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[Battooth]

Bear chuckled softly at Crystalrose's questions. "You were born a bit after I brought Maplestar in," he meowed. "When I first brought Maplestar, Blazingstar allowed me to see him once every few days, just to see how he was growing. We had talked it over and decided that it would be best if I came at night. He covered my trail after I left. The only other cat who knew I was there was Maplestar's foster mother. As to your second question, I did see you then. I managed to see you when you were a quarter moon old. And yes, you were very cute. Even an old tom like me could see that." He purred to himself, amused by Crystalrose's question.

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A quarter moon old. Interesting. Crystalrose's ears pricked up and she purred with delight at Bear's response. As he said the words "foster mother," however, she began to wonder. "Who was the foster mother of Maplestar -- or kit?" Crystalrose asked, curiousity burning within her as she asked the question. Indeed, she wanted to know. "And why did she agree to nurse him?" she added, although one of the most probable reasons was because Blazingstar had told the queen to take Maplekit in and she had abided since he had been her leader.

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"All right, Crystalrose," Ivorywing cut in gently, nudging the cream-colored she-cat lightly with her paw. "I think it's time to leave Bear to rest for a little while. You can come back and bombard him with questions later," she meowed, her voice soft, but with a sense of firmness, since she took taking care of each and every patient seriously.

Meeting Crystalrose's chocolate brown gaze, Ivorywing saw the sense of longing and hunger for questions to be answered. She nodded knowingly, but simply kept her ground. The ivory colored she-cat herself had once felt the hunger of wanting the answers to questions that she didn't have the mind for knowing. Her mentor had told her almost everything she had wanted to know, but there were still things out there that she didn't quite understand.

Finally, Crystalrose broke the gaze and gave a slight dip of her head. "I'm sorry for plaguing you with so many questions, Bear," she meowed respectfully before turning and padding out of the medicine cat's den, thoughts flitting about wildly in her mind as she tilted her head in different positions over and over again as she tried to answer all the questions and ponderings that were floating about in her mind now.

Ivorywing turned back to Bear. "Now. You should probably get some rest, to tell the truth. You're not exactly all too young, if you know what I mean," she meowed in a slight teasing tone. "Just call me if you need me." With that, the she-cat padded out of the den behind Crystalrose.

ooc; Ivorywing && Crystalrose to EarthClan Camp.

[Battie]

Bear nodded to Ivorywing, understanding perfectly- if not happily. "I'm not that old!" he meowed grumpily. "Talk to me anytime Crystalrose."

He settled down, hoping to get some sleep, but it wouldn't come to him. He shifted positions, but could never get comfortable enough to fall asleep.

Finally, he heaved himself to his feet. He slipped out of the medicine cat's den and into the camp, sticking to the edges of camp so as not to be noticed easily. He felt slightly better with Ivorywing's treatment, but he knew he'd have to go back to her den soon.

{Movin' Bear to EARTHCLAN'S CAMP}