Shadepaw was getting stronger, faster, and perhaps even a little smarter. Training had been going pretty well for him recently - great at fighting, and pretty good at hunting. He still had personal insecurities, but he was trying his best to not let them interfere with his day to day life.
He knew that his Dark Forest training with Ratstep was probably one of the reasons why his skills were improving so greatly, but he also knew that Pumpkinstrut had had a huge positive influence. He had learned a lot from her, and while Shadepaw had felt nothing towards his mentor at first, he now cared for her greatly, having grown quite attached to Pumpkinstrut after all of their training sessions together.
The young black tom stood at the camp entrance, waiting for Pumpkinstrut to arrive so that they could head off on their training session. Rising early in the morning for training was still something Shadepaw despised with a burning passion, but he was forcing himself to adapt to such a routine slowly at least. After all, he needed to get in as much training as he could so he could be the greatest warrior possible, which was an important ambition of his.
"that's just what gangsters do."