Heroneye
| she/her | RiverClan | Lionheart |[ Heroneye rolled a one out of ten. ]
Heroneye should have been expecting the attack (it made a kind of sense that the front paw blow would come first), but she was unable to react properly. By the time she began her attempt at a dodge, Soaringpaw was there, and she'd caught the full force of the attack. She let out a hiss and immediately regretted it. Hissing in battle wasn't particularly noteworthy, but this wasn't a real battle. It felt too serious, like she was genuinely becoming frustrated. Of course, she
shouldn't be upset; Soaringpaw landing attacks was supposed to be the exact outcome she'd been working towards. This wasn't
about Heroneye.
[ Heroneye rolled a seven out of ten. ]
No matter, though. Heroneye regained her concentration just as Soaringpaw was gearing up to get out another attack. She saw the apprentice come up beside her and attempt to leap onto her back. Heroneye felt Soaringpaw's paws for a heartbeat as she dodged away, those paws not managing to get a grip in time.
Seeing as Soaringpaw may have lost her balance after that, Heroneye would rebound towards the apprentice and aim a blow at her side, trying to knock her over (not
too harshly, she hoped).
In a strange way, sparring was almost harder than a real battle. In a real battle, Heroneye would know exactly how much strength or effort to put into her attacks:
all of it. Here, though, the line was a little more obscured. Obviously this wasn't a real battle, and the last thing she would want would be to actually hurt an apprentice. At the same time, though, she wouldn't want to go too easy on the apprentice and give her a false sense of security, or at least give the impression that Heroneye was patronizing her. Hopefully, she was doing this right...
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Minku - Soaringpaw )
Re: Soaringpaw's Battle Training [P]
