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"It will be a wrench to leave this group," Micah said thoughtfully, changing the subject as they entered the loading bay. "They've all grown leaps and bounds, but what will we do with Harry and Aayla? I think it's obvious that with their bond they will never fit in with the rest of the Order as it is right now. I would love to have Aayla and Zule on Coruscant to train in Jarkai."
"Aayla, join with Quinlan she will when he has become a knight. The bond between them, obvious it was. See no reason to gain say that I do. Remain on Coruscant she will for the minimal time we can get away with. Thankfully, only a few years from being ready for his trials is Vos."
"What about her connection to Harry? And what will we do about him? The Force is telling me he should not be exposed to the rest of the Order just yet."
Yoda sighed faintly. "Master Fay, take Harry as padawan she will, agreed to this long before now she has, a growing connection between her, Harry and Lily there is. The Force, warning me not to allow Harry to spend any time on Coruscant, a danger it is, though uncertain is the type of danger."
"Agreed," Micah said with a nod. "I have meditated hard on this issue myself, and the Force is clear on the matter."
The two of them fell silent then, Yoda leaning on his gimer stick watching as three knights walked up the ramp while Micah simply stood, waiting. In the lead was Knight Toramund, a young Coruscant born human male who often smiled, and was known to have a sense of humor that ran heavily to jokes at the expense of politicians.
Behind him came Knight Shaak Ti, the only other one of the three Yoda had personally met since they had taken their Trials. The Togrutan knight was an excellent choice for this, a calm, open presence, who was able to adjust to surprises and with a highly analytical mind. The last one, a young Muun named Cale, a staunch Consular and a decent engineer. Yoda was uncertain of Cale's inclusion in this group, Muun tended to have trouble when shown new Force powers they could not mathematically explain but as he had told Master Windu, Yoda would trust his judgement.
The three knights bowed as one to Yoda, who harrumphed at them. "Master Yoda, the council has assigned us to take up positions here on the Explorer as teachers. I must say it wasn't my first choice of tasks, but then I began to hear some rumors about this clan being used as a test bed for some rediscovered Force techniques you found." Knight Toramund said, his voice respectful, but his eyes lit up with inquisitiveness.
"Hrhrhrm, truth there is to some of that. Come, introduce you to your charges I will." Yoda said making a note that rumors passed through the Order far more quickly these days than they had been when he was younger. He remained silent as did the five knights following him until they arrived at the main classroom. Opening the door he gestured the youngsters inside, only to watch with a small smile as they stopped in shock, bunching up in the doorway.
The five young Knights all stared at the initiates in front of them changing the colors of objects and conjuring up shields in astonishment as well as the red-haired Force Ghost in the scandalous clothing which seemed to be presiding over it all. Then Knight Shaak Ti stepped forward with a faint smile into the center of the group, reaching down to touch heads and shoulders. "I see we are all going to be students of one sort or another."
"Excellent attitude," Lily murmured smiling down at the only slightly older, at least in physical age, Togrutan woman. "Keep that attitude and we'll all get along well."
Chuckling, Yoda gestured the others forward. "Needless to say, rumors about ancient powers discovered, only the half of the truth they are. Come, fill you in I will on what I may."
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On Coruscant, Sidious frowned slightly, looking over his notes. Yoda had acceded to the Senate's politely worded request he return, which was all to the good. Of all the Jedi, he and Mace Windu were the two the Sith most wanted to keep an eye on, and that was done better here on Coruscant than elsewhere. But the damage might already have been done.
It seemed as if the Jedi had indeed found some holocron with ancient teachings on it, and were slowly incorporating it into their training. Odd, and something The Plan had not allowed for, but perhaps it would turn out to be something Sidious could turn to his advantage. With his and his master's attempt to sound out Dooku as a voice of possible dissent among the Jedi stymied for now thanks to his part in the campaign against the Bando Gora keeping him away from their influence, it might be needed.
With Plagueis elsewhere working on the Veil, it fell to Sidious to decide how to go about this, and he mused for a few moments on how to go about it. Alas, none of his contacts within the Order were enough to give him more than rumor at this point, and he could not use them for more without arousing suspicion. That left electronic means, a haphazard approach at best. Still with Yoda returned here, any such change in the Order's training will of necessity start here as well.
In the next few months he learned much about the new powers rumor circulated this odd training clan was learning, but none of them were enough to worry him. Indeed, most were so miniscule or outright ridiculous that Sidious dismissed them, concentrating instead on the Senate and aggravating the growing factionalism there from the shadows. This state of affairs continued for more than a year, by which time the fact the Jedi had new, unimportant powers had sunk into his psyche so much that neither he nor his master noticed that the electronic spies in the Temple had stopped reporting. After all, the Jedi were still losing members in trickles here and there, so everything was going according to plan. Wasn't it?
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