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[hidden_jedi]

Kale perhaps stumbles into the basement, limping a little from the fire fight and there's a rip in his jacket and a bleeding cut or two. He's not in too bad shape, but he does look beaten up some. Tobias is behind him, or more like herding him down the stairs from the Nexus. Kale feels vaguely embarrassed for some reason, like he did something wrong. Tobias certainly looks like he did something wrong.

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[force-killer.livejournal.com]

What had Kavar called padawans, the last time they'd met before the final gathering of the Council of Dantooine? Ah yes. 'As difficult to handle as feral acklay.' If only he'd listened to his old master and friend...

Tobias is glad to have his cane with him, since the limp is more obvious than usual and he needs the support. He points Kale toward the bed. "Lay down." He hasn't seen an actual war in ten years, but he can still manage his Commanding General Voice quite well.

[hidden-jedi.livejournal.com]

Well, Kale isn't really a padawan... really... He's been a functioning adult for several years now.

Still, he does lay down. The Voice reminds him of his father's Don't Argue With Me Voice.

[force-killer.livejournal.com]

Tobias has known padawans in their late twenties. Now if he was calling Kale a youngling...

"Take the jacket off," he adds after a few moments, in a slightly gentler tone. He sets his cane against the wall and sits down on the bed next to Kale's legs.

[hidden-jedi.livejournal.com]

True... true... but is Kale really Tobias' padawan?

He pulls his jacket off, hissing only a little. There's a lovely scorch mark on his side and some smaller ones on his arms. He's got some lovely bruising going on too. His legs also got hit a couple of times, but not by a blaster.

[force-killer.livejournal.com]

Well, what else would he be?

Tobias mutters to himself in some dark, hissing language - where he learned to speak Ancient Sith from is probably a good question for any linguist to ask - as he examines Kale. He rubs his hands together for a moment before letting them hover over the scorch mark.

He closes his eyes, a calm expression on his face, and starts repairing the damage with the Force. "What all hit you?" he asks quietly, voice devoid of any anger or annoyance. "Blasters and something else."

[hidden-jedi.livejournal.com]

Well, that is a point.

At Tobias' question, he gets a look of concentration on his face as he tries to remember. "Blasters... droids... stormtroopers ... I think the captain." He pauses. "Shit! My stuff! It got destroyed."

[force-killer.livejournal.com]

"You own captain hit you?" Well, that's interesting. He moves his hands from wound to wound as he finishes healing. "Was any of your stuff irreplacable?"

[hidden-jedi.livejournal.com]

Kale waved a hand dismissing it. "He sometimes get a bit too enthusiastic in a fight. I was in the wrong place at the wrong time." In game terms it would like rolling two ones. "No, I had the important stuff on me." Like his father's lightsaber, which would be visible now that his jacket is off.

[force-killer.livejournal.com]

"You should be more careful. Being aware of what's going on with teammates will keep you from getting shot by them."
Tobias opens his eyes and sits back when he's done, and looks to the lightsaber. "That's a handsome 'saber. It was your father's, I guess?"

[hidden-jedi.livejournal.com]

"I wasn't shot... I was elbowed." He shrugs it off though. Tobias has a point.

"Yeah, one of them. Trever has the other. My father used two."

[force-killer.livejournal.com]

He wags a finger. "It's still a valid point and you know it."

He smiles a little. "So maybe things aren't so different between your time and mine." Though it's rather eerie that he reminds Kale so much of his father... and they both use(d) two lightsabers.

[hidden-jedi.livejournal.com]

"Yes, sir." There's a mock salute.

"Well, perhaps not with the Jedi." He picks up the lightsaber and twiddles with it. Kale doesn't know that Tobias uses two lightsabers. Otherwise he would be weirded out.

[force-killer.livejournal.com]

He rolls his eyes and grins a little lopsidedly. "I won't be having any of that; none of this 'sir' business or the saluting, whether you mean it or not." There's nothing stern in his tone about it.

"And the Jedi have always been the ones that have shaped the galaxy the most." Tobias usually carries three of them with him, which would probably be a factor in figuring that out.

[force-killer.livejournal.com]

That wasn't what he was hoping to do when he did that, but still.

He smiles and nods. "Of course. What do you want to try?"

[hidden-jedi.livejournal.com]

Well, Kale was always kind to small injured animals too. He was good with the animals on the farm.

"I don't know," he says with a laugh, "I honestly don't know anything."

[force-killer.livejournal.com]

Well, that's good. Though who know how Tobias would feel about being compared to small injured animals.

He raises his eyebrows. "Well, nothing strenuous, obviously. Hmm. I suppose that might do. I could teach you to see using the Force. Or start, at any rate."

[hidden-jedi.livejournal.com]

There were stock animals which he helped take care of which liked him too.

Why is Tobias giving him that look? He was deliberately not trained. He mentioned this several times. "All right."

[force-killer.livejournal.com]

Tobias is still trying to get used to that idea; all of his other students hadn't even known they were Force Sensitive. And most of them had asked him, right off the bat, 'when am I going to be able to shoot lightning from my fingers?'

"Okay, first off, have you ever meditated before?"

[hidden-jedi.livejournal.com]

In a fascinating turn of events Kale has no real desire to use force lightening. He wants to get a handle on it and maybe learn some of the more useful tricks, but the flashy stuff isn't really his style.

He shakes his head at the question. "No, I haven't. running a farm doesn't leave you much time to do that."

[force-killer.livejournal.com]

That's certainly going to be a new one on the Exile; the only one of his padawans that hadn't wanted to know the flashy stuff was the mechanic with the metal replacement arm.

"Point. Feet up on the bed, and cross your legs."

[hidden-jedi.livejournal.com]

Flashy stuff can get you noticed and killed. Kale has every intention on staying alive. He's rather fond of it.

Feeling vaguely silly, Kale does as he's told.

[force-killer.livejournal.com]

This is a good point.

Think of it this way, Kale; at least you don't look silly. "You'll need to quiet your mind." Tobias pulls off his outer robe, leaving the tunics and pants in place, and settles into a cross-legged position. "I want you to try to imagine space; the stillness and the quiet of it. That's worked for me before."

[hidden-jedi.livejournal.com]

Kale would think so.

It's a very good thing that Tobias leaves the pants in place. Kale wouldn't be able to concentrate if he didn't.

He tries to quiet his mind, like he's told, thinking of space. But that holds too much excitement for him. He's such a space newbie. Instead he settles on this place that he would go to when he wanted to get away from the family for a while, up on a hill over the fields.

[force-killer.livejournal.com]

Tobias typically leaves his pants on, yes. Unless he's getting into an argument with an Echani about his lack of robes.

That works just as well. When he's pretty sure that Kale's done as he's said, he starts talking again. "This is going to sound odd, but I want you to focus on your breathing, and then start stretching your focus outward."

[hidden-jedi.livejournal.com]

Kale never wants to know about that. Ever. Even if they're drunk. Okay, maybe if he's really drunk and he won't remember it.

Stretching his focus outward. That sounds difficult. How can he focus on something when his eyes are closed? He suppose that would be his senses. Right. Okay. He can do this.