The breeze was light and the air crisp in the Middle Distance of the world
called Zonama. Small creatures walked among the foliage at the base of the
bora trunks. Further up, in the leafy canopy of the boras, birds whistled
their shrill songs and the clouds rolled lazily by.
Luke Skywalker knelt by a serene waterfall, his calm meditation mirroring the peacefulness of the planet around him. He took a long, deep breath in, the aroma of the living world swirling and mixing with the Force around him.
He was so deep in meditation he didn't hear the form of Jabitha appear behind him. However, he noticed her presence immediately in the Force. Sekot's presence in the Force was impossible to ignore. She opened her mouth to speak.
"You called."
Slowly, Luke opened his eyes.
"I did."
"What is it that you wanted to ask me?"
The question made Luke think. What had he wanted to ask her? He wanted to know everything about her- and at the same time- he wanted to know nothing.
He turned to face her glowing blue form. "I wanted to know more about you." Sekot's chosen face formed a silent chuckle. "Me? I'm flattered. Though your question seems vague."
Luke sighed. His intentions were vague, too. He decided to start with the most obvious question.
"What do you look like?"
Sekot raised her eyebrows and looked down at her glowing blue form.
"I was under the impression that you humans possessed sight."
"I mean the real you."
Sekot's eyes widened.
"An interesting question. To be honest."
Sekot hesitated for a moment.
"I've. I've forgotten. It has been far too many years to count or remember things like one's own appearance. In fact, before recently, when your revelations dredged up long-forgotten memories from my mind, I'd. forgotten. everything from that period. Even now, there is. little that I remember."
It was Luke's turn to be surprised.
"You remember other things from the days you were born?"
Sekot/Jabitha's brow wrinkled as if she was thinking hard.
"Very little. I remember my separation. I broke off from my parent, the one you call Yuuzhan'Tar, as one cell splits from another. I remember being hidden deep near the planet's core. hidden away from those who would harm me. But there was something else. it was why I had to wait. I waited for- the others."
Suddenly Luke looked up in surprise.
"So you're saying- you had siblings."
The image of Jabitha looked down at the cross-legged Jedi master and nodded.
"In a manner of speaking."
Luke Skywalker knelt by a serene waterfall, his calm meditation mirroring the peacefulness of the planet around him. He took a long, deep breath in, the aroma of the living world swirling and mixing with the Force around him.
He was so deep in meditation he didn't hear the form of Jabitha appear behind him. However, he noticed her presence immediately in the Force. Sekot's presence in the Force was impossible to ignore. She opened her mouth to speak.
"You called."
Slowly, Luke opened his eyes.
"I did."
"What is it that you wanted to ask me?"
The question made Luke think. What had he wanted to ask her? He wanted to know everything about her- and at the same time- he wanted to know nothing.
He turned to face her glowing blue form. "I wanted to know more about you." Sekot's chosen face formed a silent chuckle. "Me? I'm flattered. Though your question seems vague."
Luke sighed. His intentions were vague, too. He decided to start with the most obvious question.
"What do you look like?"
Sekot raised her eyebrows and looked down at her glowing blue form.
"I was under the impression that you humans possessed sight."
"I mean the real you."
Sekot's eyes widened.
"An interesting question. To be honest."
Sekot hesitated for a moment.
"I've. I've forgotten. It has been far too many years to count or remember things like one's own appearance. In fact, before recently, when your revelations dredged up long-forgotten memories from my mind, I'd. forgotten. everything from that period. Even now, there is. little that I remember."
It was Luke's turn to be surprised.
"You remember other things from the days you were born?"
Sekot/Jabitha's brow wrinkled as if she was thinking hard.
"Very little. I remember my separation. I broke off from my parent, the one you call Yuuzhan'Tar, as one cell splits from another. I remember being hidden deep near the planet's core. hidden away from those who would harm me. But there was something else. it was why I had to wait. I waited for- the others."
Suddenly Luke looked up in surprise.
"So you're saying- you had siblings."
The image of Jabitha looked down at the cross-legged Jedi master and nodded.
"In a manner of speaking."