because you're whiny

[Sandleaf]

Sandleaf flicked her ear in slight annoyance, but hid most of it. After all, she was going to be meeting the new medicine cat, who she hadn't met before, and a sprained paw was nothing to get upset over. Weird, to think that in a clan, there were cats who didn't know each other. The feline shrugged. I guess that's just the way it was.

Stepping into the den, the sand-coloured queen looked around. "Excuse me," she meowed, holding her paw up slightly. Maybe she would see Sunblaze, who she knew a bit, or that new one. What was his name? She had no idea, as he was that new. Oh well. I guess, if he's a medicine cat, he should be around here..?

[Morningflare]

"Oh, hello," Morningflare said, greeting his first patient. A queen. What was her name again? He couldn't recall it, but he decided he didn't care. "Excuse the mess," He said, motioning in the general direction of his herb pile. From her eyes, he figured, there was no mess; it took someone on his level of intellect to notice. His stacks were uneven. He had gathered far too much Burdock Root, and not near enough Comfrey. This would have to be corrected later. This queen was the more immediate concern. "What happened?" He asked, meeting her irritated gaze.

[Sandleaf]

Before her was a white tom who the queen had never seen before, and she concluded that he was the new medicine cat. She dipped her head in slight respect, and kept her gaze steady. "Greetings, um... I don't know your name, sorry," she said, a shy grin on her face. Well this was going great.

"I sprained my paw while hunting. It had been a while, and I wasn't being careful," she said, flicking her tail tip. She briefly noticed what he had been working at, but didn't pay much attention to it.

[Morningflare]

"I am Morningflare," He said, bowing, using his kitty-legs. It looked more like a penguin being eaten by an orca whale. But it was majestic at the same time. "I don't know your name, either. Care to enlighten me?"

"How badly does it hurt?" He asked her, giving her a poppy seed. "Are you sure it's only sprained?" He picked up her paw, examining it. He poked it. "How much did that hurt?" He asked her.

[Sandleaf]

Sandleaf nodded once more. "It's a pleasure to meet you then, Morningflame. I'm Sandleaf," she replied, taking slight notice of his posture. What was his history? Surely not a born clan cat; however, it didn't really matter to her. Everyone was the same in the end.

The queen allowed him to examine her paw. She could never be a medicine cat. Too much death and pain. Her job was to create life. Their job was to save it. The sandy feline flinched slightly. "It hurt a decent amount. Not near as bad as other things," she commented.