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Palestep is a cautious, sensitive cat who cares a lot about her family. She tends to be fairly anxious, which partially stems from her having nearly drowned during a dangerous storm that nearly devastated TideClan years ago. She developed a fear of the water, and became socially withdrawn from most of her clan aside from her sister Shellsong. When she got together with Dustmane, viewing the tom through rose-colored lenses, Palestep initially became a bit more confident as he began to rub off on her, but this change was short lived. Palestep retreated into herself once again after an entire litter of her kits were stillborn. As a result of this loss, Palestep is incredibly attached to and protective of the adoptive kits Dustmane found orphaned at the edge of TideClan territory. They become her world; she frets over her kits constantly, and comes off as overly clingy at times, often relying on her kits for her own mental well being to an almost unhealthy extent. As Dustmane continues breaking Palestep's confidence down over time, the issue is only exasserbated, and she often comes to her kits expressing emotions they cannot fully understand, longing for comfort from one of the only remaining sources she can find it.
Palestep is a completely white, short furred cat with pale blue eyes. She has long legs and a slim build compared to the other TideClan cats because she doesn't swim. She is also unilaterally deaf, in her left ear.
