[center][h1][color=82ca9d]Jaysin Lyr[/color][/h1][/center]
[sub][i]The Jedi Praxeum - Yavin IV[/i][/sub][hr]

Two lightsabers, one green and one blue, clashed together. This was followed by two green interlocking as Jaysin Lyr gave a small, confident smile to his sparring partner. Shass hated that grin, because it meant that the older Jedi was going to impart some lesson on patience or focus. Ironically, that was what made her slip up as Jaysin's blades managed to pull back and swipe her defenses away. Shass looked slightly bewildered as she quickly pulled her lightsabers back up in a defensive position, but it was too late. Jaysin had already deactivated his sabers, sliding the hooks into the proper position on the belt of his Jedi robes. The Mirialan gave a brief sigh as she deactivated her own sabers. [color=1a7b30]"It was the focus thing, wasn't it?"[/color]

Jaysin gave a small, nonchalant shrug as he walked over to the corner of this alcove in the Jedi Praxeum, sitting down on a bench carved into the natural stone wall. [color=82ca9d]"You are the one who has the answer to that, not me."[/color] Shass opened her mouth to speak, but paused in confusion. The older Jedi's grin emerged once again. [color=82ca9d]"Do you know what the true weapon of a Jedi Knight is?"[/color]

Shass rolled her eyes. [color=1a7b30]"A lightsaber."[/color]

[color=82ca9d]"No."[/color] Jaysin's grin faded away as he looked the padawan in the eyes. All of Shass' attitude washed away as the eyes she stared into had lost their twinkling humor. He was serious. His tone even grew more grave as the Jedi removed his master's old lightsaber from his belt, and held it aloft. [color=82ca9d]"A lightsaber can fail you. It can be lost, damaged, stolen. A Jedi without his lightsaber is still a Jedi. So I will ask you again, Shass Vayu... what is a Jedi's true weapon."[/color]

The young padawan's eyes fell to the ground as she concentrated. Her mind combed through her previous lessons with Lyr and from Master Skywalker, and from the other Jedi and learners around. But her mind just couldn't figure out what exactly he meant. The only answer she could muster was a simple, timid response. [color=1a7b30]"The Force?"[/color]

Jaysin gave a small, polite shaking of his head to indicate she was wrong. [color=82ca9d]"No... not quite. We may use lightsabers, the force, or even our words. But the tool... the weapon that lets us access all of this... is focus."[/color] With this, Jaysin's grin creeped back onto his face. 

Shass's face twisted in confusion and sudden anger at her instructor's jest. [color=1a7b30]"I... fine. Let's go again then. And this time, I'll try to focus."[/color]

Jaysin gave a curt nod towards Shass as he got up onto his feet and pulled his lightsaber up into his other hand. As both Jedi ignited their blades, Instructor Lyr's nod indicated the beginning of another sparring match.