#Marigold also probably spends more time as a kit than as an adult

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since kits in starclan arent pernababys anymore would the same thing happen to apperntices? probably not but worth asking

It depends on the apprentice. Kittens who die tend to grow because they didn't have a lot of life to draw from anyway, but some apprentices have gone through so much that it feels right to them.

For Swiftpaw... there was no future.

His fate was sealed when his mentor's mentor's mentor was assigned to Thistleclaw, persisting in a doomed timeline. A line of gallantry, the sick idea that you need to prove yourself through dangerous feats, and that to live is to brush with death.

Nothing Brightheart could have done that day would have saved him, and yet on the mortal plane, she blames herself. Longtail loved him so, so much, and he still passed down a poison. Bluestar failed him. Fireheart couldn't help him. His short life was a march to its gruesome end.

He has the option of a full name, he may appear as an adult if he so chooses. But he doesn't... not yet at least. Perhaps someday before he fades. But for now, he is Swiftpaw of the stars.