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(It's fine, she can go over it with him again later. Or the Jedi can, whichever.)

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"...I already know this technique, as it happens, and I'd rather not show it off."

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Huh, that's a bit unexpected.

Anyway, next - "Master Ries, the next thing will be rather personal for you, it's up to you who if anyone you'd like to have stay. I can use projective telepathy for it if you'd rather have them in the room but not involved."

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"...If you can indicate why it would be so personal without revealing what is necessarily personal about it, that may help with the decision."

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"It's about a medical condition that you're already aware of."

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"Ah.  ...If you're sharing something medical I expect Knight Bani would be gratified to be included."

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"If you're comfortable with that." She gently retracts the meditation from the other Jedi and waits for Kalbetis to go as well.

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Kalbetis leaves, after a moment.

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And Pradnakt shares what she saw of his condition when they first met - stress reactions here and here and, unusually, here, interacting and cascading here and there and there to result in pain here. "I can't fix this directly; it's repeating, not ongoing. But - " the unusual reaction is in anticipation of pain, she's seen that a hundred times before and can show them the pattern. And she has this pain-blocking technique that she can show them, too; if he isn't anticipating pain anymore he won't trigger the cascade, on top of the obvious immediate benefit. "How long that takes to fix it depends on your experiences; it could be as fast as a few weeks if you don't mind having a miserable time of them. And you'll need to apply it beforehand. It will still work if you don't catch it every time it happens, though; for most people catching it three quarters of the time gives reasonable results." Maybe don't ask her how she knows that one, though.

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"...I see.  Thank you."

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"You're welcome. Anything else, either of you?"

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"I can't think of anything, but I'll let you know if there is."

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"All right." She ends the meditation and heads out to rejoin the rest of the group.

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Kalbetis is waiting for her.

"...Would you prefer my continued presence, as we did yesterday?"

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"If you're not busy." By which she means 'yes, please'.

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She nods, and falls in.

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She and Kalbetis can take the lead back to the Spectrum, then, with Daisy a step behind and Nine casually taking up the rear. When they get there, a cart with supplies for dinner is sitting just outside the door; Daisy brings that in with the group.

"I'll be all right for another few minutes, I think, if any of you need me for anything - Rafiik, your room is still available if you want it, and," she turns to Kalbetis, "I assume you're done with the other spare, one way or the other?"

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"One way or the other seem likely, yes."

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She nods. "If one of you would like it," she's looking mostly at Master Karmin, "I expect it's more comfortable than the Sunrise."

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This is something that Master Karmin gives serious consideration, with how it's directed at him.

"I will admit, our rooms are a little bit cramped, there's just too many - but the beds themselves are hardly as uncomfortable as you'd think from the quality of our food.  Sleeping well is a necessity of mediation work.  That said, I am somewhat curious what yours are like."

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"Feel free to have a look while you're waiting for dinner, then. Anything else?"

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"I can't say anything has come to mind.  Does anyone else have any questions or concerns?"

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"...Is there anything that would help with your - comedown, realignment, whatever's happening - that we could do?"

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"Not especially - or, you staying relatively calm helps, but not enough that it's worth making a special effort for. I don't expect to have a hard time of it today, anyway."

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"Staying relatively calm, you say.  I think we can manage that."  There's a dry sort of humor to her words.

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