In the evening

Degu and Master Iami arrived on Kiros on one of the starships of the Jedi Order.
"Do you sense that your Master is here already?" Master Iami asked Degu when they got off their ship.
"He's a short distance away from the city," Degu answered and looked at the Jedi Recruiter, trying to restrain his will to run to his Master. "Shall we go to meet up with them?"
"Lead the way, Padawan Odg," Master Iami told. Degu nodded and started to proceed out of the city. He had learned to know these streets back during the last time he had been on Kiros.

Back then he had been there with his Master, Degu reminisced. It had been their very first mission together; they had had to go to mediate a conflict to which the other party had asked help from the Jedi. Jedova had brought him outside of the city at suitable moments for walks. The verdant valleys full of life were among of the best places to practice feeling the Living Force and connecting with it.
"Degu!" the call of a familiar voice awoke Degu from the warm memories. The Padawan turned to look to the direction of the voice and saw a familiar Togruta boy. It was Veylkar, his friend and the son of a man who belonged to that party which had asked for Jedi assistance. Degu left to him and Master Iami stayed behind to wait.
"Veylkar! How have you been?" Degu asked.
"Fine, thanks for asking. What about you? You aren't with your Master," Veylkar said and took a brief look at Master Iami.
"I've been quite fine. Yes, my Master and I, well, got separated from each other. I'm going to meet him with Master Iami," Degu told.
"What happened?" Veylkar asked.
"It's a long story and I'm afraid I don't have time to explain it now," Degu lamented. "If I end up in this neighborhood at a better time, I'll tell you then."
"Sure! It was nice to see you first time in a long time. See you again and may the Force be with you!" Veylkar said with a bright smile on his lips.
"May the Force be with you too, my dear friend. See you!" Degu said. After those words, the two youngsters continued on their own paths.
"Is he a friend of yours?" Master Iami asked.
Degu nodded. "We became friends during my mission here." He looked ahead, noticing a familiar store. "We are almost outside of the city now."

Jedova looked into the horizon, seeing the silhouette of the city.
"We're getting close," he noted.
"Do you want to go in this evening already or shall we camp here and continue tomorrow?" Tureq asked.
"We'll go in this evening if we have time," Jedova said. "I am being missed at the Jedi Temple."
"How do you know?" Arak asked.
"My Padawan is there if the situation on Ec Pand has calmed down and he has gotten to leave," Jedova answered. "He is worried about me in any case, no matter where he is. After all, I would be worried about him if he disappeared like this."
"Well then, it's our pleasure to help you and your apprentice to get back together even though our help is very little," Tureq said, smiling. He, like his siblings, felt the strong bond between Jedova and his Padawan in those words.
"The simplest gesture of kindness can fill a galaxy with hope," Jedova spoke. "It's one of the Jedi sayings."
"That sounded great," Arak said and Arya nodded, fascinated by the saying.

Degu looked to the distance. He could discern the silhouettes of the riders among the gradually darkening terrain and, clearer than that, sense their Force signatures. His Master's signature had gone from hiding the moment he had seen the vision. Maybe that had been the point when he had just pinpointed its location. Jedova had not been hiding, just ready to be found from the vastness of the galaxy. Degu could not restrain himself from calling his Master through the Force.

Jedova suddenly took a deep breath when Degu's call reached him through the Force.
"What is it?" Tureq asked.
"Degu. He is here," Jedova answered in surprise. He had not reached out that far into the Force to notice the boy's arrival on the planet. His senses had gone dormant in the village and he had not needed them actively ever since.
"Who?" Arak asked.
"My Padawan. He... he must have sensed that I am here. He has come to meet me. And I sense... another Jedi Master near him," Jedova answered.
"Another Jedi Master?" Arya repeated.
"If a Padawan's Master disappears, they are given to the responsibility of another Jedi Master until their Master is found," Jedova explained.
"Makes sense," Arak noted. Jedova saw two figures, Degu and the Jedi Master with him, starting to approach them. He answered to the call of his Padawan, relieved to find the boy in good health.

Degu and Master Iami reached the group. Jedova dismounted Breko and Degu was by his side in a brief moment, asking, "Master, are you all right?"
"I am, Degu. There's no need to worry," Jedova answered calmly. He was happy to see his apprentice. It felt like it had been months since the last time he had seen him.
"I was seriously so terribly worried about you!" Degu said.
"I know. Now calm down," Jedova said, keeping his composure. He saw the dark circles around the Padawan's eyes. The real time passed was not huge in its amount, but for the Padawan it certainly had been. Jedova did not know everything that had happened, but something severe must have had happened for him to pass out all of a sudden in that fight to protect the governor.

