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Originally Posted by sleepyyjax

 

Newtbelly
he/him | Agatha Kitty, Shadow Fiend, Killer Aptitude T1 | 23 moons
ShadowClan Enforcer

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Ah - Mosstangle. "Go ahead." He nodded. It was almost like she'd heard his thoughts and appeared by magic. Now, what to talk about? He wasn't all too great at small talk. He could yap Owlthroat's ear off about plenty of random things, but that came with many moons of knowing each other. Well, he knew she had an apprentice, perhaps that was a start. "How're things going with your apprentice? Morningpaw, was it?" Sure, that seemed like a reasonable thing to ask, right? He was one to always talk about work, wasn't he? Hah. He took another bite of his frog as he waited for an answer.

MOSSTANGLE
Shadowclan Warrior | 19 moons | Large, dark brown-and-white tabby she-cat with green eyes
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Mosstangle made herself comfortable and took a bite of her meal, tail moving lightly back and forth idly as she perked her ears to listen to Newtbelly's question. Ah, Morningpaw. A hint of pride swelled in her chest and glinted in her eye as she thought about the apprentice's progress. "Yes, Morningpaw," She confirmed with a purr. "He is doing very well in his training. We've covered all of the basics. I want to find some other warriors to start working with him for more advanced training. He seems to have some trouble getting along with some of his clanmates and I think it would be good for him."

The tabby thought for another moment as she chewed and swallowed another bite. "He's quite smart, but has a tendency towards redundantly trying the same thing a few times before moving on to new ideas. I'm not sure how to break him of that habit, but I think another teacher might just throw him off enough, too." She knew how much Morningpaw liked to impress, and perhaps it was her fault that he was starting to get an ego, however she could not take away how dedicated and smart he really was. She just had a tendency to praise perhaps a bit too much.

"Speaking of apprentices," Mosstangle added, "I never realized how many absent mentors we had in Shadowclan. I've already had three apprentices that have approached me to teach them the basics." She tried to hide the distaste in her tone, though some leaked out. It wasn't towards the apprentices, of course. She was more than happy to step in and teach young cats how to be warriors... it was towards the warriors that neglected them. Her pride could not stand for such a thing. She couldn't imagine it. It was one thing to go and learn from other warriors and build bonds with clanmates, but another entirely to be forced to do so because of one's mentor simply not having the pride to do their job.