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SPIDERPAW
Riverclan Apprentice | 6 moons | Lanky, amber eyed, blue-grey tabby she-cat with white paws, chin, and tail tip.
Heightened perception: Smell
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Okay, so it wasn't as many cats as she had been worried about, before. It seemed that quite a few others, including several apprentices, broke away from the event. Less cats to see her mess up while hunting meant she might be able to relax... if only a fraction.

Ah, Spiderpaw hadn't really thought about how there was no smelling through the water. In fact, if she remembered correctly, water could mask your scent. Of course, her well tuned nose would be useless. That twisting in her belly was starting again, making her slightly nauseous as her heart raced. Pay attention... Pay attention... Pay attention!

Shadows scared fish. The little tabby looked into the water. If shadows scared fish, then why would they hunt in the shade? Oh, no. She must have missed an important bit of information. Think... Shadow scares away fish, but sun reflects light in her eyes and makes it harder to see the fish...

Spiderpaw carefully approached as Eaglewing pointed out the fish. For a moment, she couldn't see anything. In fact, as the warrior crouched and stayed still, painfully patient, she still wasn't sure that there were any fish at all. Then, a blur of motion appeared in the water, hardly recognizable as a fish in the shaded stream. As the young apprentice watched, she suddenly realized what Eaglewing must have said earlier. The shade of the tree hid her shadow from the fish so that it wouldn't be scared away.

The blue tabby flinched as she was splashed by the shaking fish, shaking out her own pelt reactively. The cool water snapped her out of her racing thoughts, if only for just a moment. Huh, she had no idea that water could do that...

Eaglewing raised her head and posed a question to Spiderpaw and the other two apprentices. She thought for a moment. What had she noticed? There was only one thing that really stood out to the blue tabby. "You were still as stone..." She replied quietly. "And eventually the fish came to you... does that mean fish can't see us as well as we can see them?" Oh, no. The question had slipped out before she had even thought it through. Was that a dumb question? Suddenly, it was like that splash of water had never snapped her out of anything.

 

@Mica - Eaglewing
@Burning'Flame - Asterpaw
@Songtail - Breezepaw