The Veledosian trio dismounted and Arak took the Breko Jedova had ridden.
"Terennee, kor mikiana jacha imichata." I know, the saddle is uncomfortable, but you can take it, he said to the Breko. Arya stood a little bit farther away from the Brekos and looked at the two Jedi who had come to meet them.
"Iami," Jedova greeted the Twi'lek with a nod.
"Wang," Master Iami answered to the gesture and looked at Arya. Jedova looked at Degu.
"Is it a coincidence that Master Iami in particular is with you or did you perhaps sense something before you came here?" he asked his Padawan.
"Actually, I did sense something. I sensed that you had found someone who could become a Jedi if they just got to the training," Degu answered.
"You sensed right," Jedova said and looked at Arya. The Breko which Arya and Arak had ridden snorted and broke out from Arak's grip. It stopped between Arya and the Jedi.
"Aachee! Token, toroka tokoo!" Drat! Token, don't! Tureq exclaimed and dragged the Breko further away. "Oshikono, eikemene lira tuke Arya." Calm down, they won't harm Arya.
"So who are these companions of yours?" Master Iami asked.
"They are from the village near which I made an emergency landing after I had managed to escape from Hopeakuu's clutch. Arak, Tureq and Arya," Jedova presented the Veledosians, who all nodded at their name.
"And Arya is the one you think can become a Jedi?" Master Iami asked. Jedova nodded.
"Can any of them speak Basic?" Degu asked.
"Yes," came the answer from the mouths of all three.
"We've been taught," Arak noted.
"Though none of us had used it, though," Tureq continued.
"Until Master Wang came," Arya ended.
"Are they related to each other?" Master Iami asked.
"Siblings," Jedova answered. A slightly worried expression came to the Jedi recruiter's face; Jedi were forbidden to have attachments. That was why the children were taken to training before they turned one.

Token snorted again and tried to break loose from Tureq's hold when Master Iami came a couple of steps closer to Arya.
"Token, toroka tokoo! Toroka tokoo!" Token, don't! Don't! Tureq said. "Arak, eikara mel!" Arak, help me!

Arak joined in wrenching Token backwards.
"Sorry! Token is overprotective of children!" Tureq shouted over Token's snorting and Arak's huffing.

Master Iami nodded and kneeled in front on Arya so that their eyes would be nearer to the same level. Arya looked at the Twi'lek, trying to keep her face expressionless despite of her excitement and tension. Master Iami looked at the girl for a moment, trying to sense the girl's future as a Jedi and the past as a child. She saw the death of the girl's mother, heard a Seer talking with her about the girl's ability to control fire and saw how she saved Jedova Wang with her fire-controlling abilities. She sensed a strong connection to the Force in the girl. In terms of power, the girl had the potential. However, that was not enough; for a child to have a chance to become a Jedi, she needed to have the potential of mind.

Token started to scream. Arak started to yell curses in Veledosian in response. Arya jumped and turned to look at her oldest brother, astounded. Master Iami did not pursue another connection to the Unifying Force around her; she had already seen enough.
"That doesn't sound good," Degu noted quietly to his Master.
"Agreed," Jedova admitted and stole a look on the Jedi recruiter, who was still looking at Arya. Arak shouted a new group of curses.
"Limikarako lira teneirataka iti pletera!" Don't teach your curses to little sister! Tureq yelled.
"Phiira mirana no!" She knows them already! Arak answered.
"Kaareko?" How do you know? Tureq asked.
"Imihi paarei plo toro achee." I taught them to her, Arak told.
"AANNEE?!" WHAT?! Tureq screamed. "Arak Deinden eche ni Lianoros, tirika plo aaren pletera?!" Arak Deinden of Lianoros, what have you taught to little sister?!
"You know, I'd like to know what they're talking about," Jedova said and looked at Arya. The blushing girl glanced at her brothers who were roaring in a full-scale fight. It had been a secret that Arak had taught curses to his little sister, who had promised to stay silent about it. Now, however, Arak had revealed it himself.
"Must not tell," Arya said quietly, shaking her head.
"Are you hiding something?" Jedova asked. Arya turned to look away from the Jedi Master.
"EEMERA KIIRA PLUKONO!" IT IS A NECESSARY SKILL! Arak yelled.
"LIRA KIORO!" IT IS NOT! Tureq roared back and released his hold of Token, leaving the crazed Breko to the hold of Arak only and looked at the Jedi and his little sister, taking a deep breath before returning back to the Jedi. It was not like him to become agitated like that.
"Taitama voicha plikon iikiron." It seems that someone will replace Mom after all, Arak muttered, wistful. Tureq heard it but did not react to it at all. Arak had not meant it to be heard by anyone and he knew it. He did know his elder brother. After all, he had known him for fifteen years already.

After all, he had known Arak for his whole life.

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