Anakin didn't wait an entire night to return to Runei. He was eager to leave Erom Evol right away. But, who was this elusive Miss Xha anyway? What did she look like? Why were they writing to each other? Anakin was tempted to open their latest exchange, but firmly resisted. He couldn't betray Master Obi-Wan's privacy, he had already lied to him in his worse hour.

After a short trip from the outskirt of the Republic, it wasn't long before Anakin was handing his master's letter to Kaivo.

"I'll give this to her right away. The suite is just as you left it. I'm sure you can find your way there," Kaivo said.

Pleased, Anakin nodded and left the saloon.

Kaivo opened the letter. He smiled. If this didn't break her, nothing would.

He hurried to Christa's suite and delivered to her the letter.

She stared at the envelope. So soon? She thought… she had barely fallen asleep when Kaivo shadowed darkened her bedroom's doorway.

She read her lover's words and bristled:

"Dearest Christa,

If half of anything you've ever said was true, I'd believe you were capable of love. I'm on a mission, in a nation under the threat of being besieged with civil war. I forgive you for moving on. After all, loyalty has never been one of your stronger qualities.

Obi-Wan Kenobi

"I'm incapable of love?" she raged.

Christa grabbed her pen and paper again, Kaivo standing in her bedroom watching and wrote another…

Dearest love,

I'm incapable of love you say? But aren't you a Jedi?

Miss Christa Xha

She thought it ironic that someone forbidden to love, would call someone else incapable of it.

Anakin had yet to even sit on the sofa before he heard a knock on his door. He paused mid-crouch, having already sensed Kaivo's arrival.

Anakin paced to the door and opened it.

"Another letter?"

Kaivo growled noisily.

"I'll deliver it first thing tomorrow morning," Anakin said. "I'm tired and I wish to sleep."

He closed the door in Kaivo's face.

The following day, Obi-Wan scribbled a reply and passed it to the padawan wordlessly.

"Dearest Christa,

Your endless wit never ceases to astonish me."

Obi-Wan Kenobi

A galaxy away, she replied somewhat quickly upon receiving his letter:

"As do many things, flyboy."

Sincerely,

Miss C. Xha

She hugged the letter to her chest, hoping to send him waves of love. He'd need it whilst in the middle of a war torn planet. She didn't care that he had Siri to comfort him.

En route to Evol Erom, Anakin couldn't resist. He promised not to open Master Obi-Wan's letter. He made no such promise to Miss Xha. Anakin read the words then mused aloud… "Flyboy?"

He traveled back and forth across the galaxy for a one sentence letter? Were all of their correspondences this evasive?

Anakin touched down on Erom Evol tiredly. Upon reaching his master, he saw that he looked even more depraved and exhausted. His shoulders were hunched over, the growth of his beard was even more extended. His face was deathly pale. He didn't look at all as tanned and muscular as he usually does.

"You're beginning to look like one of them," Anakin said

"The letter." It was all he wanted to see.

Anakin handed it to him. Obi-Wan ripped it open and smiled. He sensed her flesh upon the paper. She still loved him.

He slipped into his cave bed and wrote another:

"Dearest Christa,

I don't wish to fight with you. I'll be leaving this place soon. You never answered my questions. About the baby, about us. Or your husband.

If I don't hear from you, I will assume all of the above to be true, and will leave you in peace."

With love and consideration,

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Obi-Wan gave Anakin the letter to Christa, but gripped his arm before letting it go.

"Deliver this to Miss Xha. Then return to the temple. Tell the council that the leaders have reached an agreement and a constitution will be signed in days. When it does, I will return to Coruscant."

"Yes, Master."

Anakin did as instructed and returned to Runei. He delivered Christa's letter to Kaivo.

"I won't be staying today," he said. "Will there be a letter to take back with me?"

"Wait here. I'll find out."

Kaivo slipped out of the saloon, and mid-way to Christa's suite he opened the letter. He read the words, "If I don't hear from you… leave you in peace…" Kaivo mumbled.

He ripped the letter into shreds then stuffed it into his pocket. He'll send the boy away, then go on his own mission. A treasure awaited him in a mining colony on a distant planet.