Then I'm glad.

How are you doing?

I'm fine. A little bruised from the scuffle, but nothing serious. Daisy told me her name and that there were books left behind and I told her I could replace them. Then I spent the rest of the morning practicing forms.

She nods, considers and then concentrates, producing a small globe of blue light in her upturned palm. Healing, she signs with the other hand.

--Oh.

I don't know how to do that. Can you teach me?

Sure.

Thank you.

How do you feel about Jedi?

She blinks. I'm not one. It doesn't mean that.

That's not what I meant! she signs, more than a little abashed.

Okay.

I don't know? I've never met one. If the rumors about them taking babies are true, that's pretty messed up.

Yeah. A lot of Sith just hate them sight unseen, so I wanted to check--even if you're not a Sith anymore, being one would have had a chance to form a lot of your opinions. When my master was alive, I ran away from him, and ran into a Jedi, who helped me kill him. We grew close and we've stayed in touch. He--I haven't taught him how to make tzai but I think it's likely in the future.

There are a lot of things wrong with the Jedi, the baby thing among them, but he's--bad at the bad parts of being a Jedi.

She nods at the bit about having been a Sith, and again when she's done.

I always thought the war was kind of dumb. It makes sense that the Empire does it since that's what a lot of Sith want, but it's dumb to want those things that way.

Yeah.

Jedi friend sounds all right.

He is.

Also, are you okay with having strangers around, because this house is a stop on the Freedom Trail so I'm sometimes host to varying sizes of groups of escaped slaves on short notice.

Mm.

Probably.

Daisy, explain the sense thing please?

"Deskyl's a sense specialist; she can sense presence and emotions at at least a few miles of range. That's how she noticed Ocnem this morning. She can tune people out, but she needs to be somewhat familiar with them, she can't do it immediately."

Health sense, too. Can stop, but it's like being blind, I don't want to.

I wouldn't ask you to. Would it be helpful to build a separate building to house them in?

Headshake. Question is whether they're okay with me, not whether I'm okay with them.

Oh. That shouldn't be a problem, I'll warn them.

Nod.

Any way I can help with that? Healing; other things?

Healing could be very useful. Do you have any experience with explosives or prosthetics?

Prosthetics, a little. Built a 'saber into an arm once. Can't do the surgery part, though.

I can do - fancy things - with the healing. Leave scars, heal some things and not others. Healing is red for me, learning it is easy.

Nod. Most of them will already have had surgery to have their transmitters removed.