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The ship would also be given to quad laser turrets, but that was all the Explorer could be given due to Republic regulations on ships its size. They would have to go to the Senate itself to get an exception for more dangerous weaponry, even on a Jedi ship. This left the ship rather vulnerable in terms of firepower given its size but its defenses, its shields, could be as strong as they wished.
Harry was able to rejoin that first day of full class lessons, and Lily spent some of her attention watching him closely, making certain he was fully recovered. When she determined he was, Lily called him into the meditation room after the exercises had finished for the day. "Harry, do you remember me saying that we were going to start training on more offenses spells?"
"Yes," Harry replied grimly. "I don't like killing, I don't like that feeling, but I think I let myself and my friends down because I couldn't really do a lot. I mean even with what I already knew. What if I had tried to use that Incendio spell, even that would've been more of a help than the stupid stupefy!" He and Aayla had talked about the fight while in his mind, and had helped each other get over it while also coming up with ways to use Harry's power better the next time.
"Unless you could direct the fire it wouldn't have been much help considering you'd have to be careful not to hit Quinlan with it." Lily shook her head and went on firmly. "It's a good thought Harry, but you weren't the one who failed there, I was. I should've been pushing for you to add more attack type spells to your repertoire, tried to expand your ideas into combat the moment we realized that these Jedi were more combat-oriented than most wizards back home have to be."
"I should've realized that," Harry said just as firmly glaring up at his mother almost challengingly. "I was the one that was so interested in their light-swords right?"
The two emerald eyed individuals locked eyes with one another, before laughing in unison, shaking their heads. "All right Harry, how about we just agree to each take an equal share of the guilt and move on?"
Harry nodded, and Lily began. "Okay, so for tonight, we'll run through the shield spells I know of including the Protego, which you've already been working with. I'll describe their abilities, then you'll see if you can re-create them. We'll concentrate on this for a week or so, until you can cast the spell without any lag time and hold it for at least five minutes. Then we'll move on to a few offenses spells. I hope to use at least a week on each concept in turn, so that you learn not only how to use the spells, but possibly modify them. I'm going to tell you their effects and I'm going to leave the rest to you understand?"
"You don't want me to get caught up into the same sort of mental mindset as the wizards, just doing one thing the same way over and over," Harry guessed.
"That's it exactly. Now show me your first shield spell," Lily commanded, crossing her arms and sitting in midair as she watched her son begin.
Those lessons would be the most mentally and physically taxing Harry had run into yet, but they would also be the most rewarding outside of Master Yoda's classes on meditation and balance. He soaked up the spell concepts like a sponge, coming up with his own variants quickly, sometimes far better than the original.
For instance, Harry was able to mix the abilities of two different shielding spells, the Protego, and the Armoria. Armoria was a full body spell that covered one's body, and was great against physical attacks, such as from non-magical weapons or conjured up creatures. But it couldn't stop energy-based spells.
The Protego spell was simply a shield of magic that deflected other magic. But its strength varied wildly and it didn't do very well against physical spells. It could be beaten by anything moving too quickly, and could be overcome by a powerful enough spell.
Harry took both of those spells and merged them into one shield that he could actually manipulate! It was the most amazing thing to watch Harry actually move the shield around into different formations, able to cover both himself and Aayla at the same time. Aayla and Alecto joined this class along with Wulo, Zule and two of the other, slightly older students, who Yoda had selected to join them.
Eventually all the students were able to learn Harry's version, which made Lily absolutely giddy with delight, and the other Jedi ecstatic. Only Harry however could do so without gestures or words at first, though Aayla was able to do so for very short amounts of time by the time that first month ended.
During that time the teachers noticed that there was a distinct cross-leveling flow going on between Aayla and Harry. Aayla's ability to learn 'spells' grew by leaps and bounds, while Harry's ability to use Jedi techniques did the same. He began to be able to use some Force Precognition: reaching out to it to feel other people's intent and sense answers to questions behind closed doors. Both children swore up and down to Lily, Master Fay and Yoda separately and together that they weren't sharing thoughts about those things all the time, just some of the time. It just was happening that was all. While interesting, that told no one anything new about the bond.
Of course, the two of them did spend an inordinate amount of time talking mind to mind, something all of the adults noticed and couldn't come up with an argument to stop. Harry understood eventually he'd have thoughts he wouldn't want to share, but that was in the future. Aayla didn't even understand that, and many times after lights out the two of them spent time in one another's minds going over the day's training and helping one another along.
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