"So, only bring in other people if you really need them, and as few as possible."

She nods.

"I think - I'll make a priority of trying to destroy the Simurgh on my own, without risking warning her or giving her galactic technology, and... Only call out after that, succeed or fail."

"Seems a good plan."

She nods and sighs a little.

"What about the Force signatures?"

Hum. "All three repeats I've felt have been since coming here, which is... Very strange. You, Bonesaw, and Legend all have the same Force signatures as others I've known..."

"Something to do with powers, maybe?"

"I'm unsure - none of the other members of the Nine were echoes of anyone I've met, nor was the girl you spoke to before Legend arrived."

"What do you think it means?"

"...I don't know."

"You - look a lot like the woman whose Force signature you share, but - neither Bonesaw nor Legend physically resemble their counterparts. There's... Some similarities in personality between you and the woman you resemble, and Force signatures might be influenced by personality, but - "

"There's not a perfect match, and... We don't really know enough about what someone's Force signature means to draw any conclusions from similarities."

"So nothing actionable, but no cause for immediate concern either."

"No."

"...There is something - personal, that you might want to know."

"What is it?"

"I was - close, to the person you resemble. She was my teacher when I was a padawan, and... I. Loved her."

"I'm aware you're not her, but - I'm also aware that's the sort of thing someone could be - bothered by."

"How much has that- affected your decisions about me?"

"It helped draw my attention at first. It also helped make me more reluctant to keep experimenting with teleporting around, since I was unsure how I'd gotten here, and I wanted to investigate. But the fact that you could see me but had no - connection to or knowledge of or care about me being Vader - almost certainly would've done that on its own, and mattered more to my conscious thought. Only my son had been able to see me, before, which was... A lonely circumstance. And - it didn't take much talking to you at all for even the fact you could see me to stop being the primary reason I was sticking around."

"It affected some of my initial approaches with training you - but I likely would've started with the same methods my teacher used for me regardless, too, especially since those are the only - actually decent methods I have experience with."

"It hasn't affected any other decisions that I've noticed."

"...Okay. As long as you can keep us separate. Then- that's fine."

"I can, I think."

"Our relationships are very - different, too."

"Good."

"I love you," she says, voice soft. "I wouldn't want to - demean that."

"I wouldn't want you to, either."

Smile. "You're wonderful, you know."

"I do."

"Good. Though I think I'll remind you every now and then, anyways. It'd be tragic if you forgot how great you are."

"Please, feel free."