Truth be told, the white feline was surprised at her mentor's comment. Praise was rare -- at least, praise like that. She had been fine with what he had said before, it was more then enough for her! As long as she passed. She would be a warrior before long, a warrior strong enough to take care of herself. Gone would be the training times and hard work... though she knew being a warrior wasn't going to be glamorous either. But, she wouldn't have to worry about having Rusticash coming to get her to train all the time. Soon she would be doing that to her own apprentice. And, she would use the same sorts of methods as he had used for her. They were perfect. Absolutely perfect. Anyone might have thought she was crushing on him with the way she thought, but of course this wasn't so. For one thing; the tom was much too old for her. And, for another, she wasn't into the whole idea of crushing on someone. It seemed all too easy for someone to get hurt.
And by someone, she meant herself. No one else she knew seemed to have the problem of getting hurt so easily when it came to love. But Clawpaw did. Upon reaching the fresh kill pile, the white apprentice dropped her prey on top of it. The three pieces of prey were quite plump, and she could imagine they would feed the Clan for at least a short while. Perhaps longer then she was thinking, that would be nice. A smile spread over her maw at the thought of being able to feed the Clan for moons, and she purred, her tail twitching eagerly as she did so. Yawning, she wondered if Rusticash had wanted her to head to the training cave right away, or if he had something in mind. Go or wait? Well... just a short rest couldn't do much harm. She thought, before stopping and realizing that he probably wouldn't appreciate her being lazy at the moment. Besides! Once this was over it was over, and then she could rest all she wanted until her ceremony. Right?
Well-- that wasn't necessarily true, obviously there would be more work to be done, but she would get a break. Darting over towards the training cave, Clawpaw obediantly sat outside it. Though she was partly hidden to the side by the cave wall. Now all that was left to do was wait for the tom to return... and do whatever he told her to, then her assessment would be complete. Right? She thought so... at least she could hope.
Surely he wouldn't hold her back.