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Blackwort wiggled a ripped ear as he heard Sparrow's words, momentarily glancing at him, regarding his advice. "I'll keep it in mind," He said quickly, then gave him a nod. "You shouldn't be going near her either, lest you get infected. That would be the last thing we need right now, I'm sure."

When Cocklebur began to beat up the doe, Blackwort just stood back, his back rigid and stiff. He was ready for back up if ordered. But for right now, he would just stand and watch. When the chief did the same, he couldn't help but feel even more in the right.

"What is, is what must be." He said gruffly, flicking an ear back to the others. It seemed they were just watching too. Nobody else was in any immediate danger, so he remained still.

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[OOC: uhm rabid mud has already left to the hole lol i'll let pepper catch up now].

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Duskshadow heard the commotion and saw the diseased hlessi, was she as stupid as she looked? she must be, how foolish of her. She asked to get beaten up. Duskshadow did nothing but watch, she knew this doe had it coming.

The anger in Cockleburs actions and eyes should have scared her but it made him all the more interesting to her. She knew she should do something but she did not, instead she saw Blackwort near by. she knew he was thinking the something as her.

She hopped over to Blackwort and gave him a look saying 'oh boy'

She wasn't so far away that she couldn't hear at least a bit of what was going on. Shouting, sounds of fighting, and Ivy for one wasn't going to stick around. She could have sworn she heard Dewberry up there, but that was just ridiculous. She was at the scrapes with the others by now, surely.

At least, she told that to her twisting insides as she quickly herded the two kittens away. The light misty rain might not be terrible, but with all these two had gone through, some shelter sounded in order anyway. Besides, she had to get away from that awful sound, she had to tell herself it would all be fine, and that they would all be safe soon enough. They just needed a little rest, that was all. Just a little rest and it would all be alright.

She resisted the urge to nudge Mud and Pepper along, wanting so very badly to comfort them as well as herself with contact, but she wasn't sure if that was acceptable yet. Instead, she put her efforts into searching the Down for an ideal place to set up camp for them. Soon she couldn't hear the sounds coming from the warren, no matter how she twitched her gray ears. They were a bit more than half way along the Down when Ivy led them down the slope. High ground would've been ideal for a large number, but just the three of them? Cover would be more important, and hopefully cradled between the warren and the scrapes would offer them decent protection without being too close.

It wasn't long until she found what she was looking for. Shrubs growing on the hillside, with soft earth underneath. She started digging the moment she found the right angle, cutting in low and deep, so that the roots would hold up the soil to create a secure roof. The digging was easy, with few stones, and even though her body ached, she felt good knowing that she was helping make a temporary home for the little ones. She watched them from the corner of her eye, giving them time to rest as she dug.

"It won't be long now you two. A new, warm burrow; and in just a little time back in the warren! You won't even notice the days passing, you'll see."

She tried to soothe them as much as herself. They would make it, they had to. Inle be damned, she was going to keep these two safe from everything.

Rosewood needed no more prompting to run back to Birchwood. She was sick to her stomach, and needed the cool air. Bracken-rah had condemned Cocklebur! He had condemned himself.... and now things were going to change. Oh how she wished the diseased had never come to their warren, wished they had gone the other way, or not stopped. They brought only death and unhappiness. She had never been fond of their Owsla captain, but neither had she wished harm on him.

She filled Birchwood in when she got to him. He was abnormally quiet, undoubtedly thinking of the future. As were many right now.

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"I am okay I don't need help"

he grumbled as he pushed up ahead away from ivy, he was not used to people watching out for him, he was used to doing it himself. As always he preferred to do it himself, plus he did not want to get sicker then he already is.

He heard the commotion but ignored it and instead set to digging the bolt hole wider and bigger.

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Duskshadow looked at the commotion she looked at bracken-rah then thought of pepper she ran over to bracken-rah remembering something.

"Bracken-rah I was in another warren as a kitten the one where the palgue hit I was born from a diseased mother so perhaps I am immune may I help them too please bracken?"

she begged hoping her past would help her get back to pepper, she gave him a look of pain and determination.

Dewberry could hear things, was she starting to hallucinate, or was she really already that close to death. The voices around her echoed hauntingly around her head, meaning almost lost to the words, before a single phrase came rather clear. The buck who had done this to her was telling her to move. To move where? To the scrapes, she assumed, though she didn't know where they were.

"Will you take me..?" She asked, the pride and prissy tone gone from her voice, replaced with a timid unsurity. She slowly rose back up to her feet, swallowing the blood that had filled her throat. She could no longer be fussy, she wanted, nay, she needed somewhere to rest. She didn't care where now, a small bush would do fine for her to curl up and sleep under, as long as it protected her from this drizzle, her already soaked through body was starting to ache more than it should. She didn't wish for a chill to add to her low blood level.

Teetering lightly, she rubbed at her nose to clear it from the stench of blood. There was no way Cocklebur would hum or something for her to follow, and although his hopping would be rather heavy to hear, her ears could barely recognize his speech, let alone anything else. She'd need to follow his scent to get anywhere.

Thyme opened his good eye and sat up as the Chief ordered them back to the burrows. Surely Bracken wasn’t going to send Cocklebur down with the others, what if he hurt them? The kittens and the lovely doe he met were down there! “He could kill them!” he shook his head, trying to remove the thought from his mind, after all it might not happen, and it’s not like Cocklebur could stay up here after that.