Blazepaw was, obviously, already aware of Spiderthroat's existence- the tom was Thunderclan's deputy. Not like Blazepaw had ever personally talked to him, especially not when Spiderthroat was waking him up first thing in the morning. Blazepaw blinked the sleep out of his eyes, making a disgruntled face he was too tired to cover up. He wasn't the type to enjoy dawn training, but it's not like Blazepaw was going to complain about it either- he didn't want Spiderthroat to get the wrong impression, that he was some apprentice who whined about all of his duties. As long as Spiderthroat had something to teach him, it'd be worthwhile enough.
So Blazepaw got out of his nest and followed his new mentor in silence, stopping at some clearing Spiderthroat deemed appropriate, for whatever reason. He was supposed to knock him off balance, as the older tom said. Was he just going to... stand there? Blazepaw almost wanted to scoff at this whole training exercise, but knocking Spiderthroat off his paws could actually be a hard task, if he didn't think about this.
The idea of Blazepaw just walking up to his new mentor and trying to push him felt stupid, so he might as well try to make it seem like organic combat. Well, he couldn't stand here all day, Blazepaw wasn't indecisive. Why not start off with a pounce?
(blazepaw rolls a 17!)
The tom lowered himself to the ground and dashed over to Spiderthroat, a running start to getting on top of the deputy. Blazepaw didn't unsheathe his claws, that'd just get him a lecture, but dug his paws into Spiderthroat's fur rather harshly and leaned far to one side. It was obvious that if his claws were out this would rip the fur, but right now was a good way to use his weight and knock Spiderthroat over.
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