07-12-2025, 01:28 AM
Emily took Jared’s hands and Jared began to speak, guiding them through the meditation. They didn’t need it. In truth, Emily didn’t hear his words, but she knew what he was saying. He had taught her to meditate like this and she had gotten into the habit of doing it.
In her mind, she pictured a light. She visualized it as a candle, but she knew Jared visualized a lightsaber. The thought brought a smile to her mind. As she inhaled, the candle grew brighter and as she exhaled, it grew dimmer. She alternated between having her breaths lower in her body and higher. She focused only on the light inside of her as she breathed. Then she fed her frustration, sadness, stress, and anger into the light. She felt them all melt away and she smile, giving Jared’s hands a squeeze. The emotions were replaced with a complete calm.
Her mind clear she began to speak to Jared. It was her idea. ”Summon your power, but don’t use it. Hold on to it only.” unlike Jared, she would have no clue that he was using his power at all. ”Im going to use mine to see if I can find yours. I’m going to try to reach for it, see what happens.”
Emily embraced her power and began to tentatively send threads of power to Jared - probing and searching. Emily had no idea what she was looking for. She had no idea what she would find. She couldn’t find anything. Or maybe she did, but because she didn’t know what she was looking for she didn’t see it.
”No - nothing…” she said. ”You still holding the power?” Jared answered in the affirmative.
Emily let go and this time she focused herself towards Jared, not embracing the power. The idea was to embrace his power - no - seize it as he said. She focused not on her own inner light, but instead focused herself towards mind on drawing it through Jared.
Emily tilted her head. She had felt something…different…as she found her own power. But she hadn’t connected to Jared’s. ”Maybe you try it? See if you can find anything?”
In her mind, she pictured a light. She visualized it as a candle, but she knew Jared visualized a lightsaber. The thought brought a smile to her mind. As she inhaled, the candle grew brighter and as she exhaled, it grew dimmer. She alternated between having her breaths lower in her body and higher. She focused only on the light inside of her as she breathed. Then she fed her frustration, sadness, stress, and anger into the light. She felt them all melt away and she smile, giving Jared’s hands a squeeze. The emotions were replaced with a complete calm.
Her mind clear she began to speak to Jared. It was her idea. ”Summon your power, but don’t use it. Hold on to it only.” unlike Jared, she would have no clue that he was using his power at all. ”Im going to use mine to see if I can find yours. I’m going to try to reach for it, see what happens.”
Emily embraced her power and began to tentatively send threads of power to Jared - probing and searching. Emily had no idea what she was looking for. She had no idea what she would find. She couldn’t find anything. Or maybe she did, but because she didn’t know what she was looking for she didn’t see it.
”No - nothing…” she said. ”You still holding the power?” Jared answered in the affirmative.
Emily let go and this time she focused herself towards Jared, not embracing the power. The idea was to embrace his power - no - seize it as he said. She focused not on her own inner light, but instead focused herself towards mind on drawing it through Jared.
Emily tilted her head. She had felt something…different…as she found her own power. But she hadn’t connected to Jared’s. ”Maybe you try it? See if you can find anything?”