"Pleased to meet you, Ms. Livzi." Kaden holds out his hand, clasping hers. Goodness, underneath her brave exterior, he could sense the poor girl was terrified. And no wonder. Lieutenant Alvinn seemed much too stern. "I'd be happy to take you home, if you'd like." She'd be much more comfortable with a Jedi rather than a security officer.

"That won't be necessary," Lieutenant Alvinn butts in. Kaden doesn't need the force to sense her irritation. "I was hoping to ask Sara a few questions."

Oh! That's right, for all he knew this girl could be a criminal. Kaden's pulse quickens. This sort of thing was what he had been brought on for. "Why don't we all go together, then?" He says. "As a Jedi Knight," he can't help the satisfaction out of his voice at the new title, "I'll know if the girl is lying. That way we can have her on her way in no time."

He gives Sara his most comforting smile.

Well, fuck. Lisa sure didn't want to try to leverage Kara with some kind of empath in the room. At least she's now 100% certain he can't actually read minds, given what she was thinking about. If she's playing a possible criminal, it won't be her who gets the empath cop to go away.

Lisa opens her mouth like she's going to say something, then quickly closes it. One quick, noncommittal nod. She returns to looking down and away.

Kara leads the three of them to the lift, a nondescript set of steel doors, and punches in the floor for her office. She doesn't bother to dwell on what a disaster this is. Kaden would know if Sarah was lying, which removed the possibility of playing Sarah off as a drugged up rich girl. Unfortunate, considering that was the persona she had been playing in the car. Anyone reviewing audio logs who could cross reference with this conversation would be suspicious. But that was a problem for another time. For now, she had to communicate what she wanted to Sara while hiding it from Kaden.

"Sara has the potential to be our first lead," she says, hoping the girl won't be confused by the switch in cover story. "As far she's explained, she's been kidnapped from another world. She has no idea where she is, or how she arrived here. It could be the work of our traffickers." She snuck a look at the young Jedi as the lift shot upwards. His face had lit up at the mention of a lead. "Which I suspect means she has no idea what a Jedi is, or what you can do, so she may be a little frightened."

Kara didn't even bother to wonder if he'd take the bait or not.

"Oh! Of course," he turned to Sara, beaming as they got off the elevator. "The Jedi Order is an ancient order of protectors united by our ability to harness the power of the Force, an energy field that binds together all beings in the universe. We safeguard peace and protect the innocent, assisting the galactic government wherever they need it, asking for no reward of our own." For fucks sake. Kara regrets her ploy. "Using the Force, a Jedi can accomplish any number of amazing feats. Sensing emotions, moving objects, even seeing the future." This could be the introductory video played for tours at the Jedi temple, for all the originality and realism it contained.

Wait. Kara thinks back to her last visit. It was the introductory video that played outside the Jedi temple. "Using our powers, Jedi have kept peace in the galaxy for centuries." He gives Kara a conspiratorial smile, as if he wishes to acknowledge their mutual satisfaction with his explanation. She tries to reciprocate, with marginal success. 

"However, my personal specialties are mental in nature. I feel other people's emotions strongly, and I am an expert at finding lies and secret motivations. Some people are just unusually good at reading those around them, even among the Jedi." 

Oh for fuck's sake.