Driftkit jumped at the voice, his fur fluffing up as he spun to stare at the large tom that was standing behind him. His ears slicked back as he crouched, suddenly getting the idea that he very much wasn't suppose to be in here. "D-Driftkit," he mumbled, doing his best to make his voice loud enough to be heard. Hawktalon...Right, he had heard a little about the deputy - his momma had told him all about the important roles in the Clans. The leader, the deputy and the medicine...Cat... He blinked, turning to look back at the herbs as it dawned on him what he had been forgetting. The medicine cats, they used plants to make cats feel better, didn't they? Was that why there was all the odd smelling plants in here?
He titled his head as he studied the plants, amazed that they somehow made cats feel better. Then, he remembered he wasn't alone in the den. He turned to look back at the deputy, a sheepish look on his face as he kicked at the ground with his paws. "I-I'm sorry for sneaking in here, I...I was just curious cause I saw nobody ever really entered and..." he blinked, nose scrunching up. Wait, if the medicine cat was important then why was the den empty? Shouldn't there be a medicine cat? His momma had told him all about how every Clan had one so...Why didn't they? "...This...This is the med-ah-cin cat den right?" he questioned, doing his best to pronoun the odd word - he had heard it enough times but saying it was something else. "...Why is it so...Empty?"