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"In your minds?" Lily asked, hovering beside Fay as she continued to look Aayla over. Other than still showing signs of extreme Force exhaustion, both children were showing no sign of atrophy or anything else. That was good, very good indeed after having spent the past three days stuck in bed at their age.
Harry and Aayla described the experience to which the Masters listened attentively, and Lily nodded along. "Your mental landscapes are coming along very well, I'm impressed." she said smiling faintly, reaching down to ruffle Harry's hair and lay a gentle hand on Aayla's head where her lekku merged into her head.
"Interesting," Micah said thoughtfully as both children beamed at the praise and their fellows clamored in with their own congratulations, none of them understanding the significance of being able to meet mind to mind like that. "I have never heard of the ability to defend one's mind so actively before. Would you mind if I tested those defenses?"
Harry looked at his mother for permission something that Micah noticed, and he turned inquisitive eyes to her as well. "If you say no, I won't do it." he said simply, knowing that Lily still was a little leery of the Jedi in general.
Lily looked at him thoughtfully then nodded. "Just try to get past the outer defenses I think, but we'll see what happens."
Nodding Micah gestured with a finger from one hand towards Ayla, who he thought would probably be the easier one to start with. He felt the edge of Aayla's mental landscape, the shield around her ship, and breached it quickly something which caused Aayla's eyes to widen. Apparently even if her outer layer didn't work to protect her, she could still feel what was going on, which was excellent in his mind.
Then suddenly something changed. Just as he penetrated the first shield, a second shield appeared around Aayla's mind. His probe bounced, and Micah's mental probe rebounded on his mind, causing him to rear his head back lightly shaking it. "Ow," he muttered, "that was interesting."
"Thanks Harry," Aayla said pushing her shoulder against Harry's, and he nodded seriously.
"That was impressive, I wonder if she can do the same thing for you Harry." Micah asked, and after getting Lily's nod again began to send a probe into Harry's mind. This time getting through the outer shield was tougher but after he did, a second shield appeared, bouncing him away.
Micah shook his head ruefully, moving back slightly to sit on a bed nearby. "That was astonishing, I have never heard of one Jedi being able to keep someone out of another Jedi's mind like that." Of course in this day and age the only people able to get into our minds are other Jedi, so why would we train to protect our minds like that? Something to consider in the future.
"I think that will be the least of the differences you will see between these two." Fay said, smiling thoughtfully as she looked between them. "They have bonded."
Lily broke off her own examination of the two children to stare at Fay in shock. "Bonded!? That only happens in sappy fairytales."
"Oh no, it's quite real. The padawan-master bond is one of the most sacred rights the Jedi enact, and this looks to be something similar only not quite. Not nearly as controlled as that and also between equals in this case as well. Can you hear one another's thoughts children? Try not to look at one another when you try."
Harry dutifully turned away from Aayla as she did the same, and after a moment Aayla began. "He's thinking this is rather silly, and that he likes Zule's hair color." With that she elbowed Harry in the back irritated.
"Ow." Harry muttered, but recited what Aayla was thinking. "She's a little irritated at me for some reason, but now she's thinking wistfully that hair must be interesting, and wondering if Zule will let her play with it. You don't have to worry Aayla though I think your lekku are plenty neat!"
"That's true, and don't worry Aayla, you can play with my hair later." Zule said, looking between her two friends, her eyes narrowing slightly.
"Oh dear," Lily murmured ruefully as Micah shook his head in consternation. "Puberty is going to be quite interesting for you two."
To that Harry could only flush having a decent idea what that meant, while Aayla simply looked confused as to why all three of the adults had begun chuckling.
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Master Tholme looked at his padawan as they neared the medical center. The boy was looking a little odd frankly as if he was feeling something but didn't know what it was or what to make of it. Or is that a lack of what to make of it I am sensing? "Quinlan you look troubled."
"I am Master." The young man paused looking at is Master. "You realize I was feeling a growing padawan bond with Aayla."
"Yes it was rather obvious, and we have commented on it several times. Why are you bringing this up now?" Tholme asked, his eyes narrowing.
"The bond is weaker now than it was before. It became weakened after the battle. I thought at first that was because she had exhausted herself so much, but it has not returned to its original strength. Even now when she has apparently been awake for several hours it has not become any stronger. I still feel the bond, but only barely."
Tholme frowned. "She could still be weak. I have never heard of an initiate with a padawan bond feeling Force exhaustion as Aayla had, this could simply be a side effect of that. Regardless we will get to the bottom of it soon enough."
Quinlan nodded, following his master into the medical center, where they came upon several initiates energetically showing off a few of the color changing talents they had learned from Lily. Tholme smiled at the sight, and his smile widened slightly when he saw Harry and Aayla sitting up on one bed talking excitedly to a few of the other clan members, while Lily, Micah, and Fay discussed something in one corner.
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