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After controlling his breathing, he prepared to use the ability, painfully aware of how much time he was taking.

Finally, he reached down with his mind to the ice. Ahsoka's struggling had already become less violent. y/n could sense her body, wincing as he detected her panic.

He felt the chemical compounds of the ice, the atoms bonded together, vibrating back and forth. Reaching into their very structure, he sped up the molecules, feeling their kinetic energy increase. And with that, the solid slowly started to heat up.

y/n opened his eyes and let out the breath that he had been unconsciously holding.

The ice was slowly melting, a pool of water collecting at the top. But he had to maintain focus to continue exploiting the atomic movement of the ice. It would engulf her again if y/n lost concentration.

It was going to take time, and y/n feared that perhaps he needed more than he had.

Sweating despite the cold water slowly freezing on his skin, y/n drew the Force closer and shut his eyes in concentration.

He could still sense the Togruta struggle. Then, she gave one last spasming cough, creating a substantial air bubble that rose and popped against the ice, and fell unconscious.

y/n balanced the heat and the cold, manipulating the temperature and melting speed of the ice, taking care not to make the water too hot, but struggling to melt the ice quickly.

It felt like an eternity before the block thawed, revealing Ahsoka's frosted body slowly sinking under the water. Having lost patience, y/n punched through the last handspan of ice with his fists.

He carefully lifted his friend out from the hole, panting from his exertion, and placed her body on the stony ground.

Still perched precariously on the edge, sweat and water dripping off his face, he called the Force to him again, this time channelling it to Ahsoka.

She gave a sudden jerk and coughed sharply, expelling a mouthful of water. Then another cough, and another.

He took a deep breath and released a shaky breath.

"You're welcome. I just saved your life?" he grinned once she had recovered and sat up.

"As if," she groaned. "You just paid me back for the time I caught you before you fell off the Jedi Temple," she quipped back. "We're even, for now."

He gave her a grin. "Glad to have the old Stripey back."

The only thing he had to worry about now was locating his kyber crystal, successfully harvesting it and finding his way out of the Crystal Caves before the entrance sealed completely. It felt impossible.

"Where are they?" Master Vos grunted. His voice was disguised as irritation but laced with concern and worry.

Master Yoda said nothing and continued gazing at the freezing waterfall. There was only a metre left before the entire structure was frozen, closing the gateway to the Caves.

Clustered around the two Jedi were the members of the Raxshir Clan who had made their way out already. The only missing members were y/n and Ahsoka.

The two had a reputation for being mischievous and tardy, but Master Yoda knew that they wouldn't pursue their escapades in a serious test where expulsion from the Order was possible.

The Grandmaster merely reached into the Force. He could feel the two, the Human and the Togruta.

"Safe, they are. Make it out soon, they must."

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