[wolfie]

Originally Posted by bmkmb

Fallenheart couldn't refrain from laughing this time. With a grin, the warrior finished burying his mouse, then turned to Jaypaw. "Sure thing," he meowed as he dropped into the hunter's crouch. "All you need to do is crouch down, forepaws beneath your body; have your back legs ready to pounce. Cats say that you should put as much weight as possible into your back legs, but only do that if you're completely sure that you're about to pounce. If you're just waiting, then put some weight into your back legs, but not all of it and don't unbalance yourself."

The warrior demonstrated as he explained, tucking his paws in and visibly shifting his weight. "Oh, and you should always keep your tail straight or it'll get in your way," Fallenheart remembered as he did just that.

Still in a crouching position, the warrior craned his neck around to look at Jaypaw. "Why don't you try it now?" the tabby meowed. "Do your best, oh masterful hunter," he commanded playfully with a smirk, still continuing with the 'Jaypaw already knows how to hunt' charade. Fallenheart had never expected having an apprentice to be so fun!

Jaypaw let out a huff, "Hey.." He mumbled out in offense of Fallenheart's laughing. He quickly forgot about it.

He nodded intently as the warrior spoke, his eyes twinkling with kit-like wonder. Oh starclan yes. He was SO going to rock this. ''Mhm! Mhm!" Shift your balance, crouch, blah, blah, BLAH. It was pretty easy sounding.

Thankful for the demonstration, Jaypaw circled Fallenheart as he posed for the tom. Squinting his eyes and mumbling, he pulled back. "Yeah, yeah. Just watch and lear...rn, " Jaypaw rumbled in confidence. At first, he didn't think he could actually keep this act up but so far it was going very well. He had Fallenheart fooled.

Jaypaw quickly dropped into the crouch. It had been something he did as a kit-- he just.. never thought of it. And the more he did think about it-- Jaypaw flopped sideways. With a squeak, he got back up and attempted the crouch again. This time more slowly, keeping his balance carefully -- oh shoot, forgot about the tail uh--

Jaypaw would attempt it a few more times before getting a stable crouch. A purr came from throat at his success. Ever so slowly he turned his gaze to Fallenheart. A smirk spreading across his face, his rump wiggling-- oh no. Don't you dare-- Jaypaw pounced forward at Fallenheart. "Mrrow!"