Cradle to Grave

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87, nose

I am not sure how badly he injured me but I know from the way each breath is agony, that it is grave. I feel blood bubbling in my lungs. My nose is a painful lump of nerves.

"Don't be afraid," Qui-Gon Jinn whispers.

It is such a comfort that he is near. The ionite mines are pitch-black but I can see him clearly in the Force, more clearly than I have ever seen another Jedi.

"Who was that man?" I whisper back.

He is silent. For a moment, I fear that I have offended him.

Then he sighs. "Xanatos."

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