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JAGGEDSTONE:

He didn't really say much as he pawed after the she-cat, instead kept his head raised and his nose alert. He didn't usually venture onto the clan's territory in the middle of the day. Too many patrols, too many hunting parties, too much of a chance of getting caught, especially for a lone cat. 

He didn't voice his opinion. No doubt her family cared about her, but they likely thought her dead. and she would have been if he hadn't have drug her out of the river when he did. He ignored the prickle on his pelt t the memories of jeers and snarls from his own clanmates and just shrugged. 

Her question ripped him from his thoughts and he inhled again, this time catching th scent. The winds had shifted, putting them upwind, their scent carrying. His whiskers twitched and and stood beside the younger cat. "Perhaps it is your clan?" He suggested quietly.

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KESTRELHEART:

The winds changed its course, coming back into their faces and at first all Kestrelheart could smell was Magpiestar, who was right in front of her. She ignored the other scents the wind was carrying their way as their leader halted and spoke to them. She waited until he had finished and took a deep inhale before leaping after the elder tom. She could smell the river, the smell of fish and some scent markers that weren't far away. And then she smelled- She paused, stopping in her tracks in confusion as the cats around her meowed their own concern, but she didn't ear their worlds. Was it one of her brothers? It couldn't be hr mother, but for ome reason the smell brought back the memory of the nursery and roughing around with her sister. She shook he head, but it stayed, even over the smell of the unfamiliar cat.

"It smells like Hailpaw!" She exclaimed, not sure whether to believe her own nose or not. "It can't be!" She surged past the rest of the patrol and her leader, intent on proving her nose wrong. It couldn't be Hailpaw, Hailpaw was dead. 

Past the reeds she slammed to a halt when she caught sight of a familiar face, but was unable to find any words.