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Spiderpaw

Riverclan apprentice - 6 moons - Lanky, amber eyed, blue-grey tabby she-cat with white paws, chin, and tail tip.
(Purrks: Heightened perception: SMELL)
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Spiderpaw's ears drooped as she sat in the comfortable nest Berryshine guided her too. How worried the medicine cat sounded! Oh, why did she have to make her worry? The apprentice wished she could disappear into the bedding. Why did she have to get hurt? Why did it have to get worse and put her right here where she wanted to avoid being?

"It-" Spiderpaw winced, which didn't help the stinging in her muzzle. She needed to steel herself! The blue-grey tabby tried to make her face more relaxed so she didn't seem to be in as much pain. "It was a few days ago... Papa and I went to lionsbeach so he could teach me a little bit about hunting..." The more she talked, the more her muzzle burned, but she refused to let it stop her. It wasn't as bad as when she was trying to bite into that minnow, earlier.

"I tried to catch a crab... but it wasn't as easy as I thought... and it turned around and pinched my lip and nose..." Spiderpaw explained, taking moments of pause so that she could relax the stinging lip. She fought the urge to hide her face so that Berryshine could get as close of a look as she needed to.

"I'm sorry..." Spiderpaw mumbled, feeling the need to apologize. She wasn't sure what she was most sorry for: Not going to Berryshine before it got worse, letting it get worse, being hurt in the first place, or having to bother the busy medicine cat at all. She supposed they were all connected and decided she was equally sorry for all parts.

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