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Indeed, Zule did far better then most of the rest of the class. Wulo, as Micah had predicted, wasn't very good at this exercise, though he was quite quick on his four feet he just didn't have the lateral speed or flexibility to dodge in an enclosed space like this. Alecto seemed to cave slightly under this exercise. his mind unable to process so many moving objects at once and move his body at the same time. On the other hand a young human boy and girl pair did very well, outperforming their slightly older fellows for a time as they seemed to be able to read the ball's movement better.
Halfway through the class, Harry took his turn. Standing in the center he breathed in once, then nodded to Giiett, who started the exercise. The balls moved toward Harry from all directions and his hand quickly flashed out, grabbing a ball and dropping it to his feet before ducking under a second, leaping over a third and rolling along to dodge several more. He kept moving for a time until he was in one of the corners of the room, having been tagged only four times.
Micah had to nod his head at the boy's strategy. Harry was the first to see even in a room like this you could still use the terrain to his advantage. And even if he isn't as good at the others about relying on the Force to predict his enemies' movements, his reflexes are incredible, as is his hand eye coordination. He will be a deadly lightsaber duelist in time.
A case in point Harry's hands flashed out, one at a time admittedly, catching and dropping balls as they came at him. And now that his back and flanks were somewhat secure, he was able to keep it up for several more minutes. But even if he was fast for his age, there were a few too many balls for him, and they also tried to strike his arms when he stretched out. Every time he overbalanced slightly in order to catch a ball, a ball slipped in, and eventually Harry was struck the tenth time.
"Well done," Micah said, nodding his head to the tousle-haired youth. "You tried to compensate for a weakness in your style and used the lay of the land to your advantage. We still have work to do of course, but very well done." Harry had lasted for nearly seven minutes, by far the longest time for this clan.
Aayla eagerly stood forward. Her light brown eyes locked with Harry's emerald ones for a moment, and Micah knew they were communicating mind to mind even if he couldn't feel it in the Force, his senses not up to that task. Then the Rutian girl grinned, slapping her hand against Harry's and stepping into the center of the room as the rest of the clan cheered.
Laughing lightly at their enthusiasm Micah set the balls moving once more, and immediately it was obvious that Aayla wasn't going to follow Harry's plan of forting up in a corner. Instead she simply moved.
Like Zule, Aayla had amazing body control, but her agility and flexibility was even better, having begun training as a 'dancer' before Harry had liberated her. She danced in place, dodging this way and that twisting and ducking before leaping into the air, bouncing off the wall at one point. Then as the hits still piled up, she too reached out with both hands, catching and tossing balls towards other attacking balls as Zule did. Her aim wasn't as good, but Aayla was able to actually catch more balls in the first place than the Falleen initiate.
It was an impressive display, for more than one reason. Another ambidextrous student, excellent!
None of the students succeeded in lasting the full ten minutes of course, though several had come close after emulating Harry's strategy. But after the class was over, Micah called both Aayla and Zule over to her. "Tell me young ones, can you write with both hands as well?"
"Yes master," Zule said, since Aayla was still a little out of breath from her last attempt at the exercise. "I sometimes switch hands in class, and I know that Aayla has occasionally."
"Tell me young ones, have you heard about the various lightsaber styles?" Micah gestured down to his belt, where two lightsabers hung. One was a regular sized blade, the other a shoto or short lightsaber, like Master Yoda's lightsaber in length though the hilt was the same size as the other blade. "I think you both have the potential to become Jar'kai users in the future."
Both young girls looked at one another, and Micah went on. "If you like, I can give you some more exercises to perform to help take your ambidexterity to it's maximum potential in preparation for that. I will warn you though, this will be on top of your other lessons. Indeed, I think you should take a few days to think about it, after all, a lightsaber style is a very personal, serious thing for any Jedi aspirant."
After a few days both girls had decided to take Micah up on his offer. By which time he had discovered that Alecto was a natural with any type of gun, and also seemed to have set his mind on the order he would like to join, that of Sentinel. Micha did his best to watch over all three of them on their personal training while also overseeing the clan's physical training as a whole.
During that time, Lily and Yoda also got to know one another, and found in one another an odd friendship. Yoda was that most precious of birds in educational circles, a teacher with vast amounts of experience and a true gift for teaching who had not lost his joy of it. More than once Lily watched Yoda pick out the student who was having the most trouble, or needed a bit of boost to his self-esteem and help him along gently, oftentimes allowing himself to look like a creature of play for the kids, squeaking in overdone shock as he fell backwards during a game of push-me, pull-you, or smiling and chortling along with the children as he subtly helped the youngster use his Force power to send a ball careening faster than the others.
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