"What'd he do?"

"I was on that ship. I - am tempted to say 'I got off the ship and onto the planet below,' but it's likely more accurate to say I had an escort almost lead me to the escape pods, then die against a dark jedi so I could run for it. Either way, I was off the ship, away from the jedi, and on a planet, free to wander around and try to figure out a way off of the rock."

"How'd that turn out?"

"Rescued a jedi named Bastila who had a large part in either saving my life or brainwashing me, stole a ship from a crime lord, made it off the planet just before Malak carpet bombed it, because of course he fucking carpet bombed it."

"Never learns, does he."

"Not 'til the day he died. And on that day, he learned I am a bad man to have as an enemy."

"It's the righteous ones you've got to watch out for, that's not news."

"It isn't, but it was just. Sort of gratifying to see her eat her words. She spent - so much time lecturing me on the dangers of the dark side. And then she falls." Smirk. "And then I dragged her kicking and screaming from her little temper tantrum, because fuck if I'm going to kill someone with something as rare as battle meditation just because she's inconvenient."

"Well done you."

"Thank you. I'm kind of an asshole, but you know, occasionally I do the right thing."

"It's an endearing quality."

"That should be my new strategy for my reputation. 'Revan. Reformed sith lord, occasionally does the right thing. Still sometimes kind of an asshole.'"

Snort.

"It seemed halfway reasonable, as attempts to conquer the galaxy go."

"I made a halfway reasonable sith. I... Think. I admittedly don't remember most of it."

"And it seems, from my admittedly limited examples, that a halfway reasonable sith is a difficult item to come by."

Revan snickers. "I've met a less limited number of sith. They are mostly all insane."

"What a surprise."

"They had an academy. It was - some mix of sick, pathetic, and completely bonkers. I attended, briefly, during my miscellaneous adventures. They are mostly all insane." Pause. "I have stories, if you want to hear them."

"Love to."

He flashes a smile. "How did I know. All right, so the star map I needed was in the Tomb of Naga Sadow. The Tomb of Naga Sadow was located in the sith academy. So, of course, I had to go join the sith academy to get at the tomb. Here is how it worked - first, you had to get a medallion from a person who was recruiting - you didn't get a medallion if you weren't considered worthy. Or, you could kill someone else that had a medallion, and it would be just as valid, and they would let you walk right in. Because that's good planning."

"It's like they're setting them up to be a bunch of short-sighted backstabbing fuckups," says Mark.