Duskleaf
20 Moons | He/Him | No purrks
RiverClan Head Lionheart
Okay, so both apprentices were here, good.
"Right, so because of RiverClan's current…situation…" Duskleaf began,
"You never really know what to expect, so I want to make sure you both know how to defend yourselves should you ever have to. After this, I’ll let you both choose what to do next, but right now I need to know you can fight." He didn't dare say the last part; that after Mousepaw's death he'd been plagued by a terrible guilt for not teaching him enough about combat which he still felt awful about but tried to hide. If — StarClan forbid — that ever happened again, it would break his heart.
'No! Don't think like that!' He told himself, trying to push the guilt to the back of his mind and focus on what was going on right now.
"If you're fighting against a larger cat, a fully grown warrior perhaps, there's one move that will come in very useful for you." Duskleaf began, standing up and turning to face Riftpaw and Beaverpaw side on.
"So you want to get out the way of their attacks, if you leap onto an opponent's back and grip with your claws, you're out the way of their claws and their fangs, you're also in the right position to give them some pretty serious injuries." This was another advantage of having two apprentices, this move worked even better if it was more than one smaller cat fighting a larger opponent.
"This move's great for one cat fighting a larger opponent, but even better for two! How about we try it? Both of you, leap onto my back and you'll see how much of an advantage this gives you." And then he remembered he'd told them that they should dig their claws into an opponent's back.
"Just uh…don't extend your claws, I'm not an enemy warrior so there's no need to actually claw my back to bits." He said with a laugh.
"Let’s have a go then." He said.
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Riftpaw and Beaverpaw's Training
