Terri looked at the holodisc again and shuddered; she still hadn't been able to watch the thing, she trusted Zash was telling the truth about it but she did want to see quite what they were up against. Apparently it wasn't like anything Zash had ever seen from the Commander, they hadn't really had time to discuss it as they'd made their quick escape.

Terri was getting exhausted with the constant running but she understood to even stand a chance with the sith, republic and alliance all against them this was the only way. Still it didn't make it any less tiring, Terri had never thought it would be this complicated she always thought she'd just do Zash a favour and Lusari and her could leave. She wiped her eyes preemptively, clearly Lusari had thought about it differently, maybe she'd never quite understood Lusi as well as she thought she had. She was definitely a lot braver than Terri to do all that selflessly for another person, but she guessed it made sense after all Lusari had looked after her while they were still at the academy.

Terri sighed there was no point ruminating over it that was all in the past now, she walked back into the living quarters where Zash was drinking some caf. Terri smiled for the first couple of weeks Zash had tried to eat and drink things that she 'knew she liked' but over time she'd noticed Zash returning to Lusi's old palette she guessed they were the same taste buds after all.

Terri sat down next to her "hey are you doing any better now?" Terri had never seen Zash that shaken it certainly had frightened her

Zash nodded putting down the drink "yeah I'm ok now it was just shocking that's all, it came rather out of nowhere" Terri nodded she hoped one day they'd both be able to rest but with people's perceptions of them it was a little difficult, she supposed after Zash had gained the power they seek she may be able to.

Terri looked away "so uh do you have any idea what they were doing there" Zash frowned at her looking confused

She answered "well I assume looking for us I doubt they're stopping the search even now" Terri nodded she knew at least that

She shook her head "yeah but how'd they find us this time we'd been hiding for a while on a not technologically advanced planet" Zash did seem to consider that with more thought

She stroked her chin "to be honest I don't know, we didn't exactly leave a paper trail this time" she sighed "whatever it was we best hope it was just a one time thing facilitated by their new scientist friend" Terri shivered thinking about Malora she was still a very scary reminder of her time in the academy

Zash seemed to pick up on that "you seemed to know her vaguely when we met her do you have much of an idea how she operates" Terri shrugged most the time when she'd seen her she'd avoided her

She shook her head "not really Zash all I know is one day her face was fine and the next it started to become all cracked like you've seen" Zash sighed clearly not mad but deep in thought

Zash rubbed her forehead "either way we should keep an eye on her, the Jedi and Kyradia aren't what I'd call tech smart" Terri nodded she was still confused what the Jedi was doing there but it was all very confusing so who was she to judge

Terri looked at Zash "so what did you manage to learn with the sisters" Zash smiled looking at Terri with clear excitement

She began to explain "basic stuff, unfortunately we didn't get too far just basic manipulation of Magick, still I did manage to get this" Terri watched as her form shifted into mist and appeared on a different seat "boo" she laughed as Terri jumped back only a little "it's like a mist form" Terri's eyes widened as she clapped

She smiled "wow that's so cool, maybe you could teach me" she really did want to know but Zash's expression soured

She shook her head "I don't know yet Terri I'm still a beginner this stuff is dangerous" Terri looked down dissapointed and a little frustrated

Terri sighed "fine I guess you're right but once you're not a beginner you gotta teach me ok" Zash gave her a smile but never actually seemed to say yes

Terri decided to change the conversation and picked up the list "what's next then 'Snowbark Amber' what the heck is that" Zash tutted and took the thing with a smile

She opened up a datapad "that's been the other thing I've been working out, Snowbark Amber is fossilised tree sap that used to be native to Dathomir. However the tree it came from died out on Dathomir long ago and as you can imagine the sisters quickly used up the resource." Terri nodded not understanding everything but at least understanding there was none on Dathomir "you can use other amber but it's extremely less potent and I'm sure we don't want that" Terri nodded what with the threat of Ysum betraying them it seemed fair

Terri had a feeling she was leading up to something "so where else can you find it? You said it only died out of Dathomir" Zash smiled clearly pleased she had someone to explain this to

She continued "well it's become very rare and while present on some planets with Nightsisters, those tribes being a secret has rather impeded that strategy. I also checked with the sisters on Ragna III and there was no Snowbark trees in that climate, so I had to look into other natural occurrences of Snowbark trees and I found they're still prominent on Ziost" Terri's eyes widened wait did she know about Ziost?

Terri stammered "um Zash about that uh Ziost is um well it's dead, the Emperor killed all life on the planet" Zash's closed her eyes and let out an exasperated sigh

She took a deep breath "of course it is, well then I guess we'll have to go with plan C which is not ideal" Terri shivered she was afraid to ask

She tried to stay positive "uh what's plan C?" Zash shook her head and got out another datapad scrolling through it

She continued explaining "well due to its rarity and distinctive shine it's rather rare and the feather in any collectors trophies" Terri shivered oh no who had it, Zash clearly read what she was thinking "the only known chunk of Snowbark Amber is well it's in the Empress' private collection" Terri's jaw dropped the empress? No they couldn't steal from her

She stammered "as in Acina? Zash we may be skilled but we are not that skilled" Zash shook her head and tutted

She smiled "don't be ridiculous Terri we're not going to take this head on we're going to steal it from her when she's busy, we need to come up with a calculated plan and we may need a few extra hands" Terri swallowed hard this seemed needlessly dangerous all for a piece of Amber "set a course for Dromund Kaas and in the meantime we're going to come up with a plan...