Lost Creek Hollow lemon

Not if we are very sneaky.  If we're very quiet, they won't know what's going on, she said with a smirk.  Simplified, sure, but it was probably a bit too early to go into a full making lots of noise on purpose vs staying quiet theory-crafting session.  Besides, hunting lessons had to be starting up soon, so it would help more with that than anything else.

Then off he went!  Ah, how she enjoyed his interest in this.  Arbiter did her best to try to seem completely unaware, watching a little bit out of the corner of her eye.  Of course, inexperience meant he made plenty of noise, even as he tried to attack stealthily, so at that point she could sort of stop pretending, swatting lightly at him with a paw, and gently nomming him on the shoulder as he "struck," playfully growling all the while.  Not a success, obviously, but it was a start.  You must be like an owl -- fly silently, then strike.  Since we don't have wings, we have to watch where we step.  Each leaf touched will make a noise, sticks crack, and rocks can clatter.  When you learn to pick the quietest path, you can catch your prey unawares -- bad guy or food.  If the first time they know you're there is when they feel your teeth, you have the advantage.

But just in case he thought it was something easy, it was best to quash that right now  (or happened to take his failure a bit too personally), It takes a lot of practice to do.  How about I walk along and you can try again?  Sure, it would slow down the patrol, but it was an important thing to teach.  And she had a sneaking suspicion that if Pike learned it, it would be easier to teach to Brou because he could use it against her.