[ So sorry for the delay again! Will try to reply faster next time--
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Arie ]
Hailpaw felt a tinge of worry at the warrior's less... Happy mood-- yet she couldn't quite pin point what for mood it exactly was. She was.. Not happy, something Hailpaw had gotten used to from her mother, but not annoyed? She shook it off as a down day, despite her unfamiliarity with the exact term.
The molly followed silently from there on, taking a breath as the moors spread in front of them. A small smile cracked at the following question, nodding, yet Weaselskip was already off before she could give a more vocal answer. But oh well. Hailpaw followed, lingering a bit behind until a call came to her ears: "catch it". And catch it she would.
At those words, Hailpaw fixed her light blue eyes on the rabbit and sped up her pace more and more until reaching a steady run. Between the mentor switches and lack of training, Hailpaw had been practicing her running. So once she got a clearer sight on the fleeing rabbit, Hailpaw quickened her run more, keeping her tail levelled and her steps light on the ground. The apprentice quite enjoyed such speeding, but distraction wasn't an option. Eventually, She managed to mostly catch up with the rabbit. While unsure of what had to exactly be done, without thinking she jumped on top of it, keeping it on the ground with her paws and killing it with a quick bite. She had almost stumbled over it as she landed, but that for once didn't matter to her in the given moment.
As the rabbit's body grew limp below her paws, Hailpaw for the first time since she was a kit, felt a rush of pride go threw her. She had actually and truly caught a rabbit--!
Smiling brightly, She picked it up and trotted over to Weaselskip, eyes gleaming with the sudden pride and happiness.
"Look!" Hailpaw meowed in a muffled voice as she approached
"I caught it!"