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Originally Posted by ponyapan
She lunged forward and managed to swipe at the squirrel standing by the tree. The squirrel must have smelled her coming, because it had tried to flee before it had even seen her. Her first hit connected, but only barely, and the squirrel was moving towards the tree. Silverpaw twisted and reached for the squirrel, and it went with better accuracy this time. The squirrel was caught with the second swoop, before it had time to run up the tree, and Silverpaw picked it up.
Padding back, she presented the kill to her mentor and waited for her reaction. Silverpaw felt slightly conflicted- should she be proud that she caught it, or ashamed that it was so sloppily done? She settled for neutral, for the time being.
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Stoatdance breathed a sigh of relief as Silverpaw came back to her safely. She hadn't even realized that she was holding her breath, hoping so desperately that her apprentice would not face the same fate as she had. At the memory, the she-cat's scar began to tingle, that single mistake from her own apprenticeship festering in the back of her mind.
Noticing that she was simply staring blankly, Stoatdance shook her head and smiled. "Good job, Silverpaw. You did very well." She stood, pressing a gentle nose to her apprentice's head and stepping away. "I believe it's time to head back to camp now. You've done a lot of work today and it's getting late. You must rest now. Great work today." She gave a nod of approval and began to walk back to camp, her tail swaying behind her.
[ You can do one more post if you'd like, but I think this is a good place to end it off! ]