Sar Labooda was proud of the dedication and focus her padawan put into everything set in front of her. Most masters have to convince or force their padawans into doing anything that didn't catch the young apprentice's attention, even Labooda would admit to having had a bit of a rebellious streak when she was young, never wanting to practice her lightsaber forms or keep up with the physical conditioning and instead wanting to just lounge around and read or research some history.

Tanya on the other hand put her all into every task, even when the little scowl she would make made it clear what she thought of it. Labooda had been kind enough to not give into the temptation to pinch those cheeks still so full of baby fat when that adorable little spell made an appearance, it would not do to appear to be less mature than your padawan after all. That would just undermine the relationship.

All that effort though paled to the work ethic Tanya was currently displaying creating her proposal on how to end Rylothian slavery. Every so often a Jedi would come up with a proposal and submit it to try and end slavery here or there, or they would free someone or a few people, but most of the proposals amounted to little more than volunteering to go undercover to try and dismantle a slave trade organization. Looking at some of the research material Tanya had been checking out, Labooda was certain that an entirely different plan was being designed. And finally, after several months, Tanya has asked for a second set of eyes to pursue the proposal to help solidify the arguments and facts.

Which is why Labooda has been sitting at a terminal in the archive for the last several hours with a dictionary, laws book, and a list of trade agreements to use as references as she got lost in the technical jargon Tanya was using that apparently made sense to someone that understood economics.

"Something I can help you with?" Madame Jocasta asked as she looked at the far younger Jedi looking frustrated.

"Yes. My padawan wrote this paper and I am having a bit of difficulty parsing some of the language." Labooda said, tearing her bleary eyes away from the screen.

"Ah young Tanya, right? I did start reading some of the things that she had been checking out to understand what would interest such a young mind so much. Let's see here." Jocasta began to read through the report as well, becoming very quiet and thoughtful.

"Well, I can see why you are having a bit of difficulty. Not many focus on the minutia of intergalactic trade agreements or how to set up a series of new, interconnected ones. Now let's see if I can figure out what exactly she is proposing."

"This whole thing is suppose to help end slavery on Ryloth," Labooda offered as she looked up a term she thought she knew that was being used in an unusual context.

"Oh, that may be the goal, but that is certainly not what she is proposing," Jocasta said with a kind smile.

"Excuse me, Madame Jocasta," a deep voice said from behind the pair. Jocasta quickly, but smoothly rose from her position to address the one that called for her.

"Yes, Master Windu?"

"I need to check on something in the holocron vault."

"Alright, let's get you all situated then," Jocasta said as she began to lead the Master of the Order to the vault door.

"What had you two so distracted?" Windu asked, not unkindly.

"Oh, Miss Labooda's padawan wrote a rather thorough proposal and we were checking through it for errors."

"Oh? And what is Padawan Degurechaff proposing?"

"Looks like she is proposing several business incentives contingent on certain labor laws being enacted for Ryloth to help combat poverty while also setting up several private and governmental organizations to protect Rylothian interests. Going to take a lot of politicking to get it anywhere in the senate, but from what I can see from it, I think her plan can reduce at least some of the slavery there."

"Once you are done with it, send a copy to me and I'll bring it up to the High Council."

Jocasta readily agreed as she helped open up the vault door to let Mace Windu into the highly protected Vault.

As she headed back to continue helping Labooda, Jocasta came across Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi.

"Ah, Madame Jocasta," Obi-Wan started off with a bow before holding out a data chip. "I was just looking for you. Here is my report from my last mission."

"Ah, thank you, so many of your fellow knights could learn a thing or two from you," Jocasta complimented as she took the data chip and continued on walking to where Labooda had set up shop. "It can be so difficult to get some of them to submit even a simple completion of mission report, never mind how you regularly give a decent explanation of what occurred."

"Well, you never know when some small detail from a previous mission might give insight on a future mission."

"Right you are," Jocasta agreed as the pair came upon Labooda who has turned another terminal towards her as she cross referenced a few documents.

Obi-Wan gave a whistle at the amount of material being referenced. "What do we have here?"

Labooda turned and gave a nod of greeting. "My padawan has become interested in trying to reduce the amount of slavery occurring in the far reaches of the Republic."

"Oh? And how is she planning on doing it?" Obi-Wan asked, thinking of some of his childhood friends who went down a similar path.

Labooda gave a laugh and started paging through the text that she was primarily focused on. "That is what I'm trying to figure out. She has gone into very fine detail on multiple aspects of the problem and she has even suggested that if her proposal proves successful, then certain parts can be scaled up or modified to work in other systems."

Obi-Wan stroked his face that had a healthy stubble growing. "Hm, my padawan might be able to give some helpful insight."

"Oh?" Labooda asked giving her full attention.

Obi-Wan nodded. "Yes, he was a slave when my Master met him, so he knows what it is like to be in such a society personally."

"I'll just leave you two to talk while I go ahead and process this," Jocasta said, indicating the data chip in her hand before heading back to her desk at the center of the archive.

The two Knights waved farewell to the Master before turning back to their discussion.

"Oh, doesn't your padawan practice his lightsaber forms a lot?" Labooda asked, remembering something as an idea came to her.

"Yes. I think he will be a fine swordsman someday," Obi-Wan said with an indulgent smile.

"Perhaps he would be up to sparring with Tanya. I've never been particularly skilled in lightsaber combat and she is pushing me to my limits as is, it would be good for her to face someone that can actually challenge her."

Obi-Wan gave a nod with a smile. "That is a fine idea. Perhaps we should meet up early tomorrow?"

"We usually are in the training halls at oh seven thirty."

"We will be there," Obi-Wan said before leaving Labooda to her research.