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Heroneye
| she/her | RiverClan | Lionheart |

Heroneye acknowledged the apprentices' thanks with a dip of her head and began to lead them out of camp. She almost thought that they ought to wait until after the training session for them to thank her. She had to imagine that Spiderpaw genuinely enjoyed her lesson, based both on how she'd acted before and the fact that she'd come back for another in the first place. As for Sprucepaw, she couldn't yet be sure that he'd be satisfied. Teaching multiple apprentices at once opened up new opportunities for lessons, and while Heroneye was quite interested to see how it would go, she also carried a bit of apprehension with her. Old habits died hard, and suddenly she could feel that old insecurity of hers creeping back.

No matter. She'd vanquish this nervousness just like she did before; exposure. She knew enough to say that teaching two apprentices at once couldn't be all that different from teaching only one, at least on a fundemental level. Besides, she could also tell that Spiderpaw and Sprucepaw wouldn't go out of their ways to berrate Heroneye if she made a mistake--though she also hoped to earn and retain their respect, if she could help it.

Before long, Heroneye found that they'd arrived in her usual clearing. She turned around to face the pair of younger cats and begin the lesson. "To begin, I would like to watch the two of you spar against each other." She turned to each cat in turn. She wanted to get a baseline for their abilities before anything else--particularly Sprucepaw's. The young cat had insisted against allowing her relatively basic battle knowledge from holding her back, but Heroneye still wanted to know where she stood, exactly. The best way to form a lesson, from the Lionheart's experience, was to work off of the apprentice's strengths and weaknesses--and that would go for Spiderpaw too, of course.

"One of you may begin by attempting to 'attack' the other, and then continue from there as though in a real battle. Claws sheathed, as always." She paused for a moment before adding, "Begin whenever you're ready."

( @namen_roodles - Spiderpaw ; @Nahbois - Sprucepaw )