"Sharing tongues?" Rusty spoke, pawing on the ground."Clan cats always spend time grooming each other and sharing news of the day," Whitestorm spoke to him. "We call it sharing tongues. It is a custom that binds the members of the clan together." Rusty looked at whitestorm, and then he noticed the Clan looking at him. The Clan noticed his forigen scent, Some looked unsure at this kittypet, while others looked curiously at him. Suddenly, shy of meeting any cat's gaze directly, Rusty looked around the clearing. It was edged with tick grass, dotted with treestumps, and a fallen tree. A thick curtain of ferns and gorse shielded the camp from the woods.
"Over there, " meowed lionheart, flicking his tail towards an impenetrable-looking trange of brambles, "is the nursery, where the kits are cared for." Rusty swivelled his ears toward the bushes. He couldn't see through the knots of prickly branches, but he could hear the mewling of several kittens with their mother's from somewhere inside. As he watched, a ginger-she cat wantout the small gap in the front of the den. This must be of the queens, he thought. A tabby queen with distinctive black markings appeared around the bramble bush. The two she-cat exchanged a friendly lick between ears before the tabby slipped inside the nursery, whispering to the squealing kits. "The care of our kits is shared by all of the queens," meowed Lionheart, "All cats serve the Clan.
Loyalty to the Clan is the first law in our warrior code, a lesson you must learn quickly if you wish to stay with us. " " Here comes bluestar, " meowed whitestorm, sniffing the air. Rusty sniffed the air and recognised the scent of the pale blue grey she-cat a moment before she appeared from the shadow of a large boulder that was near them at the head of the clear, "He came", bluestar purrs, addressing the warriors.
Whitestorm replied, "Lionheart was convinced he would not." Lionheart twitches his tail, whitestorm looked at him with a content looked
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