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Dooku looked over making certain that Harry was fully engrossed in the desk in front of him and out of earshot before replying. "I would not wish your son to get a big head madam, but he is learning quite quickly. His combat instincts are incredible, as is his Force Precognition for his age and experience level."
That actually was an understatement. While a lot of the physical exercises were coming to Harry slowly, he'd already been in excellent physical shape. It was simply building muscle memory, and building a repertoire of moves and stances that would take Harry a while. Harry also still had issues with allowing the Force to guide his actions. He could sense his opponent's moves, but responding appropriately was taking longer, something which, again came down to training.
"I'm uncertain what for lightsaber style is best suited for the young man just yet. Not Shii-Cho, it is too wild and too unrefined. Not Ataru, since he has trouble concentrating on his defense when in midair like that despite his body control. Truly a defensive style might be best, since his Force powers give Harry an advantage in any fight…" Dooku finished leadingly, looking up at the Force Ghost.
Lily chuckled shaking her head but not responding further. Master Dooku was of the opinion that despite the skills he showed, apparition, the Bombardment technique and others, Harry held back quite a bit of what he could do with the Force, and of course he was correct in his. Both Lily and Fay had decided to keep Harry's transfiguration and conjuration skills secret. That, and what Harry could do with his Light constructs, were surprises they wanted kept under wraps.
They had however relented and allowed him to start using some element manipulation. Simple things that were more extensions of Force telekinesis and control more than anything else. His ability to pull water out of the air was not beyond a Jedi's ability, but the way he could conjure up enough to use as a spear was, as was the wind version. Those had come as a shock to Komari the day before, allowing Harry to almost score a win on the experienced knight.
"What is on the itinerary for this afternoon?" Dooku asked, after explaining the various different styles once more, and which he felt Harry was suited for. He would not push of course, he wanted Harry to come to the right conclusion on his own.
"Fay was asked to officiate a few local jurisdictional issues, and Harry is going with her." Lily replied. Most Jedi were called in occasionally to see it in judgment on cases of law, personal issues, or cross-cultural/species problems. On Sorenno of course that last was an issue, but given the prickly nature of a lot of the locals, the second certainly was.
For her part Lily still had issues with that idea: that the Force was so able to help the Jedi find the right decision, or rather gave them the tools to know where to look and help them learn the facts. At least she knew that Fay wouldn't make any kind of arbitrary or quick decision, but Lily wished she could say the same thing about others in the Jedi Order.
"Break is over Padawan," Dooku said aloud, gesturing Harry back into the training area. He took his position across from Harry, and began to work Harry through a series of set techniques, while Luminara took over talking to Fay with a certain amount of un-Jedi like eagerness. Despite both being Masters, Fay had quite a bit to teach Luminara and the mind healer was eager to learn the physical side of things from one who was among the best the Order had in that area.
Knight Vosa occasionally joined in one or the other, though her training lightsaber was a pure training saber. Though there was no longer any danger of her falling back into the Dark, there was every bit of the danger of a relapse as Luminara helped her deal with each traumatic memory in turn. Lily talked to her occasionally doing what she could to help Vosa along, though that wasn't much.
Eventually Dooku was satisfied with the way, Harry was performing the various moves, and walked to take up a position across from him. "This will be full combat, feel free to use any of your Force powers you wish," he said as Luminara moved forward from her position by Master Fay.
Komari Vosa winced at her former Masters words shaking her head. Harry's powers and the ease with which he used them gave him a tremendous advantage against any traditional Jedi, even if they, like her former master and Master Unduli, could use the techniques of Clan Saa. Vosa had neither, though she was one of the better Knights with a blade. Harry might not have won that battle but he'd come a lot closer than a young boy of 16 should have come against a Jedi Knight.
"Yes Master," Harry said simply, bringing up his lightsaber into a defensive posture taken fromShii-Cho. It was a basic defense, but it was also the underlying premise for several of the more advanced defenses, so a decent stance to start with.
Dooku saluted him with his own lightsaber then without warning Harry charged forward, his lightsaber flashing out in an arc towards Dooku's head, then around to an attack from his other side, using Dooku's block too throw himself around in a full circle, lashing out with a Force Push at the same time. Dooku counted the Force Push with one of his own, stepping back smartly from the second attack, and lashing out in a series of attacks of his own. The sizzling and fizzing of their lightsabers filled the air as they clashed.
Occasionally Harry's hand free hand flashed up, firing a stun bolt at the older man, who parried it with his own lightsaber or simply dodged. Occasionally Dooku's attack got through to Harry in turn, but Harry quickly raised a small defensive Shield, the Force Shield flaring and deflecting his opponent's lightsaber. Dooku remained mostly stationary, moving around lightly on his feet, never taking to the air or retreating. Harry leaped and dodged, moving constantly, his movements a beginners take on Ataru for now, with quite a bit of other styles thrown in.
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