Lightning Crashes

He couldn’t help but feel a twinge of envy, watching his mother soothe his loathsome sister. The thought of leaving his sister alone with their mother frightened him because there was a very real chance that she would tattle on him while he was gone, but on the other paw if he didn’t help his mother he would let her down. “Okay!” He said with an admittedly worried breath and then turned and dashed clumsily back to the herb den.

Lying to his mother had made him feel…weird. It made his stomach twist painfully and to some extent he felt as though she didn’t believe him. That hurt to think of but what it ultimately meant was that lying to his mother was pointless.

He reached the herb den and after a few minutes of searching, found the bark. He had no interest in herbs or in healing but there was only one kind of bark in the den and even though he had rolled his eyes and allowed his mind to wander as Storm attempted to teach them the basics of healing he knew it had to be the herb she needed and turned to run back, hoping Aella had kept her big mouth shut.

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