Dashiell Retrofit™
"It's just a drag; we're almost adults ourselves; we should be allowed to do what we want after fifteen years of daily listening to the same old lectures. Do you not find them irritating?" Balun answered her and soon ended the remark with a question as if her lack of complacency was entirely foreign to him. Balun wanted to be independent, to call the shots for himself and to work life out of his own accord. In any case,
Zaiya Ceti
had explained a bit more about this angry guy that she and
Aris Noble
had run into; "Nevermind, let's concentrate on sorting out this scream-thing", he concluded, falling silent shortly after that in consideration of the girl's description of the enemy.
"So...Angry. I'm not sure I can make myself that angry to make me want to hurt anyone...But give me some time, I'll try and meditate on it..." Balun suggested, soon repositioning himself to kneel on both knees, rolling his shoulders in a bid to loosen them up and relax his upper body; "The way I figure, if I can think about something that makes me angry or sad, maybe we can imitate the same kind of thing if that makes sense?" he explained, his question rhetorical as it made sense in his mind and that's what mattered for the one attempting the ability. "Get yourself ready; do what you need to do; this should only take a moment", he smiled, nodding towards her side of the sparring mattress, assuming she might need a bit of space between them were he to actually pull something like this off.
Fifteen years of growing up in the New Jedi Order had taught Balun a lot, and one thing that came to mind with this situation was drawing upon his memories of the past to draw upon those negative emotions and simulate something similar to what Zaiya explained their opponent had done. The memory or thought that he chose was simple: his parents had abandoned him to the New Jedi Order. They didn't want him, he wasn't good enough, they didn't love him, and naturally, he had come to believe that no one ever would.
A sadness fell over him, having fallen deeply enough into a trance that he had blocked out Zaiya's presence entirely and no longer felt he needed to mask his feelings. His brows furrowed, his knuckles tightening as he gripped at the loose fabric of his leggings. He yearned for independence because he had learned not to rely on others for help, support, or affection. It enabled him to take care of himself but left him feeling deeply lonely despite being within the Jedi Temple, filled with countless thousands of other people.
Balun's eyes opened, though he remained silent while his mind returned to the present. His previous enthusiasm, passion for independence, and confidence in the task had seemingly been lost. It felt like he had meditated for half an hour or more, but it had merely been five minutes, and he was already climbing back to his feet, standing upright, and arching his back for a moment to stretch. There was a calmness about him, though Zaiya might find it an eerie silence, the air of the room feeling dense, heavy as if the weight of his insecurities had darkened the room around them. "I'm not sure how this will work, but I'm ready when you are", he confirmed, awaiting Zaiya's word to proceed.
"So...Angry. I'm not sure I can make myself that angry to make me want to hurt anyone...But give me some time, I'll try and meditate on it..." Balun suggested, soon repositioning himself to kneel on both knees, rolling his shoulders in a bid to loosen them up and relax his upper body; "The way I figure, if I can think about something that makes me angry or sad, maybe we can imitate the same kind of thing if that makes sense?" he explained, his question rhetorical as it made sense in his mind and that's what mattered for the one attempting the ability. "Get yourself ready; do what you need to do; this should only take a moment", he smiled, nodding towards her side of the sparring mattress, assuming she might need a bit of space between them were he to actually pull something like this off.
Fifteen years of growing up in the New Jedi Order had taught Balun a lot, and one thing that came to mind with this situation was drawing upon his memories of the past to draw upon those negative emotions and simulate something similar to what Zaiya explained their opponent had done. The memory or thought that he chose was simple: his parents had abandoned him to the New Jedi Order. They didn't want him, he wasn't good enough, they didn't love him, and naturally, he had come to believe that no one ever would.
A sadness fell over him, having fallen deeply enough into a trance that he had blocked out Zaiya's presence entirely and no longer felt he needed to mask his feelings. His brows furrowed, his knuckles tightening as he gripped at the loose fabric of his leggings. He yearned for independence because he had learned not to rely on others for help, support, or affection. It enabled him to take care of himself but left him feeling deeply lonely despite being within the Jedi Temple, filled with countless thousands of other people.
Balun's eyes opened, though he remained silent while his mind returned to the present. His previous enthusiasm, passion for independence, and confidence in the task had seemingly been lost. It felt like he had meditated for half an hour or more, but it had merely been five minutes, and he was already climbing back to his feet, standing upright, and arching his back for a moment to stretch. There was a calmness about him, though Zaiya might find it an eerie silence, the air of the room feeling dense, heavy as if the weight of his insecurities had darkened the room around them. "I'm not sure how this will work, but I'm ready when you are", he confirmed, awaiting Zaiya's word to proceed.