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She watched them carefully going throuh the series of blocks, parries and thrusts they had learnt, though some showed talent, none really stuck out. It hit Dalaan suddenly, she raised her hand as a signal for them to stop. They turned to her attentively. "I asked you to show me what you've got, but what you're showing me is half of what you can do. Please, i'm not here to judge technique, i'm here to see skill and ability. Stop trying to do things right and just do them. Follow your instincts, feel the Force flow through you, the actions and techniques that you have been learning will come to you when you need them. Don't use this so much." She said pointing to her head. "But follow the guidance of this." She said placing her hand over her heart. "The rest will follow, take a moment and center yourselves. Forget yesterday, today and what tommorrow may bring. Think only of now and the battle, for when the time comes and its real, that's the only thing you can think about, not what dinner's going to be tonight." She said with a smile. "Now, show me what you can do." Her own personal experiences on the battlefeild were assisting her in her instruction, though a little tempered by the way she learnt to fight as a sith, but with the modification of following both heart and mind, harmonising the two to work together to fulfill their ultimate function. The survival of themselves.

Vincent closed his eyes as the darkside started twisting around him. His presence in the force started growing stronger as his force presence was being completely released. The light and dark started mixing together around him as his presence turned grey. He opened his eyes and stood up. He looked at his reflection in the waterfall once more and took notice that his eye color changed. They became a silvery blue that almost resembled his brother's. He payed it no mind as he walked out of the meditation room and heade for the training area.

Drake kept his eyes on the many initiates and acolytes. "Maybe but only a small portion show real promise. Most might need to be retaught the most basic skills before the real training starts. I see great potential in some but not enough of them."

Vincent walked into the training room and watched the students train from the doorway. He didn't make his presence known but stood next to Drake and Dalaan on the wall. He didn't say anything but watched the initiates train seeing who had potential and who didn't.

Nick went towards Dalaan, Drake, and Vincent and said. "I know but maybe some have great potiential even though you don't see it now." He replied looking at the ones that Dalaan and Drake thought didn't have potiential. He knew deep down inside everyone wasn't geniuses or prodigies of the force and they had a great skill hidden deep within them.

Nick nodded and looked at the children. "Yes they all have potiential....we just have to find out who has the greatest potiential." He replied as he tried to see through the force who was the best of them. "Dalaan why not teach them through saber contact?"

Vincent leaned over to Drake. "Is it me or do they not get along? Do they always act like this?"

"Sadly, Yes. It seems they have problem to work out." Drake pushed a button on the wall and many different swords of all sizes rose from the floor near the wall. He looked over to Nick. "Have them use these. If they can't learn how to use a real sword they'll never learn how to use a lightsaber."

Nick looked at Drake nodded. "Sure." He replied with an annoyed tone as he went over to the regular swords and started to hand them out to the students. "Practise with them..and make them your best friend for now..because if you don't do well with these swords you probably won't get a lightsaber or even go to the next level." He replied and then walked back to Dalaan side.