Later Ben was meditating when suddenly he felt the terror she had projected again, and he saw the vision again, but this time it went on, he saw the hole scene from her point of view, she got up, looking up at the emperor, walking up the stairs where he sat, kneeling before him, "get up" he hissed, "look at me" she looked him straight in the eyes, and Ben felt the invasion as the emperor prodded her mind, it seemed to go on for ages, then he let her go
"She will do, she will do fine"
"My friend" the emperor said out loud, and suddenly Ben heard a sound he had not noticed before, a heavy regular breathing
Alarge dark figure entered her vision, Ben eyes snapped open, that was Vader
he was shaking, cold and very confused, who was this woman! he took a couple of deep breaths not really wanting to return to the vision, but then again he was quite curios, who was this woman and why was she important enough to demand a meeting with the emperor and Vader - and more importantly, why did she survive it!
He closed his eyes again, entering his meditative state again, it did not take him long to connect with her again.
The scene had changed, she was now walking down the hallways at the imperial palace, almost running to keep up with the large dark figure that walked in front of her, no doubt it was Vader, she was not quite so scared anymore, she was quite worried though and really wanted answers!
Vader stopped at a turbo lift and hurried her inside, still not speaking, he left the elevator heading down a hallway, entering a door almost pushing her inside!
then he finally talked:
Maria, listen very carefully as i am only going to tell you this once!