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    Brave New Worlds: One Small Step

    Serena watched Rhianna sleeping in her bunk on board Serenity. She had left early in the evening to go to bed, and had been sleeping for over ten standard time parts. Serena twitched back the covers with the Force and nudged the girl awake.

    "Rhianna, it is morning." Though on a ship in the dead of space, she couldn't be blamed for having trouble adjusting to the ship's time. "Time to begin your oiliúint. Your training."

    The girl yawned and stretched as Serena continued, "On Dhomanda A'lainn I told you that I listened to Abhairt Saoil. To the Life Giver. You told me that your seanmháthair, your grandmother, also listened to Abhairt Saoil, and she taught you to read palms, and the like."

    Rhianna nodded, pulling on a simple dress over her linen shift. She was almost scandalized by women in pants, and Sámh did not wear them, so she wore what she was comfortable in.

    "I am going to continue the oiliúint that your seanmháthair began when you were little."
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    Rhianna listened carefully to the words in Basic and understood, especially with her native tongue blending in the words she didn't yet know. She had been expecting this from her friend and was glad the day had arrived. After getting dressed, she twined her hair into twin braids and waited expectantly.

    "I'm happy to learn..? Is that right..?" She wasn't sure of her words but she was really trying.

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    "Yes, that is correct." Serena beckoned the gypsy girl to follow her into the living area of Serenity. It was small, but they did not need a lot of space. And truthfully the Jedi did not want to ingratiate herself to the Rebellion any more than necessary.

    They were remaining with the fleet until the other Jedi could be relocated, and then Serena was not sure what she would do. But for now, Rhianna's training was of the most importance. "We have already worked on meditation exercises, but now we will build on that foundation.

    "We reach the Life Giver through peace and tranquility. Meditation is one of the ways we can open ourselves up to the Life Giver." Serena made sure that Rhianna knew what she was saying by repeating herself in the language of the Chosen People.

    In the living area there was a new addition - a small plant that Serena had borrowed from Grace Van-Derveld. "Sit down, and we will meditate together.

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    Tossing a cushion onto the floor, Rhianna sat and folded herself into a relaxed position. She was happy to see the little plant, it wasn't her forest, but it was better than nothing, It reminded her that even in the middle of a ship, surrounded by artificial everything, that there were green leaves and flowing rivers other places.

    Relaxing her spine, she turned her palms upward as her Grandmother had shown her and closed her eyes. Meditation had come natural to her. Even as a child she had often sat down to commune with her environment, to bring peace and quiet when they traveled around so much. A few times she had even felt as if in doing so, her mind had touched that of the animals in the woods. She hadn't attempted that in a long time though.

    Calming her wandering mind, she drew in even breaths and listened for the familar voice of the Abhairt Saoil.

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    Serena closed her eyes as well, sitting on another cushion on the other side of the potted plant. "Fix the plant in your mind. Feel it through Abhairt Saoil, and let the Life Giver show it to you in your mind's eye."

    The Jedi Knight felt the Force flowing around and through her new padawan, and sensed the ripples created as Rhianna touched it.

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    With her eyes closed, Rhianna envisioned the small plant in her mind. At first just a hazy image, but as the seconds ticked on it became more real to her. She could envision it exactly as she had seen it, its leaves, stems all filling out in great detail. The tiny veins through the leaves seemed to beat with a pulse of their own. A light that didn't shine so much as it pulsed. It didn't come from the plant alone, she had the same aura surrounding herself. There was another figure opposite her surrounded in the vibrations..

    Was it... Sámh? She was sure that it was. She smiled, but didn't open her eyes, letting the calmness of her meditation surround her fully.

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    "We call Abhairt Saoil the Force. It binds us together - surrounding and moving through every single thing in the universe. It is easier to detect from living beings and plants, but rocks, this ship, and the pillow you are sitting on all have their place in the Life Giver.

    "Once you have a picture of the plant in your mind, try moving your image of it off the ground. Gently, and slowly... feel the Force around the plant and see it moving upwards."

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    She could feel her forehead wrinkle up in concentration. She could still see the plant in her mind but now, to move it? She tried exactly as Serena had said, to envision it rising up. She could do that, but like a trail, it was only an impression of the plant. Rhianna could feel that the true plant hadn't moved at all.

    She struggled with it for a few more tries. She could see what she wanted, the plant rising, but it was just a trick of her mind, an impression only.

