"You're still a child, it's nothing to be ashamed of if you're not as wise as someone like me," Roshi said, chuckling to himself. "I've been around much longer than you have my boy, I've seen and done a lot, I've got experience to teach me things. You may not be wise but you're ready to learn, and I'm willing to pass on what I know." The comment about 'dead people' perplexed the hermit a little, he let it sink in for a few moments. Talking to dead people, hm? Did he mean in Otherworld, or... Elsewhere? There seemed to be a lot more to this energy of his than previously thought, interesting. Chuckling again Roshi looked up at T'charrl, peering at him over the rim of his sunglasses in amusement. "Well I hope you can settle for wisdom from a [i]living[/i] person this time. I don't have any plans on being counted among those folk any time soon." He had several hundred years under his belt so far, and hopefully several hundred more to come. There was a certain joy in immortality, one that people often never considered. Everyone just wanted power with it, but there was so much more, so much opportunity with immortality to do greater things than personal gain. "Enough of that, let's focus on living, and more importantly, you! Let's see if we can't separate that Ki of yours."

To break apart two different energies, it was something Roshi had never done before. There had never been a need, any student of his, regardless of race, had always had the same basic energy to work with. This boy knew his own power though, and he knew Ki. If they put their heads together surely they could work this out. The trick to early Ki training was focus and patience, trying to force Ki to do as you wanted resulted in what was happening with Shu. To that end a breathing exercise was suggested, both to keep T'charrl calm and to help him focus solely on his Ki. It was difficult to tell precisely what was going on within the alien at first, his other energy obscured any sense that the hermit might be able to gather. Staring at the boy told him very little, at least until a flash of light caught his eyes. Roshi directed his complete focus to the nodes on T'charrl's hands, watching as the slowly pulsed. Upon further scrutiny he was surprised to find that the energy causing it was Ki, the exact thing they were searching for! Smiling widely the old man threw a fist in the air, laughing triumphantly, "Hah, there it is! Look at that, pure Ki! I knew you could do it boy!" Making a bit of a sight of himself Roshi quickly composed himself, flushing slightly as he rubbed at his head. "Heh... Yes, nicely done. Do you realize the different feeling of each energy? That's crucial in using your power properly."

This was great, Shu was really getting it now! It took a bit more time than it had with T'charrl, but that didn't matter, the little guy had finally figured it out. A wide grin was plastered on Takeshi's face while he watched Shu, ecstatic his brother was learning how to properly control energy. That was a huge step in the right direction for flight and fighting, the two biggest hurdles had been covered in just under half a day. Still unsteady, but with plenty of practice it would flow as smoothly as the calmest of rivers. "Want to learn how to make it flow more? Okay, we can do that. Flying will come soon, don't worry." Already he had practice in mind, pressing his hands flat together in a gesture that looked like praying. This would be a bit more tricky than just moving it back and forth, but it would be much in the same. "Okay Shu, ready? I want you to do what I'm doing. This time though you're going to move energy in both arms, the same way as before. Be sure to pay extra careful attention to how much you're using, okay?" If the little guy could release Ki evenly from two spots then flight would be a snap, and so would forming attacks. Balance was the key word in this lesson, you didn't want one side being stronger than the other. Just to demonstrate Takeshi pushed forth a bit of his own Ki, again doing it slow for Shu to follow. He brought it out as far as his palms, letting it brush up against his skin before pulling it back, making a circulating motion for a few moments before stopping. Smiling encouragingly he let his arms settle at his side, nodding for Shu to begin. "Whenever you feel ready, give that a go."