Salle [after classes]

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Luke walked into the salle, his father's lightsaber clutched in his right hand and his eyes bright.

Peter was going to show him some of the forms that the Jedi used.

After spending the morning learning about some of the history of the Order, Luke was more than ready for the lesson.

He was also pretty sure he couldn't get more excited.

He paced around the room, waiting for Peter to arrive.

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Shortly thereafter, Peter arrived at the salle carrying, very carefully, a laptop bag.

"Afternoon, Luke," he said with a smile.

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Luke grinned back. "Afternoon!" he said cheerfully.

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Peter grinned. "You look excited. How goes it?"

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"Great!" Luke said. "I spent most of the afternoon reading up about the Jedi." His eyes were shining. "They were amazing."

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"Brilliant," Peter replied, impressed. "I certainly believe it from the little I saw. Where did you find the books?"

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"Special Collections," Luke replied. "V gave me a pass to get in. The wars they stopped, the things they could do..." he ran a hand through his hair. "I have a lot to live up to."

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Peter nodded. "You do indeed. But I don't think it would be asked of you if you couldn't live up to it."

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Luke gave Peter a shy smile. "I hope so." He looked down at the lightsaber in his hand. "Okay. Can you teach me?"

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"As best I can," Peter replied. "I also asked the Principal if she had some tapes from when Anakin was practicing in here. The videos are on the laptop if you'd like to see now or after training."

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Luke's mouth dropped into a silent "oh."

"Now, please," he said when he'd finally recovered the ability to speak.

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Not really expecting any other answer, Peter had already started opening the laptop. Pausing for a moment to remember how exactly, he was supposed to start the disc playing, he set the laptop on the table that usually held towels and such.

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Luke watched the entire display without blinking.

"He used two," he finally commented.

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Peter nodded. "Rather amazing, isn't it."

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"I'm just hoping not to cut my own leg off," Luke replied. He blew out a breath and gave the Anakin on the screen a slightly panicked look. "Okay. Let's try this."

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"I'm sure you'll avoid that much," Peter said, seemingly completely confident. He went over the weapons locker to pull his sword out. "The forms aren't made for my type of weapon obviously, but I can demonstrate with it at least." He belted his sword on carefully. "Were you being literal when you said you hadn't gone far beyond 'don't poke a hole in the ship?'"

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"I've done a couple of hours of work with the remote," Luke said. "Ben said I wasn't completely hopeless."

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Peter chuckled shortly. "Oh, well, he certainly had 'reassuring' down, didn't he."

"Right then," he said, taking the starting position of the first form, sword pointed at a 45 degree angle towards the ground. "This is the starting point of Form One - Shii-Cho."

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Luke ignited the lightsaber and echoed the movement.

For all of his worry, he had a natural grace with the weapon.

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Peter nodded and began to slowly move through the form, waiting for Luke to follow the movements. "I was told they learned this form first. It's a defence oriented form which rather makes sense."

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"This wasn't what my father was doing, was it?" Luke asked as he imitated what Peter was showing him.

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"It was what your father was doing when he first started training," Peter replied.

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Luke nodded and continued with the exercise, his movements becoming more fluid as his muscles recognized some of what Ben had tried to teach him.

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Peter nodded. "The form he said he favoured was this one though." And Peter finished Form One and moved smoothly into Form Five."

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Luke followed right along. "This isn't nearly so defensive, is it?" he asked, hoping he was beginning to understand a little bit about how the weapon worked.

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"Not at all," Peter replied, grinning. "Though the term 'aggressive defence' was used. He said the Jedi never attacked."

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Luke nodded. "That's what the book in the library said, too."

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Peter continued to the end of the form. "I don't think I could be that disciplined. I'm just a knight."

He watched Luke for a few beats. "You move like him."

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Luke grinned. "Really?!"

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"Little bit, yes," Peter replied, smiling. "Probably more and more as you train more and get better."

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Luke's smile got wider and he doubled his efforts. "If I get to be half as good as he is, I'll consider myself lucky."

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Peter grinned at Luke. "I know the feeling. He was very, very good. Everyone's probably already told you that though."

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"I don't get tired of hearing it," Luke said with a shy smile.

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"The disc in the computer is yours too," Peter said, smiling warmly back. "So you can watch him as much as you like."

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Luke gave Peter a grateful look. "I think Z'll get tired of this footage fairly quickly," he said.

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"I'm entirely convinced she'll understand," Peter replied.

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"Check my progress?" Luke asked, then slowly ran through the series of exercises that Peter had shown him.

It wasn't close to fluid, but he definitely showed promise.

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Peter watched carefully, nodding. "You definitely have the feel for the weapon. Focus on the movements for now - completing each one fully and sliding into the next before worrying about speed."

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Luke nodded and then repeated the movements. "Walk before you can run, right?"

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"Exactly. Once you can feel each movement perfectly, you can speed them up without losing the effectiveness - or tripping over your sword," Peter said, following through the form again himself.

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"And tripping over this sword would have some nasty consequences," Luke said, moving with more confidence. "I'll have to have Han send me the remote from the Falcon," he said.

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"Just a bit," Peter said dryly. "Anakin had four or five training remotes when he was here. Maybe Aeryn or Rory would know if he took them all back with him?"

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"I'll ask them," Luke said, shutting the blade off as he finished. "Thank you," he said with a smile. "Really."