After lunch, another Force lesson.
"Sit." Kelden bade. His students sat obediently. "As you probably just saw," Kelden said, "you have more power than the other students here. That means you have a greater responsibility to keep it under control. Do you hear me?" His students nodded. "Good. Now, Force shielding. Kordav discovered it in his little fight with Kyle, but that shield was shaky at best. I'm going to teach you to do it for real." And so they started, with Kyle first lecturing them on the use of the power, then demonstrating it, then letting them try. If they screwed up, Kelden told them what they were doing wrong. If they made the same mistake twice, Kelden exploded in their faces, only to calm immediately afterward. This was the way it was with everything they did. Eventually the question came up, from Kordav.
"What happens if we do the same thing three times?"
"You won't make the same mistake thrice." Kelden said flatly.
"How do you know?"
"Because, if you make the same mistake thrice, you'll wish that the Force, the Jedi Order, lightsabers, Sith, and midichlorians didn't exist and that this whole experience was just a dream." Kordav's eyes went wide, and he shut his mouth and went back to his work.
One day, hours before dawn, a very excited human woke the weary two up.
"C'mon you two," he said cheerfully, and, Sar'ri noticed sourly, loudly, "Kelden said Kyle and Jaden get you for a day!"
"Who are you?" Kordav demanded, half in protest, half in question.
"Rosh Pennin, at your service," the human said with a little bow, "I'm a student of Kyle's."
"Well then, Rosh," Sar'ri said, "Would you please leave so we can get ready for our little outing with those two?"
"Nope," Rosh replied. When Kordav looked about ready to leap across the room and throttle him, he hastily added, "They said they wanted you straight out of bed, no excuses." Kordav growled and grabbed his lightsaber. "Can't have those, either," he said.
"Who said I was planning on bringing it along?" Kordav muttered to Sar'ri as he tossed the saber to his bed and walked out. Sar'ri gave a small laugh and followed. Rosh led them to the front entrance of the academy without a word. Kyle and Jaden were waiting, both had a branch in their hands.
"Hello," Kyle said in greeting, "and welcome to blaster weapons boot camp."