Gem thought about her relationship with Lightsaber training. She always gave it a healthy respect - Lightsabers were dangerous, and definitely not toys. It was one area of her studies that she took extra serious and didn't goof off with.
"I definitely want a Kitavar," she admitted,
"Something light in the grip that I can move quickly with. I'm very bendy and very fast. My teachers tell me I should study Ataru and Shien. That I would be good at it."
Gem took the Kyber crystal out of its box, and studied it. Not quite pink, not quite orange, it was something all on its own, "I think there's a difference between what I'd be
good at and what I
need, though. What I need, right now, is discipline and balance. I
know I'm fast. I
know I'm bendy. That's what I already am. Me and her, we need to be more than what we already are. I think I should study Niman and Makashi for that balance and discipline, because I'm
not balanced and I'm
not disciplined. Not as much as I should be, anyway."
Gem smiled at
Jonyna Si
and the ghost,
"I think I'm ready to start."
Gem spent nearly as much time scratching on a block of wood, thinking and meditating, as she did picking out parts. She had a preference to use Si Wood, carving out grooves in the handle to install a rubbery grip texture with it. The emitter had a slight hood over the side, and the Lightsaber was a bent design for dueling. Gem had considered using novelties on the pommel like a tooth, a metal claw for climbing, and even a piton, but she decided that, as she had said before, what she needed, right now, was balance and discipline, and so she dug through the parts until she had the right weight and balance. As Cici had recommended, Gem used a hair trigger. The only novelty Gem used was a buckle that was connected to the trigger, so that she could ignite the Lightsaber while releasing it from her belt in the same motion.
Gem stood, faced away from Jonyna, and waved the Lightsaber about in her hand, trying to get a feel for it. It had been built for her hand, and it felt right, but it demanded something of her motions that she didn't quite understand yet. With a serene sanguine smile, rather than the giddy grin she'd come in with, Gem deactivated it, and presented it to Jonyna and Cici for inspection.
"What do you think?"