The Blazing Star (book)/Chapter 21

==Chapter description==
:Gray Wing leaves the camp and heads for the clearing where Clear Sky will fight One Eye to scout it out, feeling resentful for still playing a leadership role. As he is working out places for cats to hide, he scents a fox, but, believing it will be going home, ignores it. He ends up slipping into a dip, where he is confronted by the fox, and as he tries to climb out, the fox bites his hind leg and swings him around. Just as Gray Wing is out of breath and thinks that he may die, Slate appears and mocks the fox, causing it to drop him and pursue her. As Slate climbs a tree, Gray Wing notices that the fox had been injured, and he is amused as it struggles to reach Slate. Gray Wing hides away and waits until the fox leaves, attracted by the barking of another fox.
:Slate leads him to a warm pool, where they are able to relax. She explains the slate rocks and how they absorb heat, and she cleans Gray Wing's wound. She teases him about being special since she brought him to the pool, and is surprised when he admits that he is not accustomed to being cared for. Slate tells him that Wind Runner has praised him. Startled, Gray Wing says that he should leave, but she asks why he is out alone at night. He explains the plan to fight One Eye, and she suggests that Wind Runner and Gorse Fur could help while she cares for their kits. He expresses doubt in his capabilities, and she reassures him, before guiding him home. As they walk, he confides in her that he may consider living elsewhere after the battle, and she tells him that he does not need to be on his own.
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==Important events==
*Gray Wing and Slate fight off a fox.
==Notes and references==
Category:Dawn of the Clans arc
Category:Chapter subpages
Category:The Blazing Star (book)