Stripetail smiled faintly. "I was the youngest of the six, at the time,and I learned a great deal from the others. Marrin, especially, and Darrin, who served as the elder of the group, he had the most experience. That meeting was to discuss the upcoming battle, which we all realized was coming, and the toll it would extract from us. All of us survived the battle, but we did not meet again after that..."