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Making
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8th day, 1st month, standard year 24936
I know Jedi oughtn't to say things like this, but I...am...so...bored.
Tahl is on a mission to the Outer Rim, Clee is on her journey to Ilum, Master is spending all his time with Amiri...and I have very little to get on with. Some Jedi have pastimes and stuff...Master writes, Tahl does things on the computer, Amiri dances...yes, on her own to her own music, and she's extremely good at it....but I'm not especially good at any of those things. I tried drawing but even my stick people look stupid. And I can't write to save my life.
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Listen to me whining....get me out of this Temple!
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Master is still nowhere to be seen. Hopefully he won't mind if I go to the star-map room to meet Mace.....
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Listen to this....
I met Mace in the star-map room, and he looked
a bit irritated. When I asked why, he started muttering about having to
spend a whole day working on one of the Council's computers. He's the Padawan
of a Council member. I suppose it does have it's disadvantages.
"I spent a whole day deleting files." he sulked.
"I'm hopeless with computers...Miro had to help. D'ya know there's all
these prophecies stored on the main computer? Interesting stuff."
I was suddenly 100% listening.
"Yeah...we had to delete them all. I don't know
why..."
Trying to keep my voice normal, I asked "Did
you run across one that ended with the words 'Seek the answer in the first
betrayal'?"
"I don't know. Maybe..."
"And it began with 'Life will become a painless
death...'" Then I remembered. "Oh yeah. It's written all in Yemiyan."
"There was one in Yemiyan," he said. "Yes...that
was probably the one you're on about. It was written by...by Master Ololian,
I think. Master Eridar Ololian."
"I've...heard of her..."
"I think everyone has. I would've been surprised
if you hadn't....she trained your old Master, didn't she? Karshan?"
"What?! Er...I mean...what?"
"I thought you'd know...she trained Karshan."
I noticed he'd dropped his voice, as if it was somehow a bad thing to be
talking about Master Karshan now. But I was too excited for it to annoy
me. I carried on as if we were having a normal conversation. "Who trained
Ololian then? Was it Yoda?" I remembered hearing that off someone...could've
been Vulna.
"Yeah, it was. And he raised her sort of like
a daughter....but she....well, she went all mad and dangerous. He was always
wary of new Padawans after that."
"...he was?"
"Yes. He was very upset about it...never wanted
to get close to a Padawan again..."
"...he was?"
"Master Dooku was the last one he ever took..."
"...he was?...I mean, really?"
"Yeah...and why are you so interested anyway?"
I had to think of something fast, but what I
did come up with was truly pathetic. "I'm...doing a project on prophecies."
"Of course you are."
It works for everyone else.
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Master Ololian. Why didn't I think of that?
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