Soon, the three travelers had their rooms assigned, Nelkf in a different temple then the Jax or Cail. She had had to wait some time before Streen came to greet her.
"Welcome to the Jedi Academy," the old Jedi said. It was strange, Nelkf found herself seeing Streen as someone not over thirty, despite his gray beard and hair. "Nelkf Karlian, is that your name?"
"Yes, it is, and thank you for welcoming me, but I know something that is going to matter tremendously to the New Republic."
Streen's ears seemed to prick up, a Human impossibility. "then we'll be sure to warn them. What is it?"
"Lekan," she said. "It's a rim world. A escort mission vanished there just a short time ago." Streen waited patiently for her to finish. "I was one of the pilots on that mission. I was shot down on Lekan, and I'll tell you this. There's much more on Lekan then a few mountain dwellers."
"What do you mean?" the Jedi asked.
"There's an Imperial prison there, one that we didn't know about. There are sentients there being used for lab tests, and their only crimes were passing through that system too close to the planet." she inhaled sharply, not noticing until then that she had not taken a breath since she began talking.
Streen nodded calmly. "Nelkf, you don't know how many lives you've probably just saved. I'll get the word out as soon as I can." The Jedi stood up swiftly and turned towards the door. "Nelkf, you've done good."
For a moment, Nelkf was silent. Streen was almost gone when she thought to call him back. "Streen?"
Streen turned around in the doorway.
"My droid," Nelkf began, feeling foolish. "R2 unit named Slek. He's there. Could you maybe see if they could get him back for me?"
Streen laughed. "I'll see what I can do, Nelkf."
Nelkf glanced around her, at the lightsaber clipped to her belt, to the coin around her neck. At the smooth stone walls, at the hard bed. Soon there would be a Jedi robe added to the few possessions she now had. But there was no mistaking it, Nelkf was meant to be here.
