Talons Are For Fishing! (Swimming & Fishing Lesson) - Talonpaw & Brokenstream

[korok]

☾ Brokenstream | 26 MOONS | HE/HIM ☽
header & divider by @/Marigoldwhisper

The young Lionheart gave a big stretch as the pair finally approached the river. His green eyes glowed with excitement- how he loved swimming. Better yet, he loved teaching it! It's what made a RiverClan cat a RiverClan cat.

Brokenstream glanced over his shoulder at Talonpaw, the young apprentice who would be accompanying him today. He had yet to interact with the apprentice until now, when they had requested a swimming and fishing lesson, but he was pleased that they were taking initiative. "Alright, Talonpaw, are you ready? The water may be a bit cold as we're getting into to leaffall, but once you're in, you'll be fine." The bengal mewed kindly.

( @Ian - so sorry for delay! )

[Ian]

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Taking initiative for his own training feels good. Talonpaw knows he's become what he hates most, but it's hard when the two mentors he cared about died or disappeared. He hadn't liked Fadingstar, so training with him never worked. Now he has Stormstar, and he thinks they might get along. She's still the leader of RiverClan at the very least. At least he's mostly late on his training because of not having a mentor for a while, disappearing (he still regrets that every day), the entire Clan getting exiled only a few moons after he returns, and then breaking a leg on the mountains. Still, Talonpaw knows he's been a little lazy, but now he's trying. He just hopes it will be enough, something that he has never been and never will be.

Brokenstream's words snap him out of his spiraling thoughts and he gives the tom a stiff nod. "As ready as I'll ever be," Talonpaw says, eyeing the water as the fur long his spine prickles in unconscious nervousness. Would drowning be like freezing to death? Slow and painful? He doesn't want to find out.

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