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[no_light]

Do you need me to come in today?

I know I said I would reduce my hours to make time for Force training, but that can wait until this poisoning crisis is over.

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[ruinsprofessor]

Yes. I need every hand I can have.

[Frankly, she'd been considering calling him herself, before this popped up.]

[no_light]

I understand.

If there were Light Side Force users they might be able to help.

[ Not that he is actually planning to train Light Side Force users... but... ]

[ruinsprofessor]

Do you have sufficient knowledge to pass on those methods to others?

[Not now, perhaps, but she could use extra skills and useful hands in the future.]

[no_light]

Not in the Light Side, or in healing with it. But I will teach the Force sensitives in town to use the Force on my terms. The rest is up to them.

You know I hope they'll stick to the Dark Side.

[ruinsprofessor]

I know you must; but uncontrolled emotion is hardly an asset in a healer

[Her student still bears watching.]

Is it the sort of skill that might be intuitable from the greater teachings?

[no_light]

Maybe, but it is for a Force user. And that's what I am, foremost.

I'm not sure if they can deduce it. They might. Some people are better at figuring out new skills for themselves than others.

I know you have doubts.

[ruinsprofessor]

Hm. I wonder.

Does it bother you, that I do?

[no_light]

Yes.

You don't trust my control.

[ruinsprofessor]

I don't yet.

[This is not reassuring. It's not meant to be, but Raine is also aware it's not the faith a teacher should have in her student. On the other side of things she drums her fingers and frowns.]

However, I'm teaching you anyway. I have that much faith in you.

[no_light]

You trust me enough to teach me healing. But you don't trust me with having warriors at my beck and call.

[ That's what he figures anyhow, that she is concerned he will try to recreate the Knights of Ren. A legitimate fear, if he had students more easily convinced of it. ]

[ruinsprofessor]

Something like that, yes. I may disagree with your philosophies, but I can still teach you.

[It's just that she needs him to stay a known quantity. And his anger still concerns her.]

[no_light]

I won't stray from this path. I am the only one left who can teach them, and I will.

For my sake, and theirs.

But I don't want us to become enemies over this.

[ruinsprofessor]

...I'll warn you, if it seems likely that you'll do something which will necessitate I oppose you.

[For now she'll just watch. It's about all she can do. His students surely have critical reasoning skills of their own, but... Raine remains concerned.]

[no_light]

That would be a shame.

[ He values her teaching, he values her opinions. But he's also not willing to give up his ambitions. And yet... it's an uncomfortable thought to think he might lose her over this. ]

[ruinsprofessor]

Yes, it would be.

[She would regret losing him as a pupil; but she will harden her heart against it to protect other things, if she must.]

[no_light]

I'll be there for my shift.

[ That's all he can offer right now. The rest... They will just have to wait and see. ]

[ruinsprofessor]

...that's enough. I'll see you then.

[It won't always be enough. For now, it can be.]