"Of course. But is it wise or fair for their price to be the same?" 

"Maybe not. But you'd have to do a lot of work changing culture and demonstrating that there can be a difference before that's practical."

She nods. "Easier to do with a distinct group, I believe."

"Sure. And starting one has its own problems."

"Perhaps I and my apprentice will make useful progress."

"Fighting an uphill battle by keeping the name 'Sith' in the mix."

"The increased legitimacy with current dark side cults might balance that out, however." 

"I kind of hope there aren't as many of those."

"...There always are, and there always will be - absent efforts as thorough and extensive as the Rakata's. It's... For the better, actually, even when those cults are toxic - you can't suppress the dark side by removing darksiders, and it's an incredibly bad idea to succeed."

"Why so?"

"The Force is complicated, and it's... Difficult to explain in a way a living mind can grasp. I'll try, though."

"For this portion... Imagine for a moment a sphere composed of several liquids. The surface is cool, viscous, and as such moves slowly. It's very easy to track its currents, and it forms a crust. Far under it lies another layer - far hotter, under much greater pressure, dense but wishing to expand. Like magma, it will vent through whatever cracks in the surface present themselves to it, with a force determined by the underlying pressure that's built up, and by the size of the crack. Except for these outbursts, its currents can only be measured indirectly."

"Now, what happens when there are numerous scattered, moderately sized vents? When there are many significant vents, but they are clustered? When there are a single digit number of great and a diffuse scattering of minor vents?"

"Then, what happens to the surface above if there are no vents?"

"An explosive breach?"

"Yes. It's part of what brought down the Infinite Empire - the Rakata essentially sought to remove all currents, all imperfections in the Force beyond what they commanded, creating the equivalent of a perfect sphere without weak points that could become a new vent, and without paths through which the surface could move. It created a rupture throughout the Force, both dark and light, destroying all of their Force-dependent technology."

"Huh... I was aware they'd vanished but- not like that."

"I can direct you towards a few ruins that contain hints, including the records they kept of their campaign to control the Force, as well as some Sith archives including archeological investigations... But most of this is from a rather deep understanding of the Force, which there are sources outside of me for, but which my main source is a combination of 'personal experience' and 'communicating with other ghosts.'"

"Don't know when I'll have time for independent investigation, but I'll take the citations."

She'll give them! Including a warning of: "Let me know when and if you're going - many of these areas are dangerous, and I can further guide you once you're there."

"It's alright if you want to take your time, too, or leave them be. After all, my apprentice would be rather put out if you got the first crack at some of the archives..."

"That kind of makes me want to make those a priority."

"Well, if you want her to declare you her eternal rival..."

"Perhaps it would be character-building."

"It'd also provide an excuse for her running into you more often..."

"Does she need one?"

"Depends on what questions you want the Jedi asking."

"She's not going to be subtle enough they won't notice? After all the grief she was giving about not exposing her..."

"Your Master might notice some statistical improbabilities eventually..."