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Yoda in turn found Lily an excellent conversationalist, when she wasn't on the other side of a debate anyway. She was intelligent, if far less educated about the galaxy at large and the Republican particular than most her age should be, which of course was understandable. She was outgoing, personable, willing to listen and understand another person's perspective, as well as being an excellent natural teacher. Lily guided the children rather than giving them answers, which was often times the hardest lesson a teacher could learn, especially when it came to the Force. It was all too easy for people to give out answers, to almost force knowledge down the initiate's throats rather than simply guide them to it.
Between the two of them, Saa and Micah, they had the clan caught up to where they should have been had the clan been on Coruscant in all aspects, though this was but the start of their education as Jedi. It would only get tougher from here on, far tougher.
Yoda also sat in on the lessons Lily was giving the advanced students in pure magic. The other students to his great relief and happiness didn't seem to take it badly that they were excluded from those lessons, understanding that that was an age thing and a power requirement that they couldn't match just yet.
He was never able to do much with magic, though his ability to use the Force to move objects grew by leaps and bounds, and he was occasionally able to send out Stupefy spells, conjure up fire and water and even the shield spell. The Light construct, which Harry sometimes experimented with, conjuration, and transfiguration eluded him entirely. Saa could conjure up water, but not fire, and her shields didn't last as long as Yoda's, but she had been able to create her own version of Force Light, an ancient Jedi technique inimical to anything of the Dark Side, from watching Harry test out his Light construct. Micah was somewhere in the middle in terms of his shield, but couldn't conjure up either element for some reason, though his ability to move objects via the Force also grew tremendously.
On the other hand there was Fay who befriended Lily to a degree that surprised both women to a certain degree. Fay was mentally flexible enough to start using much of the offensive magic that Lily was slowly imparting to Harry, the effects of which were beyond astonishing to Yoda. The Bombarda, Rifela, and Harry's abilities to use them and to expand upon the spell's beginning were incredible.
Learning like this and teaching a single clan like this was very different work from his normal routine as Grand Master. That combined with the discussions with Lily made for a very pleasant time for the ancient being. All in all, Yoda was very pleased with his time on the ship, but as all good things must come to an end.
Eventually the ship was repaired, the new Knights assigned to it arrived and Yoda was formally asked to return to Coruscant. He had honestly been gone too long as it was, the Senate had apparently been making noise about wondering why he was spending so much time away from Coruscant where they could not avail themselves of his advice and soothing presence, and had passed on a formal, if polite, demand for his return.
Walking down the hallway with Micah toward the loading ramp where the new knights would be, Yoda grumped quietly. "Hrhrhrm, soothing presence? Noticed such a thing before I have not! Disturbing it is the Senate so irritated by my not being there."
"I don't think they like having any Jedi of your caliber or mine out of sight," Micah said ruefully. He had been asked to return too, though not as strenuously as Yoda. Nor was he looking forward to the confrontation with Master Mace and the rest of the high Council. All of them had to know by now that there was something more going on out here than just the two of them standing in for the dead Masters of the training vessel and wanting to continue its work.
He knew Yoda had implanted some ideas before this, but it was quickly going to be time to show them what they had learned. Thankfully Micah had finally gotten over his own mental hang ups to using the new Force powers, and his shields in particular would be enough to convince the High Council that the training here needed to continue. Harry's presence however would still be kept as secret as possible. Lily alone would be enough to show where all these news skills came from.
Yoda stopped, looking up at the taller Master for a moment. "Think you it is that simple?"
"What else could it be Master?" Micah said with a shrug. "The Senate is the power in the Republic, as corrupt, byzantine and factionalized as it is. Whereas the Jedi Order moves in lockstep, and has for a thousand years. The Senate knows that we are a source of stability, not only to them, but to the Republic as a whole. Naturally they want as many of us where they can see us as possible."
As the other Master said the words lockstep, Yoda was faced with a short Force vision but a very powerful one. It was of a debate somewhere, a debate between hundreds perhaps thousands of Jedi who were wondering whether or not they had should follow the High Councils commands. What specific orders they were talking about Yoda didn't see, only that the vote was going against doing so. But whether or not this was a danger, or a positive the Force was silent on. Filing it away, Yoda began to walk once more toward the loading bay.
The two of them were silent for a few moments, then Micah asked, "How goes the hunt for the Bando Gora?"
"Found several plants, Master Tholme has, hypnotized via drugs to obey orders from the death cultists the individuals were. Two training centers as well. Master Dooku, led assault against both. Information did they gain on several others. A guerrilla war it might become, but all the Masters and knights involved, able to hide their presence in the Force they are."
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