We can't give up.... [Bacon]

He got to her and he nudged her, "Do what I do" He said.

Dawnkit was trembling violently, ears pinned back.

He sighed and stood, beginning to climb back up the tree.

She dipped her head in agreement. "But all the same, we can't wait for her to come down. I want us to have a safe home before the kits are born."

"You remember what it was like when we were that age, everything is scary" He said.

She frowned, looking up at the small pale golden shape. "She looks really frightened. Maybe she's scared of heights."

"We gotta wait for her to come down" He said.

Silverstar blinked at Longfur. "We need to get moving again soon."

Langfur laid beside his mate and he watched Dawnkit.

She pressed herself against the branch, trembling.

"I'm not climbing up to get you" He told her.

She clung to the branch tighter, ears flat.

"You'll always heal" He said.

"B-but I might get hurt," she whimpered, scared.

"I fell out of trees all the time, but the only way I got better at staying in the tree was climbing back up" He said.

She whimpered quietly.

"You'll get back up and do it again" He said blandly.

"What if I fall?" She asked in a small voice.

"Rest there if you want" He said as he landed on the ground.

She clung to the branch, too tired to climb back down.

"Good job" He said and jumped down from branch to branch.

After a while she hauled herself onto his branch, panting.

He watched the she-cat, his ears flicking.

She started climbing again.

"You can do it" He said.