"Y-you better watch yourselves! This is AshTribe territory, ya see, 'n we don't like WaveTribe cats putting their dirty paws on it!"
Shadestep looked over the young cat - definitely an apprentice. Judging by the blue ginger underneath her, possibly a Shaman's apprentice. She eyed the blue ginger for a long few seconds - the black she-cat had heard that Wolfmask needed some earlier that day, and while she had no initial intent to take it from the apprentice in front of her, a quick glance around revealed that either Rosepaw had picked Mossy Stones clean of blue ginger, or, due to the season, it was growing less. Either way, Shadestep saw a negotiation tactic, and it would hopefully prevent a fight. Hopefully.
The black she-cat glanced to Hawkpaw before looking back to the rival apprentice, voice calm and clear, "Moons upon moons of WaveTribe victory in this area says otherwise," Shadestep sat down, tail curling around her paws as she continued, "so that blue ginger you have there is part of WaveTribe territory." Despite her cool tone and demeanor, she didn't sound confrontational - attempting to persuade, maybe, but not like she wanted a fight. Even with that, the tip of her tail twitched slightly. Whether it was from a budding sense of unease or from the adrenaline beginning to prepare her for a fight situation she couldn't tell. Shadestep tilted her head slightly, then purred, "If you go ahead and give up the blue ginger and leave, that'll be it. No fuss, no fight."
While Shadestep was in no way a pacifist - she knew when to unsheathe her claws and bare her teeth - this was not worth shedding blood over. Not yet, at least.
Rootfur wasn't sure if he could really believe what he was seeing, so he craned his neck over the rock to get a bit of a better look at the scene below. From the looks of it, Shadestep and Hawkpaw were sitting down and trying to negotiate a compromise. They both looked completely, utterly calm and their guard was nonexistent from what he could tell.
Is she bird-brained?
Rootfur couldn't keep the grimace from his face. Sure, he didn't particularly like fighting either, but there was no way he'd dare make himself vulnerable in the same way Shadestep was. Sitting down, unready for the possibility of a scuffle. The brown tom kneaded his claws on the mossy rock under his paws, mostly to keep himself from pouncing the small AshTribe cat to fight for WaveTribe territory. He sighed a bit loudly, tail twitching feverishly and tensing his back legs to spring into action.