The Salle, Sunday afternoon

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Qui-Gon arrived and took out his saber from his locker. To say he was looking forward to the chance to spar was probably something of an understatement. That was one of the things he missed the most about being at the Temple -- a ready supply of people to practice with.

In an effort to keep focused and not let his eagerness run away with him, he ignited his saber and ran through some solo katas while he waited for his opponent to arrive.


[ooc: for said opponent]

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Luke trotted into the salle a few minutes later.

"Sorry for the delay," he said. "I was helping Gavin learn how to do laundry."

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Qui-Gon tilted his head to the side. "He's been here since May and he hasn't learned before now?"

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"I know!" Luke snickered. "The pile of clothing was taller than I was."

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Qui-Gon grinned. "He's not a light traveller I take it."

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"He just kept buying new stuff," Luke said, stretching out his muscles a bit. "We had about a hundred piles."

Well, not quite that many, no.

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"So Gavin would be the one to go to if someone needed to borrow clothing?" Qui-Gon's grin widened. "As long as they're not too particular about the clothing being clean at least?"

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"Exactly," Luke said. "You'll fit in them better than I would, anyway. He, as he brings up a lot, is bigger than me."

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Qui-Gon chuckled. "Five minutes with Yoda would cure him of that particular line of taunts."

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"It would, but the retort 'yeah, well I got my ass handed to me by someone half my size' isn't that impressive either," Luke said with a grin.

He rolled his shoulders out. "Ready to do this?" he asked, reaching for the hilt of his lightsaber. "I'm not sure how I'll do against a trained Jedi who's not my father."

He gave a rueful smile. "Because he can also kick my ass."

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"Mine too," Qui-Gon admitted wryly. "I expect there's a great number of people who would have to admit the same thing." He hefted his saber and lit it. "Shall we?"

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Luke ignited his blade and smiled. "We match," he said, sounding pleased, then moved the lightsaber into a low guard position.

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"We do," Qui-Gon said with a mischievious smile as he swung his saber towards Luke in an easy attack.

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Luke countered just as easily, then step forward with an attack of his own. His father's influence on his technique was obvious--it was full of slightly flashy uses of power.

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Qui-Gon stepped into Luke's attack as he blocked it, so he could spin and throw a counterattack without pausing.

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"Nice," Luke said with a smile, leaping out of the way and slashing at Qui-Gon's legs.

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Qui-Gon leapt above Luke's slashing saber, his own moving in an arc towards Luke as he landed. "I've one or two moves," he said modestly.

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Luke reached into the Force and flipped out of the way. "Me too," he said with a grin.

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"Showy," Qui-Gon observed.

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"But not ineffective," Luke countered.