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Heroneye
| she/her | RiverClan | Lionheart |

Heroneye flinched a bit under the weight of the apprentice, but was able to stay on her paws. She gently shook the apprentice off and turned to face him in the second part of this leap-and-hold section. Seapaw had managed to hit a stationary target and seemed to only continue to become more comfortable, but that wouldn't be enough for a real battle, of course. Heroneye wanted him to know how to attack a moving opponent before she moved on to the final, more complicated move.

"Well done," Heroneye said with a flick of her tail. "Next, I want you to try to leap onto me again, but this time, I will be trying to defend against your attack--just as a warrior in a real battle would." Once again she slipped into her battle crouch. "See if you can hit me like that."

She paused thoughtfully before adding an adendum to her assignment. "While I would like you to practice the leap-and-hold in particular, in a real battle, one has to be flexible; if you sense that you wouldn't be able to complete that move, or you have an idea that you think might be more effective, feel free to try a different approach." After all, while Heroneye knew she had a more structured approach to teaching combat than other warriors, her ultimate goal was to teach Seapaw skills they could bring with them on a real battlefield. If this exercise could help with that in one way or another, Heroneye had no complaints.

( @sleepyyjax - Seapaw )