    "I.. am trying. It's harder than I thought it would be."

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    "Stop trying, Rhianna." Serena opened her eyes, noting that the girl's forehead was creased with effort.

    "There is no try. Move the plant."

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    Move the plant.

    Move the plant.

    Move the plant. Just do it Rhianna. Don't envision it moving, move it.

    In her mind she saw the Force as Serena had called it. Pulsing from and around her, around the plant. It connected them, made them parts of a whole. Move the plant. Instead of thinking of the plant moving, she envisioned her connection to the plant and saw the connection hum with recognition.

    Up.

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    The plant wobbled upwards a few inches, and Serena nodded. "Good - you are doing very well.

    "Keep it in the air for a few more moments... now let it down as slowly and gently as you can." The Jedi smiled.

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    When the plant touched back down, Rhianna heard the thud and her eyes popped open in amazement. She peeked around the plant at Serena and smiled. She'd done it!

    "Everything is one with the Life Giver this way? The Force?"

    The prospect was astounding, but not all that surprising. Her grandmother had been able to move objects at will. Rhianna had always thought it a trick, or some magic from the little people..

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    "Indeed, gach rud. Everything." Serena smiled back at her student.

    "To a person in touch with the Life Giver, there is little that can be considered impossible, though some things remain beyond our grasp." She touched herself on the chest where Rhianna had been shot by the scout trooper. "We can heal, but we cannot bring people back from death."

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    Her own hand flew up to touch the spot where her life had nearly been taken from her. It didn't hurt her anymore. It had made her sad at first, whenever she had seen the scar. Now it only served as a reminder for her. It was a reminder that back on her planet, the people that were responsible for what had befallen her family, were still there and could harm other clans.

    "Sámh.. Was it the Imperials that did this? Is that who the strangers in white were?"

    She somehow knew the answer already. She had felt the truth for herself when she had spoken with Morgan. Now she only wanted confirmation.

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    Serena paused, then nodded. "Cinnte - yes it was."

    "I am training you to be a Jedi," she had already told Rhianna many stories of the Jedi, on their trip to Nar Shadda, "and one thing that Jedi do is protect the helpless. We must not give into anger, or to fear. That is the path to the dark side of the Force."

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    "I don't think that this emotion can be described as anger. I am concerned for the other clans. I don't want the same fate to find them. You know as I do, they are peaceful people, they wouldn't be able to defend themselves against weapons like the one that did this.."

    Her hand dropped away from her chest. "I only want to help them. "

    She loved her home, but returning there for good was no longer an option. The laughing faces of her family weren't there anymore, but she could still do something to honor their memory by helping their distant realtions be free of the evil that had settled on their once peaceful world.

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    Morgan peered in around the doorway. They had been silent for over twenty seconds.

    “Hey.” Half of his hair was standing up, and the other half was jutting random directions, but he was clean and in fresh clothes. He smiled at Rhianna.

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    She reached past the small plant and patted Rhianna's hand. She understood how she felt.

    "Hey."

    Serena looked up, and smiled at Morgan. "Come on in. We were just doing some Force exercises." She shook her head at the sight of his hair, but it had been a long night and he had probably slept hard.

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    Sámh's very presence was calming to Rhianna. She knew that not only did the healer know the details of what had happened, she had been there. Witnessed it, the destruction and violence done in such a peaceful place. It was a comfort to have someone so familar in a time of complete upheaval. Rhianna smiled and made a silent vow to go back someday and try to help the people of her world.

    She peeked up at the sound of Morgan's voice and smiled. Then there was Morgan.. He had no reason to help them anymore, yet he was still here. Still teaching her Basic, which she was getting better at minus the accent. Even though she had sworn against speaking to stangers, it was futile when everyone was a stranger. Morgan she trusted. even if he looked rather.. prickly at the moment, like a gráinneog. She dropped her gaze, feeling completely impolite to have such a ridiculous thought, but quickly looked back up, mirth under control.

    "Hello, Morgan.." She grabbed another cushion and tossed it on the floor between herself and Serena.

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    He took a seat on the cushion, only vaguely aware of Rhianna’s amusement. He had slept very deeply, and was only now starting to wake up.

    “So, Force Exercises. What’s that?” He asked, feeling a little stupid even though no one had seen a Jedi for twenty years.

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