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He blinked "I ht need a refresher course later"

"Don’t make me smack you, Wil" His face clouded briefly, and it occurred toI i"

He nodded "Now you tellcorrectly"

He inhaled and exhaled I leaned forward to get a better look at his abdoestured to his firm, sculpted abdomen, which was now, thankfully, covered by his t-shirt "So you can tell"

I peered at his face to see if he was pulling a fast one on me, but he appeared deadly serious I tentatively reached out ertips on the area just below his sternum He inhaled and exhaled, and the feel of his rock-hard, ain

I jerked ood"

"So we’ve established that I kno to breathe Nohat?"

I sround and center"

"Ground and center? That sounds like baseball"

"It’s a visualization technique that should ith your style of thinking So tie-centric mind to the test Close your eyes and rest the backs of your open hands on your knees, pal his eyes last, as if he had no concept of how to an to speak in a low voice, keeping it cal to relax every part of your body With each breath you take in and expel, you are going to beco Your breaths beco a Jedi , aren’t you?"

"Wil! Be serious Do as I say"

"I’ll do as you say"

"Good"

"It is very good"

I opened one eye and peered at hi exactly how I’d left hi around? It was so hard to tell!

I decided to test him "Clear your mind"

"Myfor"

"These aren’t the droids I’ with the back ofaround This is important!" The smile melted from his face and I i in a less waspish tone "You need to take this seriously You have to win You have htly, but he nodded soberly "Your honor, your tiara, my place in the clan and…ain"

He’d mystified me "Um…your worthiness?"

"Yes"