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Originally Posted by namen_roodles
MOSSTANGLE
Shadowclan Warrior | 19 moons | Large, dark brown-and-white tabby she-cat with green eyes
~~~ Mosstangle made herself comfortable and took a bite of her meal, tail moving lightly back and forth idly as she perked her ears to listen to Newtbelly's question. Ah, Morningpaw. A hint of pride swelled in her chest and glinted in her eye as she thought about the apprentice's progress. "Yes, Morningpaw," She confirmed with a purr. "He is doing very well in his training. We've covered all of the basics. I want to find some other warriors to start working with him for more advanced training. He seems to have some trouble getting along with some of his clanmates and I think it would be good for him."
The tabby thought for another moment as she chewed and swallowed another bite. "He's quite smart, but has a tendency towards redundantly trying the same thing a few times before moving on to new ideas. I'm not sure how to break him of that habit, but I think another teacher might just throw him off enough, too." She knew how much Morningpaw liked to impress, and perhaps it was her fault that he was starting to get an ego, however she could not take away how dedicated and smart he really was. She just had a tendency to praise perhaps a bit too much.
"Speaking of apprentices," Mosstangle added, "I never realized how many absent mentors we had in Shadowclan. I've already had three apprentices that have approached me to teach them the basics." She tried to hide the distaste in her tone, though some leaked out. It wasn't towards the apprentices, of course. She was more than happy to step in and teach young cats how to be warriors... it was towards the warriors that neglected them. Her pride could not stand for such a thing. She couldn't imagine it. It was one thing to go and learn from other warriors and build bonds with clanmates, but another entirely to be forced to do so because of one's mentor simply not having the pride to do their job.
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Newtbelly 
he/him | Agatha Kitty, Shadow Fiend, Killer Aptitude T1 | 23 moons
ShadowClan Enforcer
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He nodded along, listening to her talk about her apprentice. "Hm. Sounds like a good idea, getting some other teachers in. Variety's good." It made sense to him. He wondered a little about how he got along with clanmates. In the brief time he'd met Morningpaw, he hadn't noticed that much - interesting to know. Ah - and absent mentors. Yes. It was a big problem. "It's a good job we have some decent warriors, to fill in the gaps. Would be disastrous if we didn't, eh?" He respected Mosstangle for that, she seemed quite the dedicated warrior. That was what the clan needed, after all. He was almost shocked that absent mentors didn't face more consequences, though, he did notice that the more absent clanmates tended to go missing eventually... Call him cynical, but he wouldn't be shocked it they were running off to be kittypets, their lazy butts.