[Rudie]

- Ploversnap -

She/ Her / 38 moons / Riverclan warrior
Purrks: N/A

Ploversnap watches intently as her apprentice slinks into the water. She can see him putting a lot of effort into his very first swimming attempt, but it didn’t work out as well as she would expect. She observes Brightpaw’s movements, just to make sure she’ll notify him of anything he must improve for the second try. He somehow got the hang of it for a few seconds, but his aching pain made him give up on swimming for longer.

Her apprentice finally made his way back to her presence. He seems exhausted, and when he flopped onto the ground, she stiffens her lips and breaks eye contact with him as she eyes to the right, then exhaled when looking back. “Oof, well… you just…” She hesitated but attempts to soothe him with a teasing tone in her voice. “It needs a bit of practice. You’re still four moons old, yis?”

She gently nudges his shoulder with her snout to follow her back into the pool. If he couldn’t manage it alone, then he should swim with a bit of support. She gently steps back into the water, gradually getting used to the cold temperature. “Look, you did a proper work at the start, but you’ve probably made your movements wrong on the other half. Now listen…” The female warrior mews. “You just need to make your joints stay under control, which means that they shouldn’t move in a crooked manner. Make them swing in vertical loops. Don’t make them move horizontally!” She clarifies what she meant by pulling her right foreleg from the water for a better view and moving it just as said. “And spread your paws! You don’t want them to ache too, do you?” Stars, teaching someone about swimming isn’t as easy as she thought.

@bambi