"Fear is limitless and unbounded; it never ends." The elderly Master looked at the couple before him on the grass of the warn, sunlit courtyard. "Let go of your fear. Let it flow through you, but do not let it consume you. Do not hold on to fear, or it will hold you in its grasp."

"Yes, Master Shan-ji," they both said respectfully.

He in turn nodded slightly. "That is good, then." He smiled. "That is all for now. The lesson is over. You may go." He waved them off before crossing the courtyard to talk to Jeb.