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Post by Nighthunter on Mar 8, 2013 22:42:29 GMT -5
Raggedtooth
Broad mud caked paws sunk in and out of the ground, leaving reminders of the dark tabby's passing from one patch of earth to the next. His body heaving through the muck, each step a complicated maneuver to avoid injury. Good training in itself to be sure, but this was only one thing he hoped his apprentice would pay attention to. Ratpaw had promise, and his ambitious nature was something that Raggedtooth was more then aware of. It was something he was still mulling over himself actually. Should he try and train it out of him to a point, or direct it more so to speak, so that the hairless tom could better harness his talents. As a senior warrior, he was trusted to provide a solid and well balanced mentoring, and surely the young tom would not be disappointed in his acquired skills once he was done. The question was how much to teach him, Raggedtooth was a battle and season hardened warrior, and had lots of experience to share if he wished.
Checking the pace they were making, he decided they were going just a bit slower then he would have liked. Turning his large head, he peered back over his ruffled striped shoulders and called out to his apprentice before snapping his head back around." The pace needs to pick up." Deadly sharp and thick claws slide out of there confines, and tunneled through the mud, making it part faster giving him more speed, and a better footing, so as not to slide. Sliding was a known danger while running in the muck, and injuries were very easy to manage to get while trying to avoid sliding let alone actually slipping. He was driving a hard pace, and the smaller apprentice would not have as easy a time in the mud as the senior warrior, both because of strength and skill. Raggedtooth knew that he was pushing his apprentice, in fact he had been since the day that he started his training. It was to make sure that Ratpaw survived, and it was his way of caring for the tom. He quite liked him in fact, though he had such large ego that Raggedtooth was reluctant to show it. He would not prevent his apprentice from showing off, it wasn't his fault if the other apprentices were not as skilled as his own. Still he needed to teach him about humility, a trait that was often thought of as a weakness, but Raggedtooth believed it to be a strength.
They were headed towards the monster road. His apprentice had never seen one before, and he was curious as to how he would react to it. Raggedtooth smiled fondly at remembering how he had stood his ground against the rumbling black thoughtless beast. Though they were not to be messed with either, deadly enemies, foes that not cat could fight for to touch them while they roamed almost always lead to injuries of serious nature, if not death. They would have some training while there as well as the lesson he had planned. He hoped that the mungrels, the dogs that sometimes came about here gone. Twitching his ears up higher to hear, he couldn't make out any barking or sign that they were, so he had chosen a good day. With it only being himself, he was very reluctant to bring his apprentice into danger that he couldn't beat. Ratpaw needed to learn more moves before he trusted him with any serious fighting.
Nearing the monster he slowed down and surveyed the area. Bending to take in the scents of the thunder path, and listening for danger. His fur was standing slightly on end because of his alertness, but it only aided to influence the spiky fluff that already adorned his frame. Satisfied that they were alone for the moment, he grunted and turned his haunches, sat down near the tar covered surface. " Tell me what you can hear Ratpaw. This place may look uninteresting and smell putrid, but there is much to be discovered from a watchful warrior." Blinking he waited to see what his apprentice would come up with. Knowing the hairless tom, he would not answer unless he had thought out the question thoroughly and believed his response flawless. The trick for Raggedtooth would be to reward, and then challenge him again so that he would learn that there was never a flawless answer.
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