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Family and lessons were all very well, but sometimes a girl needed time away from the former and the latter. So she was sitting quietly near the training Soldiers - out of the way, but where she could still see everything going on. They weren't all the way she imagined them, but she supposed that they were still learning. Not to mention that many (obviously) hadn't been born here.

She watched their movements and traced patterns in the sand before her that mimicked them. It was a relaxing way to spend her time. Especially since she was nowhere near her twin. And good thing. She was convinced that Finar-Si had made him simply to infuriate her.

Eish hadn't really been paying any attention to what was being said until someone spoke very near her - to her! She looked up to see a black lion with red markings. No one she knew personally, but then again, she didn't know all that many grownups who she wasn't related to. And unlike most of the other Apprentices, she wasn't related to most of the pride. This was amusing, particularly when she heard her mother and other lionesses discussing potential mates amongst their children. Not that parents really had any say, but apparently moms liked to think about it.

And none of this was answering the grownup's question. Which was an interesting one. Was she learning anything her? And if so, was it interesting?

"Yes, I think so," she replied, after giving the matter some deep thought.

The white lioness smiled up at the big black lion. "Yes, it is very interesting to me," she replied. If it wasn't, she doubted she'd have chosen to spend so much time just sitting here.

Then the girl realized that perhaps he wanted to know what was so interesting.

"Oh!" she exclaimed. "The movements. The shapes, the forms, as they fight and train," the juvenile tried to explain what she saw, gesturing with one paw at the participants as well as the gentle drawings in the sand. The wind would erase them soon enough, but for now they were still visible.

Well, that was a very good question too. Eish had never really thought about why she enjoyed mimicking the forms she saw in the ever shifting sand before her. Now how was she to answer?

"Um. Well." This was something she'd never really conceptualized before.

"I guess it helps me to remember them better. Also they make very pretty shapes," the lioness concluded with a smile.

He wanted her to show him? But she wasn't even going to be a Soldier! She was going to be a Huntress, like her mother! Mom was always saying how there weren't nearly enough Hunters in the pride, that there were too many Soldiers by far. That's why even though not everyone was a Hunter by trade, they still had to do what they could to provide their own meals.

It was possible that if there were enough Hunters one day, that wouldn't happen anymore. But there would have to be a lot more Hunters than there were at the moment.

Still, she'd been taught that she was supposed to do as a grownup asked, and she supposed that she should do as the big black lion wanted her to do.

"Okay," she replied, getting to her feet and shaking off excess sand. Then she began moving through the various motions she'd been sketching.

"Thank you," the girl replied, looking up at the black lion. She was grateful for the compliment, since any and every young Firekin, even a fireless girl like herself, was expected to know the basics of fighting and dueling. After all, anyone, be they Solidier, Hunter, Medic or more was expected to hold their own against those who wished to join the pride.

Even so, she had to admit she didn't pay as close attention to those lessons as she did the ones related to hunting. It wasn't that she felt it was less important overall, just that it was less important for her.

She wasn't certain what to do or say now.

"Uh, well, I should go find my mom," she offered, taking a few steps back. "Oh, and I'm Eish!"