Hey you, yeah you. Come here

[Sage Bane]

Coughing and wheezing like a miner with black lung, Sage stopped as he was instructed. Then Master Rexus walked him over to the grass and sat him down, where he slowly caught his breath. Sayl soon joined him, her face pained with concern for her twin. It was a strange feeling to have people actually hemming and hawing over him. He wasn't used to people caring, and it embarrassed him slightly. Plus he felt a little naked dressed only in his boxer shorts. He waved his hand dissmissively. "I'm fine," he muttered at her, averting his eyes.

Sage was apprehensive. He wasn't sure he was cut out for Jedi Knighthood. Although Nar Shaddaa was a hellhole that sucked him dry every hour he spent on the planet, he missed it. He missed his pig sty of an apartment, the drug dens, the opportunities to shag in the alleyways. The Ession temple was achingly unfamiliar. The only good thing it had going for it was its lack of Hutts. He reached up and took his sister's hand, letting her help haul him to his feet. At least he had his twin. If there was anyone who could end up keeping him here at the temple it would be she. He was resolved not to lose her again no matter what happened with this Jedi business. "I don't need rest," he insisted. Even though the exercise killed him, it at least stopped his body from crying out for glitterstim, and coughing his lungs out was better than rolling around in a fetal position in his room.

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[Rexus Drath]

[member="Sage Bane"] [member="Sayl Bane"]

Rexus sighed and remained standing, this kid was going to be a lot of work. If worse came to worse they would need to get him a new set of lungs from a cardio stimulus package. But hopefully he would just slowly recover his lung capacity over time if a healer did not step in, Rexus could start healing but he was out of his depth for damage like that. He could gradually heal him over the course of a few months maybe a year at the most but Sage didn't seem like the kid to hide from his vices forever. There was great potential in the kid but he was self destructive, the smart move would have been to throw him in jail. But it wasn't the right thing to do, and now they just had to deal with the cards they'd been dealt.

"We will do some yoga help stretch out and prepare your minds for today's lessons." Rex said responding to Sayl.

"Stand up son." He reached down and picked the kid up and smiled. Normally he would be kicking him but that was old Rexus.

"Stretch out and we will begin. Sage before we start, do you need to see a doctor?" He asked the kid a genuine question, he wanted to see if the kid would take the excuse to get out of training. He knew he wasn't that bad off but it was more of a moral test than anything else

 

[Sayl Bane]

Pushing herself to her feet shortly after Sage stood, she gave her twin a sideways glance that told him she knew full well he wasn't fine, at least not completely. But Sayl knew how he thought intrinsically, simply because his train of thought was a near mirror image of her own. The both of them had vices, in their own very separate ways, something she had a feeling Rexus wasn't entirely aware of yet. Their closeness was something he'd most likely noticed, but not many tended to see just how deep their bond ran. So she simply regarded her twin with a look that said she knew there was more to the story, leaving it at that while they were still in on public temple grounds.

With that issue addressed, she resolved to comply with Rexus' wishes, rolling her neck, the bone cracking with a series of small pops in quick succession. Reaching down she touched her toes with little issue, something relatively unsurprising giving her small, relatively unmuscled figure. Flexibility and speed were two things she had on her side, with physical strength being an area she was lacking in. That was something that would be remedied, she had a feeling, after a few more vigorous training sessions. But for now, this was something she thrived in, and she intended to take full advantage of it.

Once again she sat down on the grass, beginning toe touche, slowly limbering up for whatever today's training might entail. "You might not need rest, but you need to take it slow anyway." Her tone didn't leave much room for argument, but she flashed a smile in Sage's direction regardless. "You're forgetting that I know you just as well as you know yourself, and maybe even better. We're twins for a reason."

After a few more moments she stood again, finishing in her stretches after pulling her arms across her body with the opposite arm in order to stretch out her shoulders. She gave her twin a look as if to say 'your turn', standing silently and awaiting further orders from their master.

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[Sage Bane]

When Rexus asked Sage if he wanted to see a doctor, he shook his head no. Sure, he wanted those sweet, sweet painkillers, but he was also eager to get his hands on a lightsaber. A Jedi Knight. He still couldn't believe that was something attainable for him, but Sage was still a warrior deep down inside. His nickname in the Nal Hutta slave pits had been "kaae dohdoha," which translated into Basic as "little barbarian." Sadly the Jedi at the temple that stood before his sister and his new Master was a shadow of that former self right now.

He stretched out as instructed, his bones creaking, muscles aching from underuse. He wasn't as flexible as Sayl, but he could touch his toes which was a start. Once he was finished he smiled at his sister, and gave her a gentle shove. Then he looked to Master Rexus expectantly. "Can we actually learn something useful now?" he quipped with a sardonic smirk.

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