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Smokethroat lifted his head from his nest with a grimace, it was early morning and his usual routine of heading out on his own for a quick hunt before patrols later was now disrupted by the realization that he would have to approach his new duty as soon as possible. Every day he slacked was a day Iciclepaw would get no experience, the sooner he started the better. But how to start…? To say he was dreading this was an understatement, the dark tom was at a loss of how to teach or even what should be his priority. He was a tom of combat, spoke with his teeth and claws and so naturally he felt more comfortable teaching her to fight but that seemed somewhat too much for the first day. She couldn't hunt until she knew the lay of the land-Oh! The territory. They would walk the territory. After all, it was important to know where you called home proper and where certain prey was…it would be Iciclepaw's first time out of the camp proper so obviously that is what he should start with.
I'm so bad at this, I wish I had someone I could ask on how I should do this.
As he clambered out of the den with a stretch he paused and spotted the familiar long-fur and earth smoked pelt of Willowroot near the freshkill pile. They had both been given an apprentice in the meeting, though Willowroot had two, and the other was a competent and intelligent cat whom he felt he could get along with easily enough and would not judge his failings too harshly. On swift dark paws he padded over, tail up and head nodding to the side, "Morning. Do you've plans today already…?"
His orange gaze moved from her to the apprentice den, now full with its new inhabitants, "I was thinking of…taking Iciclepaw out to see the territory for her first day. Care to join us?"
Ashpaw had been a pawful from kithood and Steeppaw had already tried her trouble with him before, he did not envy Willowroot her new duties.
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