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[h2]  WillowClan Warrior's Den[/h2]

[i] interacting with: [@Hazelrah]’s Honeypaw, [@solokolos]' Moosepaw[/i]
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Spidernose seemed quite content to sit still and allow Honeypaw to groom through her fur, even if it wasn’t particularly dirty, the repetitive motion would be soothing, she thought, for the younger cat. So she made no protest to it and simply tilted her chin down to blink at her apprentice soothingly. Her ears flicked as Moosepaw spoke, and the warrior made a small noise of agreement in the back of her throat.

Of course, she worried about Honeypaw, and whether they could say the same. She hadn’t had time to give her any battle training, this was her first day out of the nursery, the poor thing. Still, she was sure they’d find a way. Clan cats looked out for one another, and that was what Spidernose planned to do for Honeypaw. 

[b][color=f9ad81]“We can hope it doesn’t come to that,”[/color][/b] the she-cat repeated, feeling like she’d said those exact words a few too many times. She ducked her head to give her apprentice’s forehead a quick lick between her ears, as if to offer her her own form of comfort, before her bright blue eyes moved across to Moosepaw next. [b][color=f9ad81]“But I wouldn’t get over-confident, either. They might be scrawny-[i]looking[/i] but sometimes appearances can be deceiving. When we were with my mother, before we found WillowClan, we lost many hunts to “scrawny” cats that we thought we could beat.”[/color][/b] she sighed for a moment, considering how best to give her apprentice advice.

The last thing she wanted to do was get Honeypaw hurt. Fernstar would never forgive her if that were to happen. Scratch that, Spidernose was pretty sure she’d never forgive [i]herself[/i] if something happened to Honeypaw because of an instruction she’d given the younger she-cat. And as inexperienced as she was, she knew she had to give her some advice just in case she’d need it. 
[b][color=f9ad81]“Okay. I know the thought of being in a battle is scary, but remember things like this. This is our camp, our home. We know it in a way these strangers don’t, which means, if we need to, we can use it to our advantage, duck in and out of hiding spots that they don’t know exist to get around them, or surprise them. Now, you’re small...and we haven’t done much fighting practise, and even if these rogues don’t fight much, they had to have fought off...something, to come in as scratched up as they did.”[/color][/b] 

Which meant, the best course of action for Honeypaw was to not get too close in with them, if she did, these rogues could crush her in moments. And Spidernose didn’t want that. [b][color=f9ad81]“If a fight does break out, I want you to keep your claws out, and [i]use them[/i] as much as you have to. Don’t let them get too close, don’t try and use your teeth, you’re not experienced enough yet. I just want you to focus on doing whatever you have to, to [i]not[/i] get hit, okay? Stay close to me, or Moosepaw, and bring them our way, let us deal with the more complicated brawling.”[/color][/b]