mind, Icekit scampered a little further to the imaginary boundary of the new camp and pawed at his brother. Let’s go look around!