It hadn't even been about the money. It was enough that the delegation that had been shot down had been en route to the Senate, plus there was the matter of the child. The Jedi, however, were still rather occupied with rebuilding and restarting the operations of the Academy, now on Ossus after the war with the Yuuzhan Vong, and thus they'd been too far away to get to the crash site on time.
But one Jedi was.
On leave from the Order, Jaisyn no longer considered herself an active Jedi — but she wasn't halfway across the galaxy, instead skirting along the edges of the Unknown Regions on her solo sojourn. And it had actually taken little to convince her to take the mission; she'd lost a younger brother some years back, and she had a sister. A missing child was something her wishy-washy, overintellectual bleeding heart could not ignore.
She'd examined the crash site, and while there were several tracks that fanned outward, she didn't rely on her droid's calculations to decide which one to pursue. Instead she sank deep into the Force, letting herself become one with her surroundings and trying to pick apart... feelings. The child must be terrified, being stranded in a planet by herself. Perhaps even injured, though she hoped not.
Then she caught a whiff of something else, and that she didn't think of it when it should've been obvious made her laugh. Hungry. Of course.
So she tried to lock on to that flicker of feeling. She's Force-sensitive, Jaisyn thought; how else could she have felt that presence so strongly one moment, then gone in the next? Though it was a game two people could play, because she knew that 'hide in plain sight' trick too.
And that was how they eventually found each other.
Her grip on Ahliz'tah's arm was firm, but not intended to hurt. "There you are, kid," she greeted, and she smiled as she felt the Force flicker around the child again. Definitely Force-strong, this one. "It's okay. I'm not going to hurt you."
Neufie, her R9, came trilling from behind Ahliz'tah a second later.
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But one Jedi was.
On leave from the Order, Jaisyn no longer considered herself an active Jedi — but she wasn't halfway across the galaxy, instead skirting along the edges of the Unknown Regions on her solo sojourn. And it had actually taken little to convince her to take the mission; she'd lost a younger brother some years back, and she had a sister. A missing child was something her wishy-washy, overintellectual bleeding heart could not ignore.
She'd examined the crash site, and while there were several tracks that fanned outward, she didn't rely on her droid's calculations to decide which one to pursue. Instead she sank deep into the Force, letting herself become one with her surroundings and trying to pick apart... feelings. The child must be terrified, being stranded in a planet by herself. Perhaps even injured, though she hoped not.
Then she caught a whiff of something else, and that she didn't think of it when it should've been obvious made her laugh. Hungry. Of course.
So she tried to lock on to that flicker of feeling. She's Force-sensitive, Jaisyn thought; how else could she have felt that presence so strongly one moment, then gone in the next? Though it was a game two people could play, because she knew that 'hide in plain sight' trick too.
And that was how they eventually found each other.
Her grip on Ahliz'tah's arm was firm, but not intended to hurt. "There you are, kid," she greeted, and she smiled as she felt the Force flicker around the child again. Definitely Force-strong, this one. "It's okay. I'm not going to hurt you."
Neufie, her R9, came trilling from behind Ahliz'tah a second later.