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"Nor have I," Luminara said softly, reaching for a glass of water on a nearby bed stand and drinking it down for going on. Master Fay didn't look as if she had been exhausted by this ordeal, but Luminara certainly was. Seven months I have been on this planet, and I never realized that those pain receptors were still activated. I feel as if I should go back to training.
Aloud, Luminara said "There is a tale here," looking between Harry and Lily and then back to Master Fay. "A tale Master Yoda evidently has endorsed and moreover hidden the truth of from the rest of the Order. I have to wonder why he thought the secrecy was necessary."
"I on the other hand do not. The Order can be reactionary at the best of times, and with the balance in the Force shifting to favor the Dark Side, this is not the best of times," Dooku said, his face stern. "However, I too would like to know the truth of how you came to join the Order, at the very least as they tie into your abilities. You do not need to tell me more than you wish, but recall you have come here to ask for lightsaber training, something you are reluctant to go to the Temple itself for."
Harry and Lily looked at one another for a time, while Fay filled the silence by telling Dooku and Luminara about what the Force had told them about that idea: that taking Harry to Coruscant too soon would lead to disaster. The fact the type of disaster was not certain was irritating, but the message had never varied. The knowledge that Master Yoda had also sensed this calmed Luminara down. Dooku however remained looking at the Lily and Harry.
Eventually their silent communication ended, and Lily began to tell their tales. They did not share everything, only enough to assuage Dooku's concerns. They shared nothing about their real origins, and Harry made certain to not share anything about a lot of the Force techniques that Harry could use, in particular transfiguration and conjuration, though Lily hinted at the experiments with rune work she and Fay had been doing, saying their research into it had been sanctioned by Master Yoda.
Fay joined in again after that, with Harry and Lily speaking about Harry's strange luck, how he always seemed to find conflict or danger both connected and not to whatever mission sent by the Force had brought Fay to a planet. It quickly became apparent that Harry needed more combat training than Fay could provide. Her own abilities were formidable, but did not include lightsaber training of course.
"And so you are here to learn the lightsaber Harry," Dooku said with a frown looking between the Force Ghost and her son for a long moment, trying to get the measure of them and their story. He trusted Master Yoda of course, had had been quietly ecstatic about the number of new Force powers Yoda and the clan had been introducing, which had broken the stasis he felt the Order had been in for too long.
And he liked the youth, there was a charisma and power in Harry that was impressive. But that also made Dooku even more leery of trusting his first impression of the youth. He leaned back, now concentrating on his Force senses, asking the Force as a whole a simple question: What should I do here?
The answer he got actually dovetailed with his own first impressions, combined with a vision. It showed all three of his visitors surrounded by a corona of white, almost searing Light, fluctuating and shimmering away from them into the Force as a whole as the Dark Side closed in. What was interesting however was what happened when the ripple touched Dooku. His own aura, something he rarely looked at if Dooku was honest, also changed. It became stronger in some ways and simply changed in others. And when the ripples went on, they had become ripples he caused, things that would last beyond his own time, possibly for all time.
This vision told Dooku several things. One, whatever changes had begun with the inclusion of the Jedi's new techniques they were far from finished. Two, these three represented both that change and the Light side of the Force. And third, if he chose to help them, his own life would change, his own future would change, and perhaps more than that… Finally Dooku nodded, his lips ticking up into an actual smile. "I trust you have a training lightsaber?"
Harry nodded eagerly, and Dooku gestured him out the door. He looked at Luminara who looked between the doorway and Lily who had quickly followed Harry, then down at her patient before nodding and getting to her feet. Master Fay gestured at herself and the patient. "I'll stay here for a moment."
After making certain that the woman would stay asleep for now and running a few diagnostic sensors techniques over the other woman, Fay quickly followed the others. One area among the garden was actually a training area, and Master Fay found the other three there, along with Lily. She paused watching as Master Unduli began to duel with Harry, not a full on spar: Luminara was not using any of your Force powers nor was Harry. It was simply lightsaber to lightsaber, as Luminara and Dooku tested Harry's physical skills and his Force precognition.
Harry's lightsaber was a blur, thrusting, slashing and cutting in short controlled arcs then wider arcs and then thrusts, working in all of the techniques he had learned from Shii-Cho and what he remembered from Master Giiett against Luminara, who simply stood there, batting his attacks aside. "Move your feet more," she instructed, her eyes narrowing for a moment before going back to normal. "Hmmm, that is enough of Shii-Cho. Have you learned anything from Ataru?"
In response Harry took to the air, actually kicking off it occasionally with Force Pushes directed downwards from his feet, a sight that made Luminara's eyes widen appreciatively. But that was the only side of surprise that the Miralian showed, commenting calmly, "Good mobility, decent style as well for someone who has been untrained. Your Force Precognition is also decent!"
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