All of the praise from the older warrior was inflating Mirepaw's eyes like two round balloons. They filled with appreciation, shimmering as a smile unfurled on her face. Robin-cat really believed in her?? This cat, and Tuftedtusk, and Mama and Papa and Gramma - they all believed in her. "I'll be the best warrior ever!" she chirped happily with a wave of her tail. A bright grin was tossed to the other warrior on their patrol.

Now refocusing on Robin-cat, Mirepaw watched intently as she displayed how to mark the borders. Okay. Rub here, brush there. She could do that! Bounding over to a tree the young apprentice brushed her flank against it, then spun around with wide eyes and a grin. "Like that?" she called with a little hop-bounce? While waiting for an answer though noise came through the undergrowth and out popped three cats on the other side. "Oh! Are those RiverClan cats on a patrol like us?" she asked either warrior, not looking away from them.

"Hello over there!" Mirepaw beamed at the group, trotting up to the border but glancing down to make sure she didn't cross it. Lifting her bright gaze back up she gave a wave of her tail. "We're marking the border too! I'm Mirepaw, and this is Redrobin, and Tufta... Tuften... Tuftedtusk!" Shame burned her ears slightly for not being able to pronounce Tufted-cats's name at first, but she kept the same grin on her face. "What are your names??"

[ Redrobin - @paris ] [ Tuftedtusk - @Aroogi ]
[ Cherryswirl - @Dust ] [ Starlingflight - @Tiabirb ] [ Wisteriawren - @Rose ]

As the front of Cobs paw came towards her, it was pretty good! A bit awkward but that could be improved over time. Dusklion had to duck her face to avoid it landing but she grinned all the same. "Good! Now let's try some rapid ones. This time swipe at me three times as quick as you can - 'n feel free to change it up; go for my shoulders, my head, anywhere you can reach." The deputy gave a nod and readied herself, this time making sure she was an immovable target for her apprentice to practice on.

[ Cobwebpaw - @/sillycreatur ]

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purrks ; the collector , herbal knowledge t2
15 moons . one lame leg
tags ; @taillow - dusklion
trigger warnings for this post: none

[ rolled 15 - hit, 9 - miss, 20 - wow. hit ]

cobwebpaw nodded, tail swishing with anticipation and happiness at the pride in dusklion's voice. she reared back and started with a hit, catching dusklion on the side of her head with a little bit more force this time. grinning, cob hit again, narrowly missing the side of dusk's flank. with a hiss, she reared back again and hit dusk's head. hard. she gasped, immediately stopping. ' did i hurt you?! '

[ up to you if it lands <3 ]

Standing still provided her apprentice with many other opportunities and Dusklion held strong as the paws battered her. One of them whipped past her flank and she relaxed just slightly - only to feel a hard paw come down on her head. The deputy immediately ducked after and shook her head a bit, though a chuckle was coming from her. "Good! That's it!" At Cobs worries the dark furred deputy shook her head once again. "Nah, I've been through worse. Plus, I don't want you to hold back when trainin', okay? You go as hard as you need to in order to learn the moves."

Next up would be the leap-and-hold. "Alright, next up I want you to run at me, 'n go for either shoulder. Depending on what side you go for, I want you to try 'n bring me to the ground 'n pin me, okay? Try it first, 'n I'll make suggestions as needed." This one might be a bit difficult given Cobs leg, but Dusk had full faith in her apprentice.

[ Cobwebpaw - @finley !! ]

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purrks ; the collector , herbal knowledge t2
15 moons . one lame leg
tags ; @taillow - dusklion
trigger warnings for this post: none

cobwebpaw's worry dissipated into pride, and she nodded. she backed up, calculating in her head which was dusklion's old injured shoulder that she had treated so many moons ago. even if it was healed, she didn't want to hurt it more. deciding to try and trick dusk, she stared at the opposite shoulder than what she was going to go for, planning to juke and pin her on the other.

[ rolled 13 - barely hit ]

cobwebpaw reared up, ready to show her mentor the secret running training she had been doing to work with her leg. at this point, she was almost as fast as a full grown warrior! she ran at dusk, at the last moment switching to the side and leaping. clumsily, she managed to land on dusk, attempting to pin her to the ground. it barely worked, and she moved back with a hiss of disappointment.