tunnels living in a ghost town // tunnel training

[✧ Marmotbite.]

MY BODY'S COVERED IN TEETH MARKS
YOUR BITES WORSE THAN YOUR BARK​

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marmotbite & 18 moons & demigirl & she/they/it & windclan tunneler ​

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" Being a tunneler is a privilege most don' have, but 's unforgivin' work. The tunnels are dangerous - can't see a damned thing down'ere, can only rely on whatya feel, and your own memory. One misstep, one wrong turn and you could be lost forever. Dig a little to fast or a little to hard, or even if starclan jus' feels like it that day a tunnel can collapse on you... wev'e lost warriors an' apprentices alike tha' way, " the molly drawls, staring at her apprentice with serious eyes. Already, ferretpaw is nearly taller than her, but Marmotbite does her best not to let it bother her - she's aware she's small, even for a tunneler, and that doesn't make her any less strong or vicious when needed.

She is not a demanding mentor - well, no more so than most. Ferretpaw is free to do whatever she wants in her freetime, be who she wants... as long as she learns to survive first. It's a lesson marmotbite had learned early on, both in her hazy days before joining windclans ranks and when down beneath the earth with her own mentor. She has no intention of throwing her apprentice down a flooded and collapsing tunnel the way nightmareface had of course, but she will not coddle the youth either. " For now, we'll head on in, and you will begin memorizin' the most common paths, " she says, dipping her head towards the opening she's placed them in front of. " Stay close, " she warns one last time, utterly serious - before a flick of her tail has her on her paws and darting down into the tunnel. She makes sure to wait long enough for ferretpaw to join her of course - lest she lose them immediately.

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// please wait for @ferretpaw