At the night of the next day, Kiros, Expansion Region

Seer Ni'Dea ended the last verse of her sorrow song and looked at the flower grown from her tears. The ancient Veledosian sorrow ritual had once again made many memory flowers. After all, Shada Deinden had been a significant Veledosian in the lives of the Lianorosians. The memory flowers created by numerous Lianorosians, both present and gone, glowed in the darkness of the sanctum like stars in the sky. The earthen floor of the sanctum seemed like the night sky outside, but there was one obvious difference: every living being walked on this "sky". This sky was the ground under their feet, not the air above their heads.

The silence which followed the echo of the Seer's voice was impenetrable.

One day had passed since Shada's death, and now, as the Tribe Seer had been the last one to conduct her sorrow ritual, it was time to carry out the funeral. The people of the tribe had already arranged everything and when the Seer walked out of the sanctum, she was waited there.

With a sorrowful mind Ni'Dea walked to the place where her sister's body was. Shada looked more peaceful than she had looked in a long time. After saying the last words to her, Ni'Dea spoke to the whole tribe, "Shada Deinden was one of the most important Veledosians of Lianoros whom I have gotten to know well during my life. She loved us all and I'm lucky for that I had the honor of being her little sister. Now that we have said our goodbyes to our friend who was taken away from us far too soon, it is time to let her go to continue her journey as part of the Force. Farewell, Shada, and may your memory be respected even during the upcoming centuries.

Everything is forgiven now."

When Ni'Dea fell silent, she sensed Regemo's intense grief. She had known that man through many, many years, but she had never seen him cry. Not before this.

The funeral pyre was ignited and the ashes of Shada started to float away in the air. Ni'Dea looked for Arya with her gaze and saw the girl sitting in fetal position with tears running down her cheeks. No one said anything, but Arya's very subtle, nearly unnoticeable nods were a sign that showed that she heard something. Ni'Dea feared that someone else would notice it and turned her eyes back to the ashing body of her sister, whispering silently in her mind, Oh, elder sister, what did you leave to me?

/Author's note: Star Wars (c) Lucasfilm, any characters you cannot find on Wookieepedia, Veledos, Veledosians and their language (c) Me/