pitch could relate to hypo, in some way. when the tom had been a rowdy kitten, and he was a handful, a majority of shadowclan had been rather apprehensive toward him. from just four months old he had gotten his first taste of 'power'. that being the oldest kitten in the nursery, ultimately dictating it while queens weren't paying attention and he could sneak threats under soft murmurs and orders with a simple glare. he remembered pyreknight saying something about how he would die a fool, an irresponsible idiot with no one to fall back on because he destroyed chances of friendships. jabberjaw, though, had seen his potential. at only five months old he had gotten his first promotion as a semi-high position and the warriors practically roared with protest. looking back now it truly was no shock now. he really had been unprofessional, insufficient, and absolute spiral of uncontrollable bitterness and mayhem. it only caused a further rift between him and his other clanmates.
reaching to general at the age of nine months old had been inevitable at that point once he had gained support of influential shadowclanners. hostess, in a way, had been a mother figure to him. she never did anything motherly but she loved him in her own way. cared and raised him like she had with snickersbar. she had been the one to help him gain the harness for his bone ax, and had been his mentor as well. their relationship was entirely... beneficial for the both of them, and was possibly the only one pitch had formed where one of them weren't using the other.
that was a long, long time ago. in the past with his other mistakes. from what pitch knew, no one from his time in shadowclan or bloodclan were around to bring it up, to have him regress to such a lifestyle again. pitch had learned how to chill out on his own. with the intoxication of some catnip and knowing his possessions were safe, pitch was pretty relaxed. he was on his way from the oasis he had just been with michael, his bag slung over his shoulder when he saw the steady stream of smoke rising from another dune. his nose caught the scent of cigarette smoke, and he scrunched up his nose a little. cigarettes never did anything to calm his nerves. he had tried them, once, and it had only resolved in actually killing his body off and later on coming back from it. though catnip, cat weed, never did anything bad to him.
he made his way toward the red priest, a bit unbalanced as his paws fell into uneven ground, but eventually came up behind the cat without injury. "hey, my dude. that shit ain't gonna do nothin' you know." pitch moved up a bit to come next to hypokrisis, and sat down with a lazy grin. "what'cha smokin' for anyway? aren't you like... a little kid?" assuming from his size, pitch had no clue he was permanently set that way.
