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Yarrownose had been wandering around the territory, mainly to get some exercise before he went back to camp. He intended to check in with his apprentice when he got back, make sure that everything was okay for his little lookalike. Despite them not being related, Yarrownose noticed that the pair shared a similar pelt coloring and he felt that it was a sign that the pair of them were going to make a good team. At least, he hoped so.

He was startled by a blur rushing past his paws and then another cat, taking a step back in surprise until he realised that it was Quickpaw and smiled. Yarrownose bounded after his apprentice, eager to see how he would do although it became clear that he had not been successful when he found the tom looking clearly annoyed. "Hello Quickpaw!" the warrior called out, padding closer to the other tom and smiling. "Don't worry about that vole, I'm sure you'll have better luck next time," he said in a cheerful voice, not wanting Quickpaw to think that he was disappointed in him and hoping that this would show him that he wasn't.

The ginger tom sat near to him and looked at him before he spoke up once more. "Has everything been okay today?" he asked him, wanting to check that his apprentice was okay. He wanted Quickpaw to feel as though he could talk to him and Yarrownose felt that this would only be achieved by being friendly. The thing he wanted most was for them to get along well, as otherwise, how was Quickpaw going to learn? He and Roseface had always gotten along just fine and Yarrownose hoped he could be as good a mentor as she had been.

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He felt the frustration that Quickpaw felt and gave his head a little shake. "Hey, it's okay! You'll get better at it, trust me, even if it feels like you won't right now," Yarrownose said, attempting to give him a friendly nudge to try and cheer him up a bit. "It's not worth getting upset about," he added, quite proud that the apprentice had been so close. Quickpaw had tried and in time, he was going to get better. Yarrownose remembered how he had felt disappointed when he hadn't done well in the past but it had all turned out okay in the end. He'd passed his warrior assessment and he was positive that Quickpaw was going to as well.

"It's good that you're practicing now," he told him. "You'll get better and the more you practice, the more you'll notice it." Yarrownose looked around at where they were since he hadn't noticed his surroundings before and adjusted to them once more after not paying attention to them for a few moments. "Once you've got the hand of fishing, it's not as hard as it looks," Yarrownose said to Quickpaw. "We could go and have a try at it, if you'd like?" the mentor offered, thinking how it would be a nice way to spend their day along with it being productive. He always enjoyed spending time by the river.

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Quickpaw's enthusiasm certainly touched Yarrownose, making him glad to see that his apprentice wanted to learn and that just made his desire to teach him well even stronger. At the tom's response, Yarrownose nodded his head and thought back to what he had done during the day. From what he could remember, there was nothing else of importance for him to do at this moment in time and he nodded his head. "I'm not busy at all," he responded chirpily, amused by the excitement the young cat presented. Of course he was going to be eager, learning was always fun, at least in Yarrownose's opinion.

"Yes, yes, we can. Right this very second," he laughed, flicking his tail as if to signal to him to lead the way to the river. He found himself spending most of his time by it although that didn't bother him. He truly loved it, whether it was rain or shine. Even as a kit when he had not been able to swim as well as he could now, it hadn't stopped him from splashing about in it on the few occasions where he was allowed to. Many times had he pestered the warriors to supervise him so that he could go to the river, usually when he felt he'd been particularly well-behaved. He'd always been the one to follow the rules and would never have dared to go by himself.

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Yarrownose followed the apprentice, trying to keep up with him as best as he could and watching as Quickpaw peered into the water. Not too sure what he was doing, he decided not to ask and instead let the tom carry on out of his own curiosity to find out. When he was asked if the spot that Quickpaw had chosen was okay, Yarrownose nodded. "That spot is fine," he said, sitting down next to him and looking at the fish in the river, watching them for a few moments before turning his head sideways so he could talk to the smaller cat.

It felt like a long time ago since he had last been a mentor, when really it hadn't been that long ago at all and Yarrownose had to think what was the best way to teach his apprentice. He thought for a couple of moments about what to do. Ask Quickpaw to try and catch one so he could see where he needed to improve? Show Quickpaw how to do it and then ask him to copy what he'd done? "So, what do you think you need to do to be successful with catching a fish?" he eventually asked him, looking at him as he waited to hear what his response would be.

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