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Younger brothers were incredibly annoying, especially when they made a certain promise and seemed to forget completely about it. That was Dirk's current situation, if Tawney hadn't made it obvious in the first sentence. Before the two Strider brothers had dispersed into clans, Dirk had made his younger brother, Dave, promise that he wouldn't go into a clan that was enemies against BlizzardClan so they wouldn't be forced to fight each other. Even though Dirk made it look like he didn't give two shits about Dave or his health, he did care. Dirk was just...rather awkward with affection, even if it was between family; although Dave wasn't completely family. Dirk had adopted him and gained complete custody of the younger a long time ago. Dirk wasn't Dave's full family but he sure as hell believed that it didn't make any difference for their family relationship even though Dirk felt like he was more of a best friend and older brother instead of an actual guardian.
Dave, somehow, had seemed to fail to keep that promise. However, little did the guardian know, Dave had actually visited BlizzardClan in order to find out about the alliances between they had with LunarClan and DarkClan, which clearly hinted where he resided currently. Dirk hardly ever mentioned his brother, though, so hardly anyone knew that they were actually related or even knew about each other. Honestly, if Dirk had been told that his brother was here, he would have hit Dave so hard with his katana, the younger wouldn't be able to drop some sick beats anymore.
Dirk had his rather small yet very useful katana at his side as he walked back into camp, a thin stream of blood trickling down his shoulder from a training accident. Of course, Dirk being Dirk, he hadn't mentioned it to anyone and wasn't even planning on getting a medic for himself unless he was really dying. That was just how the male rolled and even though it wasn't really smart of him to wait until it got worse, he wasn't one to show pain or weakness to anyone other than Striders. [/fancypost]