Day 4

I looked at the journal and said, "I know this book. I have written in it."

I could not remember what or how often, though. But I can learn again. I can remember again.

They say, they cannot give me free access to a terminal; it would be against the rules. But I can use one when they are with me. I get an hour each day. But they have given me a small pad and I can borrow data cards from a small library. The data is old. The data is censored and filtered many times.

This data is useless -- this I know.

In one hour I cannot do much. I looked at Coruscant, but I know it, it is not my planet. I looked at Corellia, but neither is that my home. I looked at Naboo and Commenor. I listened to their languages, to their music. I looked at their famous faces. But nothing.

I am not of those planets. And the only face I recognized was Lord Vader. I think that this, too, worries them. I should remember the faces of holo-stars. I should recognize the voices of the known singers. I don't.

And if this is the speed with which I look through the galaxy, I could as well try to find a waste-bug on Coruscant. Well, a specific waste-bug. Finding one should not be a problem at all. I read from the library. There is a map of the galaxy on one wall. I can find Coruscant on it with ease. The same with places like Corellia, Nal Hutta. Tatooine, Kessel, Sluis Wan. I know this galaxy well. Maybe I have been an interstellar travel agent. The thought makes me laugh, I cannot imagine that at all.

But none of the names ring any special bells. Only the most important places are named, too, mostly in the Core. Probably, I come from an unimportant planet. But if I did, what was I doing here? No legal business, legal meant you were registered somewhere. I wasn't . This left too many unpleasant possibilities.

Why was I not registered? Or had somebody tampered with my files? How high in the hierarchy did you have to be, to delete a whole person? As high as the Emperor himself? Maybe I should just go and ask him. But now I was thinking like spyboy. That is bad.

I searched for a picture showing his face. There is none. He always wears a hood that hides his face. Maybe I should try that, too.

I drape a towel over my head in front of the mirror.

I still look all wrong.