"O...Okay?", Mousepaw mumbled, feeling kind of reluctant. He was supposed to attack Duskleaf? Like, right now? Maybe his mentor was planning on picking at his mistakes once Mousepaw actually showed them to him. Well, it just seemed kind of nerve-wracking when he put it that way.
No, Mousepaw would be fine. Duskleaf probably wasn't expecting him to be perfect already. All he had to do was NOT do something super embarrassing, like trip and fall on his face. Which had kind of happened once in front of Branchpaw, ugh he didn't want to think about that. Anyways, battle training was important! Like, he could beat the other apprentices in sparring, and hopefully not die right away in a fight...
Trying to focus, the tiny apprentice's tail swished back and forth, and his eyes narrowed as he did his best to look serious before attacking his mentor. He just had to land this hit.
(mousepaw rolls a 2!)
After getting a jumping start at Duskleaf, Mousepaw gravely miscalculated and landed too early, kind of wobbling off to the side as he felt his paw twist painfully.
Oww... He didn't even hit his mentor! At all! Had any other apprentice even failed on their first move before??
"That... doesn't usually happen," he meowed weakly, flexing his paw to make sure it still worked. "I can go again. Or you can attack me first, maybe..." Mousepaw didn't want to tell his mentor what do, he just was unsure whether Duskleaf wanted him to try again, or if he wanted to correct Mousepaw's posture or something first...
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Seamrog (i didn't think it took long, no problem!)