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"A lot of the Order doesn't like the fact that many of us have already stated that we'll be taking the Old Oath when we become Jedi Knights, but it's nothing we can't deal with. We have won a lot of renown for our techniques that you passed on through us, Harry, and the fact that they are no longer seen as strange and unusual has a rollover effect with how we are seen by the rest of the Order," Mak said.
"Good," Harry said with a nod. "That is what Master Yoda wanted, I think, though I know for a fact he's not happy it's taken so long to get to that point."
"'Change, unwanted it is at times,'" Alecto said in a perfect imitation of the short, yet immensely respected, even loved, Grand Master, a fond smile on his face. "'Life, always changing it is. Balance the Force, necessary a certain distance is to understand that change is good.'"
The others laughed at him, and he smirked back. "Master Yoda's amazing. Without his help, without his support, I don't think that our abilities would have been as welcomed within the Order as they are even now."
Kass sighed, glancing again over at Mak before looking back at Harry. "I'd give it another few years, and then the only thing that will still get anyone's backs up will be the fact we form attachments. That one, that's not going away anytime soon given the number of Jedi who have fallen to the Dark Side because of that in the past. You're going to have to look out for that, Harry, when the masters and knights here become aware of the bond between you and Aayla."
Wincing slightly at that, Harry nodded and looked at the other three. "Anything else going on with the Order I should know? And what are your lightsaber styles?"
"Actually, before that, is that your own lightsaber you're using?" Kass asked briskly, moving past her moment of weakness quickly. "It doesn't feel like it has a connection to you."
"It doesn't. It was a gift from Master Vos," Harry said, pulling out his lightsaber. "It was one of many that the bounty hunter Aurra Sing apparently carried around as trophies from previous kills. He found them and several more besides in a container case among Jabba's treasure room."
Harry activated the lightsaber for a second, the snap hiss of the blade and the green of the plasma echoing around the room. He looked at it for a moment before clicking it back off, laying it on the ground in front of him. "I imagine that the Jedi who originally owned this would be happy to have it be used again, but I will be building my own eventually. Master Fay, however, is waiting until I have Master Dooku's approval to let me build my own."
At the quizzical looks from his friends, Harry elaborated. "Master Fay thinks that the search for a lightsaber crystal is a part of the process that has long been neglected by simply sending groups of Jedi younglings to the planets that have crystals rather than letting them search for their crystals via the Force. She and Master Dooku have some plan there, but I have to pass a test in the future to prove that I'm ready for it."
Mak blinked, looking down at his own lightsaber which, when ignited, emitted a blue light just like Kass's, then he shrugged. "I guess that idea never occurred to me. Then again, I'm a Consular, not a Guardian; my connection to my lightsaber isn't that important to me. But when we actually start training, are you going to show us how you've been incorporating your abilities in with your lightsaber style?"
Harry nodded, then laughed ruefully. "Master Dooku has been on me for that since almost the get go. 'Do not build false practices; do not fall into the trap of only using a few such techniques; always think about how you would incorporate all of them. If you do not, your Force Precognition can backfire on you and be overcome.'" Harry said, in a rather horrible imitation of Dooku's tone, trying to follow in Alecto's footsteps for a moment.
The others all hissed at him, and Harry pouted before turning to Alecto. "Can you tell us about the mission where you lost your first Master? Only if you're comfortable talking about it, of course."
Alecto nodded agreement and began to tell them about that mission, and in particular how the techniques Lily and Harry had shared helped save his life. From there they went into various lightsaber styles and what Harry had been learning, while elsewhere, other, more serious conversations were going on.
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Understanding from the other Masters tone that whatever it was Giiett wanted to talk about should not be overheard, Master Dooku led Giiett to his study, a mixed meditation and old-style office, with several actual paper books lining one wall. Sitting down at the desk, Dooku hit a few buttons before moving over to sit in a chair across from Master Giiett. "I just activated a Faraday cage. No signal can come in or out of this room until it is turned off. Now, what was this about?"
Giiett chuckled quietly, shaking his head. "That is a bit of interesting technology that we might want to incorporate into the Jedi Council's room if we can do so without anyone noticing. Perhaps the entire temple, if we can get away with it."
"Why the secrecy? Why is such counterintelligence needed?" Dooku said, his eyes narrowing as he looked at the other human Master.
"You were told, of course, about how your former padawan died," Giiett said slowly. "What you were not told over the Hypercom was that the individual who killed him was not some bounty hunter or anything similar." From there Giiett explained what had occurred on Naboo, going into detail on how the Dark Side user had fought and his appearance from Windu's memory of the battle.
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