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Lynxkit had never been in the medicine cats’ den before, and the scents that filled her nose were why; there were so many, mixed up in each other- how did Kindleflare still have a sense of smell, living here? The she-cat wasn’t present at the moment, though, and that was what Lynxkit had been waiting for. She had no reason to be there- no ache or illness that required Kindleflare’s aid, just her curiosity that led to her slipping as sneakily as possible into the den. She paused in front of one of the piles of herbs lined up along a wall, leaning over to sniff at it- and then she sneezed, causing the neat pile to fly every which way.

Mousedung! Maybe if she slunk away quietly- nobody needed to know she’d done that. A freak wind, or some other nosy kit. Yeah. Definitely not her. Crouching low, Lynxkit made her way back to the entrance of the medicine den, only to stop dead when the very cat she’d hoped to avoid appeared in front of her. Putting on her very best ‘innocent’ face, Lynxkit tried to squeeze past. “Hi, Kindleflare- nice day, isn’t it? I think I hear Russetfall calling me; I should go see what he wants.”
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The ginger and white she-cat's tail waved in farewell to her parents as the pair curled up together for an afternoon nap. With a quiet sigh to steady herself, the LightningClan medicine cat felt herself slip out of a happier version of herself she so often put up in front of her parents, and back into a more worried sort. Both Darkcloud and Firebird were aging. Darkcloud could no longer hear as he once had, and Firebird's joints ached near constantly. All the signs were pointing in directions she didn't like. Put that alongside the fact Firebird so often tried to refuse the herbs that provided her some relief? Her thoughts weren't allowed to venture much further, for she ducked through the entrance of a den that had grown familiar to her and belatedly noticed a scent that was not meant to be here. Half-tripping to a halt, Kindleflare's ears perked up in alarm as her dark amber gaze attempted to adjust to the shift in lighting. Although she had identified an unfamiliar scent amongst those of the herbs, she couldn't figure out who it was due to the nearly overpowering medley. Luckily, the 'intruder' made themselves known, and the white-muzzled she-cat immediately placed the name Lynxkit. Still stunned and blinking at the scattered pile of herbs left in Lynxkit's wake, the healer almost let Firestar's kit escape without problem. Almost. Her healer's instinct reared its head, heart hammering wildly in her chest as she side-stepped (surprisingly firmly) directly into Lynxkit's path. "W-Wait, j-just... A h-heartbeat." She stammered, tongue catching on every word she attempted. With a rather pathetic clearing of her throat, and a shake of her head to accompany it, Kindleflare blinked down worriedly at the LightningClan matriarch's daughter. "L-Lynxk-kit, you d-didn't e-eat anything, d-did... Did y-you? I prom-mise I w-won't be m-mad if you did, I j-just need to... To kn-know." StarClan, what was it with kits and getting into her den unnoticed? Wasn't someone supposed to be watching them?!

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Her escape from Kindleflare's den was halted by the medicine cat stepping to her path, and Lynxkit paused, her stub tail giving a lash of frustration- honestly, why couldn't have Kindleflare waited just a minute more to return to her den? That was all the time Lynxkit would have needed to make her getaway and have nobody be the wiser about who had made the mess.

But mess seemed to be the last thing on the ginger-and-white tabby's mind, and the kit glanced back over her shoulder. Eat anything? "Ew, why would I do that?" she sniffed, and then remembered that she was all but admitting to it, and added, "I wasn't even near the herbs. I just went in to look for you, and you weren't there, so I turned around. I don't know how that happened. It was like that already."

Glancing back at Kindleflare with wide-eyed innocence, the kit peeked past her into the camp, wondering if she ought to try to run for it. She hadn't made that mess, so why should she be the one to help clean it up? Besides, going to play with the other kits was far more fun, anyway.
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The LightningClan healer gave an audible sigh of relief as Lynxkit indicated she hadn't eaten any of the herbs within Kindleflare's den. The medicine cat seemed to barely notice the herbs, instead focusing in on part of what the little she-kit had said. Although she shifted so she was no longer completely blocking the entrance, Kindleflare didn't exactly move out of Lynxkit's way just yet. With a slight tilt of her head, the ginger and white medicine cat cleared her throat again as her dark amber eyes skirted over Lynxkit's small figure, as though she might discern what it was that was bothering the young she-cat. "Y-You... You were l-looking for me?" She stammered uncertainly. "Is... I-Is everything a-alright? D-Does something.. H-Hurt?" Firestar would surely have her head if anything happened to one of her kits, so to the ginger she-cat Lynxkit's well-being was paramount. Realizing her current pose may come off as intimidating (although, another voice deep within told her that a kit as confident as Lynxkit would never find someone as pathetic as she was intimidating...), Kindleflare relaxed, sidestepping around the kit and freeing an escape route, if Lynxkit so chose to take it. Padding through the den to the scattered pile of herbs, she immediately began resorting them, not particularly caring how they'd come to be in such a state. This was something for her to do, something to keep her paws and mind busy so she was no longer stewing in a constant downward spiral of what-ifs, and potential soon-to-bes. "I-If s-something is b-bothering you, o-or someone y-you know... You c-can tell m-me. I m-might be a-able to h-help. O-Or... At the v-very l-least, I'm h-here t-to listen, which c-can in and of i-itself be... Be h-helpful to s-some." Lifting her dark gaze back to the kit, the healer offered a kind smile.

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Did something hurt? "No- I'm fine," Lynxkit replied, lifting a paw and licking it before rubbing it over her ear. "Everything's fine." She left it there, offering no extended reason as to why she'd been 'looking' for Kindleflare. Instead she just watched, head tipping to one side now, as the medicine cat moved toward the scattered herbs that -ahem- the wind had blown about, gently gathering them up into neat piles again.

She was talking again. Lynxkit flicked her ears, confused as to why Kindleflare was offering to listen if something was bothering the kit. She'd already said she was fine. Shaking her head, the kit refused the offer- she didn't need to talk about anything. Everything was great.

"Why do you stutter? Tigerkit does it too, when he's nervous. Are you nervous? What about? Nothing's wrong here." Bluntly, her curiosity driving her words, Lynxkit asked the question- never even considering that it wasn't a polite thing to ask, merely wanting to know why.
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