this is a scientific experiment in whether it's possible to give a force ghost a heart attack
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Blam!

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"Hit."

There's - probably not a sound of air displacing, Anakin's a ghost - a bit behind and to Ellaita's left, a bit far from her -

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Shot.

She might be getting the hang of this.

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"Hit!"

And -

Not quite so many clues, next, but Ellaita's focused, and - this is almost like feeling the flow of a dogfight around her, Vader's ghost starts dodging her shots but -

She's about to be over there - there's no evidence just the flow of her motions -

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She starts to lose herself in the rhythm of spin-shoot-hit.

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The difficulty slowly escalates, keeping up just barely ahead of Ellaita's current instincts - Ellaita usually gets a few hits before the difficulty escalates again. (She gets into 'ridiculous' levels when she starts giving Ellaita a dual sensation, someone in both locations at once - then Anakin after that has the same pair of sensations and her own signature muffled - )

Anakin seems content to do this as long as Ellaita wants.

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She starts getting a bit tired after an hour or two.

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She winds the session to a halt then. "You did very well."

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"Thanks." She puts the borrowed blaster back.

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"Do you have a sense of what I meant earlier?"

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"...Maybe a bit."

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"Those same instincts can be worked on. Expanded. Just that is enough for many people, though as you push at and develop your senses you'll be able to manipulate things as well."

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"Right."

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"It's also significantly easier if you already believe you can."

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"Uh-huh."

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Small smile.

"We can talk about something else for a while, though, or I can leave you be - there's still several hours left until nightfall."

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"Might try to catch a little sleep."

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She nods. "Lily shouldn't mind if you sleep in her bedroom, if you'd like some quiet."

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"I'm used to a barracks."

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"It's up to you, then."

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She goes to the main room and sits back in a corner.

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And Anakin goes to sit with Lily, quietly talking her through what sounds like a continuation of a lesson on disguising herself in the Force. The practical on this ends up being Lily telling Anakin a story, 'becoming' different speakers or characters in the story and trying to alter her Force signature to match. (It sounds like Anakin's also probing her mind a few times to see if her surface thoughts match the characters.)

The effect is somewhat eerie to an external observer - it's easier to believe that Lily is a middle aged man from Corellia than it really should be. (From Anakin's occasional correction on this or that part of the story, it's possible this is also doubling as a review on places, histories, and cultures from the wider galaxy.)

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She drowses.

Strange dreams, a ghost with a Corellian accent that doesn't match its face is chasing her while she's dressed like a stormtrooper but she loses herself in a crowd of other white-armored soldiers and can't find which one is her.

She pulls back awakes as night falls.

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Lily's the only one in the room. She seems to be going through final checks on packing.

"Hey," she says, as soon as Ellaita's mostly awake. "Want something to eat or drink before we head out?"

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"Yeah, that'd be nice," she says. "Thanks."

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