Dusk is very nearly unresponsive. She's floating herself, a little - it's noticeable if he tries to move her around - but not moving.

Okay, he will carefully move her to the hospital bed.

As soon as she's on the bed she relaxes entirely, collapsing onto it. The droids take her in.

Felix collapses on his knees once they are gone.

Blue emerges from where he was lurking (unsurprising; he's rarely far from his friend) and comes over to boop questioningly at him.

"I'm okay." Felix stands up. "Three Sith came with the shuttle and attacked us. Dusk killed one, but their master was very good and hurt Dusk. So I killed the two remaining Sith."

"Yeah."

"Sith are scary."

"Tremendously."

"But you're okay?"

"Yes. I can fly and the Sith didn't land a hit."

"Okay."

Felix waits and frets.

Nine stays with Dusk; Green brings Felix updates a few times a day. She's occasionally, briefly conscious, and not much interested in food or conversation when she is, though she always repeats that she's healing and they should wait.

The saber wound doesn't seem to be healing, though. After the first day, Green spends a few hours in the library, looking at medical books, and determines that they should be seeing some improvement, but they're not.

The ship returns.

Felix tries to figure out if there was any reason why it isn't improving.

And they return... Is there something going on? Where is Dusk?

It's really not clear why it's not healing. It's not infected, it's not getting worse, it's just - not. healing. And there are Force effects that do any number of things, but if there's one that does this, it's obscure, if it's been written down at all.

But yes. Where is Dusk?

Felix decides to be the one to explain it to Daisy. He does so while taking Daisy to the hospital wing and tries to be as gentle as he can.

Oh no.

Oh no.

Oh no.

Dusk is awake when they get there. Hey, she waves, weakly.

Trevor waves back.

"How are you?"

She squints. Daisy makes a small distressed noise and translates it into sign for her.

He got me good. I'll recover - few weeks? Longer? Hurts a lot.

"We could try a Kolto tank or something?"

Translation - wouldn't hurt. Might not help yet.

"We can keep that in reserve. ...Any chance we could find another Force user?"