[Insidious]

Razorfang

“I assume that you can swim.” A regal tone addressed, but a curt assumption that could be made entirely out of the idea that, in his presence, was one of RainClan. It would be utterly horrifying for a feline of RainClan to endure the burden of honing paws that could not properly paddle, to be a cat that could not swim, and to therefore be a cat that could not effectively live in their own environment. Constantly, the deputy took this specialized trait and assumed the best of his clan. In the off-chance that he assumed too highly, perhaps then he would take some time from his otherwise organized schedule to teach them, though he would do so with nothing more than a grimace at best. The deputy’s body sunk into the crystalline waters, invisible to the naked eye for a brief momentum, before rising accordingly at the bank of the Sand Bar. He slipped free from its wettened grasp, molded into the equivalent of a black blob as he shook out his handsomely rugged pelt to diminish with his drenched state. Elongated strides allowed him to cover ground quickly, pivoting on an impressively elegant heel to face his battle opponent for the afternoon.

Fleetpaw.

The duo had not began on a good first note, and he had admittedly sought to strangle the young tom from that point onward, having done so occasionally in his fondest dreams. His hobbies bordered strange, if not completely irrelevant to what was expected from him as an apprentice. Even still, Razorfang could not grasp the importance that the unusually shiny rock had held through the tomcat’s eyes. It was as though it represented every fibre of his being, had controlled every thought that his brain dare process. It sent a shiver of unease, from frustration as opposed to any true fear, down the length of his spine--he would have blamed it on the biting chill that accompanied his rapid swim. But, as every fair deputy was entitled, he was willing to give the apprentice another chance to prove his worth as a future warrior of RainClan, and he could do so through showcasing his conflict oriented ability.

“Before we begin, Fleetpaw, tell me this: do you fear injury or pain?”