~ "It still sort of feels like a dull thorn stuck in there," I muttered under my breath. "Huh?" Oceansplash asks, turning to me as we traveled down the worn wooded path. "M-my parents," I whisper, shuddering a little. "It was a normal day and everything was going fine. Then, just one move wrong—they're gone, like that." "That's how I felt, too," Oceansplash murmurs, looking down at her paws as we trudged up a slope. "Well—it was a normal day for us, too. I was enjoying myself so much, and I-I...I let her go...and Mistypaw couldn't swim..." she choked on her words. "It was beautiful," I offered.