The Salle, Wednesday evening

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Last weekend's trip to Taris had shown Zayne that he was still leagues behind his fellow Padawans. He was pretty sure he knew why his lightsaber skills weren't up to snuff. Despite training with different swords and practice swords made up to be similar to lightsabers, it wasn't the real thing.

Fortunately, Zayne had the real thing and a place to practice with the real thing. And that's why he could be found in the salle tonight, using a training remote Master Lucien had given him.

It was going about as well as you would expect. Zayne was discovering just how much it stung to get hit by the remote's blasters.

[OOC: Salle is open, of course.]

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[solo_sword]

Her work for now was done, she didn't have classes for the rest of the week, and a restless Jaina was never a good thing, which was why she headed down to the salle for a little extra training time.

When she saw who was there, though, she hung back to watch for a minute, figuring he'd know she was there sooner or later.

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"Ow!" Zayne called out as he failed to deflect a shot at his shoulder. While he shook that off, he finally noticed that he had an audience. "Hey, Jaina. Please don't tell me you're here to watch me fight a droid."

[solo_sword]

"Is it wrong to say now I am?" she said with a little smile.

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"Not really," Zayne said, giving a smile. "But I'm sure there's something more entertaining than this on TV."

[solo_sword]

"Mythbusters blowing things up and kids who sing," Jaina shrugged. "And yet I came down here anyway. I've had people come down specifically to watch me get shot."

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"Were they mad at you about something?" Zayne asked.

The remote shot again, helping Zayne remember to turn it off finally.

[solo_sword]

"They thought it'd be funny," she said with a nod. "Yeah. They're lucky I didn't start deflecting bolts at them."

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"It's probably better to leave them in awe at your skills than in pain," Zayne joked. "Because seriously, those things sting."

[solo_sword]

"They do. I keep reminding myself that every Jedi has probably felt their fair share of those things, and that sort of makes it better."

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"I'm pretty sure I have both mine and somebody else's share tonight," Zayne mused. "But at least that means I'm helping someone out."

[solo_sword]

"Want practice with something that won't shoot at you?" she offered.

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"Sure. But if you have a concealed blaster somewhere, I'm going to be very disappointed in you," Zayne said.

[solo_sword]

"Not today," she told him, unclipping her lightsaber from her belt. "I save that for when I go into town."

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"I'll keep that in mind next time I see you in town," Zayne said, moving into a defensive stance.