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From there, however, he went on to use his own words, smiling at the listeners. He began by talking about how he had first learned the technique and how long it had taken him to get it right to his mother's exacting standard. The fact that the Force ghost hovering over the group was his mother raised a lot of eyebrows, but Lily smiled happily down at them all, moving among the younglings and through some of them, laughing at them all.
Harry continued, easily capturing their attention as he spoke about how the technique should look in the air, and the feel of expressing the Force out from your body. "Most of the Force techniques you will learn are about reaching out and connecting to the Force to create the effect you wish, to move objects from one point to another like that…" Without even a gesture, the three targets he had knocked down righted themselves. "This technique and others like it, however, are more about you projecting your own Force energy out to create the effect rather than just connecting your mind to the greater Force. It's a subtle difference, but it is there."
Sitting down, Harry gestured down to his body with both hands, slowly raising them then throwing out an arm again. "The feeling should come out from your hand like so. Projection, as I said. It should feel like a warm wind almost, passing through and out of your body. After the first few times the feeling will fade to the background as you use the technique. And you will learn how to control the power you put into the technique too as you get better at it. "
"Now, if I could have you break up into groups of twelve? The first group will join me out here, while the others meditate on the Force, feeling out the connection. I will lead the first group, while Padawan Secura and Master Fay will help the others on their meditation."
For the next two hours Harry calmly walked the groups, which included younglings, Knights, and Masters, through the technique. He helped each person in turn, helping the older set with imagining the outcome of the technique, which seemed to be the hardest point for most of them. The younger set, of course, had issues with projection, using their will to impact the world around them in a controlled manner. But with Harry, Lily, and the others, by the end of the day everyone there was able to create at least a small stunner. The last youngling who managed it actually drew a cheer from the rest of his clan, and Aayla gleefully messed up the little boy's hair as she held up his hand like he had just won a race. That this brought some more frowns from the other Masters and Knights was something she and the others ignored.
After that, the group got the now excited younglings situated in their new quarters, then spent several hours meditating as a group before drifting to bed. Dooku and Giiett excused themselves quickly, while Shaak and Aayla joined Fay in her quarters along with Lily. Aayla was eager to touch base with her older friend, while Shaak was just as interested in speaking to Aayla and getting the truth out of her and Fay about the rumors that had begun to get around the Order as to what had happened to Aayla. Since Master Fay had a high opinion of the younger woman (which, as Lily pointed out, was not saying much, as every woman was younger than Master Fay), she too was eager to speak to Shaak.
The other Knights all gathered around Quinlan in his room to talk shop. Several of them had been assigned to the mass of follow-up missions that had been started by the operation against the slavers which Quinlan and Dooku had led. That operation was massive and ongoing, but had already yielded a lot of results in terms of criminal organizations being shut down and corrupt officials found and removed.
At the same time, Harry and his three former clan-mates met up in Harry's room. "I have to admit to being surprised that all three of you are here. We had been told that Alecto would be coming here with Master Giiett, but not that you two would be. No offense, I'm just surprised."
"We volunteered," said Mak, smiling slightly, reaching forward once more to clasp his friend's forearm. "That was an excellent class judging by the fact that most of the younglings were shooting out little stunners at one another when they left. The masters didn't seem to approve, though."
"I believe in hands-on learning," Harry said with a shrug, not addressing the real thrust of those words. "And it has to be admitted that a lot of our techniques don't need as much centering in the Force or emotional control to work. I'm afraid at least two of those youngling won't be able to form Force Shields, though. I don't think they're strong enough."
His three listeners winced at that. They all knew what happened to Jedi who were not deemed strong enough to actually use the Force in any appreciable manner: they were sent to the farming communities. Even many who were strong enough were often sent there if they couldn't find a Master willing to take them on, or one that they were able to form a connection with. Alecto felt rather privileged that he had had a second chance as he did.
Still, he spoke up, concerned for his friend. "I agree with you, but I think you should be aware of the Masters' reactions. Positive reinforcement is good, but those hugs and pats on the head might be seen as a little over the top. Remember, the Order in the main doesn't approve of emotional connections, and those gestures seem to attract that kind of connection. You're going to be looked at a lot more closely than most padawans are simply because of your techniques, Harry. You need to be aware of how people see you."
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