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Naboo: Jedi Training Facility...

Same old thing, different day. Day after day, the force, mediation, levitation... push, pull, jump, run... He got so tired of teaching the same material day after day. Ah, but how easily he allowed himself to go through the motions, pretending as if he wasn't tired of the same old routine.

Why for he would always ask himself...


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"...Good.. now focus on your fixed point. Don't rush yourself, just a simple movement from here to there and then back again."

Donovin watched her, looking for precision. She preformed the exercise so flawlessly that it made him believe that the time he was spending here was somehow worth something. She'd performed the task, but he'd taught her how.

He'd made some sort of difference.

Same old thing, different day.

He knew why he did the same old thing day after day, why he kept going.

For change. For aid. For guidance. For hope.

He provided these things each and every day when he stepped inside the training grounds.

Same old thing, different day.

He brought knowledge and with that knowledge, he took one inexperienced force adept being and changed them into a force user full of knowledge and strength; an experienced force adept being.

Same old thing, different day maybe, but he always made sure to shine. He made sure that they all shined. It made them feel good; made him feel good.

"Good job," he told her as she came to stop to stand beside him. Their gazes met and he smiled.

"What do you say we get out of here now... change of scenery.. maybe a little exploration..."

He never had to ask, he could always see it in their faces, they all longed for more. They all longed to be out there, somewhere amongst the stars. Exploration could bring them experience, even perhaps a sense of adventure.

".. Well?"

She thought it over, considering the idea carefully.

".. Where's your sense of adventure?"

He knew that wasn't the idea that was on her mind now. She had the taste for adventure; it was cautiousness that was making her hesitate.

".. C'mon, what's the worst thing that could happen? Live in the moment..."

She'd decide. The choice would be easy.

"Good, pack your bags... Docking bay, forty-five minutes. I'll wait for you at the entrance."

Donovin gave his padawan a brief wave before settling into a jog toward the temple's personal living quarters area.

He didn't want Hali to question him about the quest ahead; like it or not, he'd have to avoid her prying.

Just two or three feet shy of the entrance to the docking bay the Jedi patiently stood waiting for Hali to arrive; his medium sized duffle bag sitting at his feet as he stood in wait.

Donovin had begun to have small reservations about the trip ahead just at the time he began packing for the trip. He'd pushed all those doubts back though, not wishing to cancel a trip that he considered quite productive to Hali's learning experience. The notion to stay behind wasn't strong enough for him to go against the adventure that awaited them.

It was just when Donovin began to wonder if he should exchange over the reservations with Hali that she came to show up.

"Salutations, Ms. Swindell," he said with a small smile and deep bow, as if he was just meeting her for the first time.

"I hope you packed lightly."

As he spoke he gestured to the docking bay.

"Dock D, we'll be taking one of the order's supplied shuttles."

The two Jedi walked almost in perfect unison as they quickly made their way to Dock D. Donovin didn't say much anything more until they came to board the shuttle.

"Aren't you at all curious to know where we are going?"

"Good, I was just checking."

He offered her an intimate smile and a wink from his left eye before turning away from her, only to rush toward the front of the shuttle.

He'd need to set the course for their rendezvous point before Hali could get the chance to clearly plot out the coordinates herself, allowing her to reserve a speculative guess as to where they were heading off to.


Hali must have become curious by his quick mad dash toward the front of the shuttle, her form coming to sprint right after him.

Donovin barely reached the nav computer when he heard Hali call after him, to which in turn he replied with a very faint disappointing grunt.

When he didn’t answer her it only invited more curiosity from the woman. Smiling inwardly he tried hastily to program the sequence of number points into the computer. He was on the last remaining few numbers when he felt Hali come up close behind him to peek over his shoulder.

Removing his right hand from the computer control panel he slowly twisted his arm back behind him to reach for Hali, keeping his gaze glued to the computer as he gently prodded the woman away.

“Ah… No ma’am, that’ll be far enough, Ms. Swindell,” he said, trying desperately to add in the last few numbers of his desired location with his left hand as Hali delicately tried to brush his arm away so that she could take a closer look at what he was doing.

A boyish grin fell onto Donovin’s lips as he pressed the conformation key, playfully enjoying the woman’s ineffective efforts to chase him from his goal. He did a quick about-face suddenly, both of his hands coming to quickly yet gently grasp onto Hali’s wrists.

His blue eyes found her face, a scoundrel of a grin formed at his lips.

“You’re much too curious, that’s something we just may both have to see to correcting,” he said, partly amused.

Hali's few words barely met their completion as Donovin retracted his hands away from her, releasing her wrists in an instant.

A soft expression drew to his face as he looked down and away from Hali a bit.

"I.. I don't know what I was thinking."

He slowly raised his head back up, his blue eyes meeting her gaze.

"I did not mean to startle you, Hali."

He smiled sincerely.

"Sometimes I forget how gentle of a soul you are," he said, nodding his head subtly as if he were bowing.

"..but I can assure you that I meant no harm, m'lady."