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Zora's Return

I don't think I've ever been in such a daze before as I walk down the corridor. It is so easy for the Council to order me to be Zora again. They don't have to worry about losing themselves. I'm not sure where I end and Zora begins. Except for this - I know she doesn't love anyone. When treating people as property, you can't love them. Of course, I'm not supposed to love anyone either.

A Jedi shall not know love.

I leave to find Obi-Wan, not wanting to put off telling him this. At least I'm able to tell him this time. That's important. I need him to know I wouldn't leave him forever on some lark. Sure enough, he's not hard to find.

"I've been sent on a mission," I begin. "A slave market's been found and Zora has been ordered to stop it."

"Oh," he says.

I tell you that Zora's back and all you have to say is "oh"?

"I'm afraid I might not come back. I don't know what will happen if I get caught," I admit.

"You've always come back before. You're a survivor," he says, putting his hands on my shoulders.

"But that's when I'm myself. I don't like what Zora is capable of."

"Siri, Zora doesn't exist unless you let her exist."

You haven't seen her.

I shrug, fighting back a tear. "I'm supposed to be changing into my disguise soon."

"Will you see me again before you go?"

I shake my head. "No. I want you to remember me like this."

Obi-Wan looks disappointed, but nods. He then holds me close and whispers "Siri, come back to me."

And I know, somehow, at that moment, that I will.