Kavaraa opened the tea cupboard "what kind of tea do you want?". The cupboard was full of about 50 jars with small labels on each arranged alphabetically.
"uh Chamomile if you have it" Kormel sat down at the table and began getting out notes and what looked like artifacts. "If i have it" Kavaraa chuckled to herself as she reached into the Chamomile jar, there were only a few teabags left in the bottom of the jar; everyone picks Chamomile Kavaraa thought to herself wistfully, that or normal boring tea. Most the other jars were full or almost full except vanilla walnut, that was Kavaraas favourite, she picked out one of those for herself. She began boiling the water and turned to Kormel "so where are you from Kormel?" she said with a smile leaning on the counter
"wha- uh i thought you wanted to hear about my research" Kormel looked flustered to be asked about himself, Kavaraa recalled how Jedi felt about holding on to their time before the order, she didn't exactly agree with them on the matter.
"well yeah but i also would like to know about you, you seem very conscious of the jedis need to learn and I like that" Kormel went red almost immediately
"oh- uh well um thanks I-I am from Ta-Tatooine my uh da-dad worked at one of th-the cantinas and i helped around the house" Kavaraa had guessed a desert planet, the hair and dusty look were a big clue " I well uh it wasn't the best cantina and my uh dad got" he paused for a long time "sh-shot I th-think a deal went bad or something i dunno the details" oh no that's awful Kavaraa moved round the table and put her hand on his shoulder
"i'm so sorry that happened to you i can't imagine what that must've been like" Kavaraa was doing her best to sympathise but having never known her parents she was finding it difficult
"it's um it's uh ok it was a lo-long time ago after that I was on the street until a Jedi sensed my gifts, yo-you know the usual story" Kavaraa remembered when Master Yuon visited House Thul all those years ago, it had changed her entire world she was sure luckly she had taken Rheelis shift.
As she drifted off into nostalgia she heard the chirping of an Orobird meaning her kettle had finished boiling. This broke her out of her trance, she headed over to the kettle and poured out two cups of tea. She sat down opposite Kormel "so, tell me about this research" she sipped her tea letting the familiar taste of vanilla hit her tastebuds.
"ok so after i finished with your teachings I looked for similar teachings and found word of some small amount of information in a holocron about a very old Jedi master who disappeared suddenly years and years ago" Kavaraa began furiously scribbling down notes as Kormel talked, she was completely entranced with what he was saying "they had a brief mention of the idea of not cutting yourself entirely from you emotions, i thought it wasn't exactly the same but good enough" Kormel was speaking quite quickly which surprised Kavaraa given his previous tone, this made it difficult for her to keep up "so i looked into this Jedis history and biography he seemed fascinated with the idea of exploration of unknown planets and places, i was worried i was getting off track but i noticed there was a planet commonly referenced throughout his work" Kavaraas eyes flashed with realisation
"that was the planet we were on with the temple" this was so exciting a trail of maybe ancient knowledge or maybe a new planet discovery with new species, maybe new force techniques.
"exactly so i looked up the planet and found among many weequay folk tales one that spoke of a temple that would show the way to knowledge and enlightenment" ooooooo this was amazing this was exactly what Kavaraa was trying to find, knowledge and enlightenment
"so you think the jedi left this path for others to find?" Kavaraa was trying to contain the excitement in her voice and act like a responsible jedi, it was hard.
"i'm not sure if they wanted it to be found easily they covered their tracks pretty well but whenI was in the temple i found this trapped inside the vault" he gestured to a weird puzzle box he had gotten out earlier. Kormel suddenly retreated back slumping and avoiding eye contact "thats uh wh-where I used th-the dark side to uh get it out" aw Kormel, Kavaraa felt so bad for him she had definitely been in that sort of difficult situation before, the call of the dark side is hard to resist.
She put her hand on his shoulder "hey don't worry about it puzzles can be real frustrating sometimes" he looked down further
"I-I just I thought i nearly had it I was so close and then it all reset on me ugh" he looked up as he finished "sorry I shouldn't get so frustrated" Kormel didn't seem like the most confident person Kavaraa helped he could help him stop doubting himself
"hey it's ok to be a little mad remember what i said" he looked up with a weak smile
"yeah i guess" he sipped his tea quietly for a second
"hey so what's the puzzle box do" Kavaraa was itching to know
"i don't know i couldn't open it and you interrupted me while i was still trying" he held it curiously "you're like a super strong jedi maybe you can open it" Kavaraa went a little bit turquoise
"i'm uh not super strong but i'll try" Kavaraa took the puzzle box and placed it in front of her, she closed her eyes and focused solely on the wooden puzzle box sitting in front of her. She let her excitement and guilt leave her mind only focussing on the grooves of the puzzle boxes mechanism, once she had a clear understanding of the boxes intricacies she began to move the pieces and then suddenly she heard a click. She opened her eyes quickly "what happened is it open" she said looking around, Kormel was looking at her wide eyed did she do something weird?
"y-y-yo-you opened it in like two seconds" what that's crazy she thought but then she glanced at her tea, steam was still rising from the top wow she really did do it in two seconds, not too shabby.
"wow uh cool lets see whats inside" she said with a smile trying to hide her surprise, gotta look like a professional together Jedi. She looked to see what was inside and saw a small hologram device and as she picked it up it shot to life illuminting the room with a starmap of wildspace and futher. Kavaraa let out an excited squeal "it's a map, it's a map, it's a map!" Kormel seemed equally as excited his hands and arms were shaking in an erratic fashion.
"look, look , LOOK there that planet is illuminated" Kormel was pointing to a planet on the edge of the map at the edge of what looked like the unknown regions
"i'll check to see it's info online" Kavaraa quickly brought up a holopad and compared the starmap to the galactic map "Iiiiiiiii don't see this on this map" as far as she could tell there was no record of this planet on file, even better a secret planet this trail was so fascinating. "we gotta go there right now"
"right now I-I thought you were sending me back to the temple?" Kormel said surprised
"what no i need you here you have all the knowledge also i need to help you train" Kavaraa said this without really thinking
"wait d-d-d-do-does that mean you are accepting me as a padawan?" Kormel looked like he was about to explode with glee, Kavaraa was only just comprehending what she said and realised she had to give him an answer, she didn't want to upset him or look like she just blurted something out
"uhhhhhh yeah sure you can be my new padawan but there's no time to lose we have to go there now" Kavaraa was practically jumping with excitement
"go where now" a voice said from behind them, Kavaraa stumbled around to see Theron standing in the doorway with a tired look on his face
"uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" this was going to be difficult to explain…
