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Post by coyote on Jun 9, 2009 21:37:42 GMT -5
Sparrowflight regarded Gossamerpaw's glowing face with a bit of unease. Perhaps I should not praise so much. I don't think it would get to her head, but you never know... Whispercloud had rarely praised her during their training days. And when he had, it was incredible, because he didn't hand out praise whenever he did something reasonably well.
Gossamerpaw crouched again, and Sparrowflight circled the apprentice with a practiced eye. Sparrowflight was not much of a warrior, but she did know hunting. "You're still a bit-" she began, but the apprentice was already correcting herself and shifting her weight. Now Gossamerpaw actually looked pretty darn well-balanced...not perfect, of course, but pretty darn good. "I know it's hard, but keep your tail up a bit more--you want it low so that the prey cannot see you, but you also don't want it dragging behind you, or else it might rustle grass and cause the prey to run away," she mewed, padding the apprentice's tail gently. "Otherwise, Gossamerpaw, that is quite good. We'll need to work on getting you balanced more quickly--when hunting, you may only have a split second to drop into your crouch before you have to attack. Relax a moment, and then I want you to drop into a hunting crouch five times. After each time, stand up completely and sprint around the clearing, then stop and get into as good of a crouch as you can, as fast as you can." Sparrowflight stepped back and sat down, preparing to watch both her apprentice's speed and her crouches. |
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