

Gray Wing marvels at how warm the water feels, and Slate explains that the rocks absorb the sun's warmth during the day, and even keep some of the heat during the night. Slate leads him to a pool among the rushes, and wades out into the shallow water, encouraging Gray Wing to join her. When the fox leaves, Gray Wing thanks Slate, praising her skills. Slate escapes up a thorn tree, and stays there until the fox gives up. The moor cat insults and mocks the fox, and it drops Gray Wing, chasing after her. Slate, who is hissing at the fox, begins growling threateningly at it despite Gray Wing telling her to flee. As the fox brutally attacks him, he thinks that he is going to die, but then they both hear hissing. Some time on, Gray Wing is attacked by a fox in a pit. He wonders how she can know so much about him, when cats he has known longer know less, and how Wind Runner ever found someone like Slate. Slate then departs, with Gray Wing gazing after her.

Gray Wing asks what for, and she replies that it is for the challenges ahead, as she can feel it on his shoulders. Slate walks Gray Wing back to camp, and wishes him luck. Gray Wing apologizes for her loss, and says that her brother must have been a great cat. Gray Wing feels sympathy for her, thinking that there was something special about a cat who is willing to show her vulnerable side to someone she only just met. Slate explains that her brother died saving her from a fox, and shows Gray Wing a scar on her belly. She compares herself with Wind Runner, because she too lost someone she loved. Gray Wing asks Slate how Wind Runner is managing, to which Slate replies that she's surviving, but that it's difficult. Slate asks if she can accompany him, to which Gray Wing agrees. She asks if he is coming to live with them, but Gray Wing explains that he has his own home in the hollow. Slate is interested in Gray Wing, and remarks that they both have colors in their names. Where in the world did Wind Runner find her?" ―Gray Wing's thoughts on Slate The Blazing Star (book), page 155 Gray Wing sees Slate watching him from the shadow of a rock, and Wind Runner beckons Slate over to meet him. " She knows more about me from a few moments talk than some cats I've lived with for seasons. Slate and the kits mourned Gray Wing's death, and was very protective of the kits afterwards, though not too excessively. Slate was later attacked by Slash's rogues, who took away Black Ear, and while her kit was rescued, soon after, Gray Wing died. Eventually, Slate and Gray Wing became mates and had three kits: Black Ear, Silver Stripe, and White Tail. She helped influence Gray Wing to leave the pine forest and move back to the moor, and joined Wind Runner’s group. Gray Wing and Slate met frequently after, and he saved her life from a fox in his own turn. She was friendly to Gray Wing when they first met, and she saved the tom’s life from a fox. After she lost him to a fox, Slate was invited to join Wind Runner’s group. She was initially a rogue who lived on the moor with her brother Cricket. Slate was an ancient warrior of WindClan. Slate is a dark gray she-cat with amber eyes. This table can give you other ideas for shades of gray" or "gray|slate.The Blazing Star, A Forest Divided, Path of Stars, Moth Flight's Vision, Thunderstar's Echo, Shadowstar's Life The following table is a list of other colors containing the keyword "gray" or "gray|slate" in the color name.

Other colors containing "gray" or "gray|slate"
