| Quote | - Cloudstar, look at what lies around you. There can be nobility in admitting defeat and seeking another path. You have always led this Clan well, and that will not change, even though everything else might.
- Next came Starlingfeather and Hawksnow, looking far too frail to be at a Gathering. Cloudstar heard hisses of disapproval from elders belonging to the other Clans; they all expected to be left in peace once they reached such a great age.
- Petalfall, are you refusing to eat again? I heard what happened at the border. Sounds like Cloudstar has enough to sort out without you making a fuss about food. Now get in here and stop distracting him.
- "I have come here every day to watch the Twolegs destroy our territory. Tail-length by tail-length, they have taken our trees, our prey, and our shelter. And worst of all, they have taken our hope."
- A soft keening sound came from Fawnstep's den; it was Starlingfeather and Hawksnow, mourning their denmate.
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