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- [Narrator] Serrena took the
EX communications droid apart,

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piece by piece.

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It would've been lost to hyperspace

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if she hadn't moved quickly.

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With all attention on the drill ships

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ascending into E'ronoh's space,

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Serrena had slipped by undetected

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and intercepted the Republic's capsule

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with her vein clash transport shuttle.

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A two person shuttle
she'd salvaged from scrap

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and armed with retractable
magnetic clamps.

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She welded and assembled
it with her bare hands.

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She landed within the brush lands

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at an abandoned mining village
that skirted the capital.

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There, Serrena had found
everything she needed

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to fulfill her mission,

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a quiet place to hide and
serve her master well.

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The front door hissed open,

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letting in the chill and
dust of the windy night.

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Abda had returned

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and the scent of fried
scorpion filled the room.

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Serrena did not look up.

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"I brought food, you've
been at it for hours."

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Abda said sitting on the thread bear rug.

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She resented having Abda
watching over her shoulder,

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pointing out every single detail

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as if Serrena hadn't thought of it first.

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But the elders had insisted
on working in pairs

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on making sure they were never vulnerable

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to the corruptions of the outside world.

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Serrena and Abda were,
of course, both Cogi

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born to the dark shimmering
world of Quarzite,

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banished by their clans
for refusing to fight.

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For Serrena, it wasn't the
violence she turned from

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it was the insignificance of it.

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Through the Path of the Open Hand,

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she had learned that every
part of her lived in harmony

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and her misfortunes,

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they were the fault of
those who used the force

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like the Jedi.

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After years on Dalma,

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she had been called to a higher purpose.

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One she would fulfill with her last breath

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because she was one of
the mother's children,

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and Abda was not.

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She snarled, "I'll eat
when the work is done."

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Abda sighed, taking a bite of her meal.

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(Abda savoring)
(Abda chewing)

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"If you pluck the wrong wire
everything will be erased

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"and we won't be able to
learn why The Republic

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"is come to this sector now.

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"And if you can't dispatch
it once we're done,

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"they make get suspicious
and it'll lead back to us."

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"I know what I'm doing."

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Serrena pushed back her hood,
her pale skin was covered

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in red burns from the unforgiving sun.

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She bared her teeth and seethed.

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"You forget, she chose me for this honor."

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"And you failed."

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Abda muttered rolling her pink gem eyes.

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"Princess Siri lives, the
ceasefire still holds,

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"and your German beacon was destroyed."

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Serrena slowly put down the loar clamps.

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"Patience."

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"You sound like a Jedi."

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Serrena cursed but focused on her work.

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She needed something
useful to report back.

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Everything else was a
distraction, even her partner.

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A bead of sweat ran straight down her nose

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and she caught it with her tongue.

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Her fingers were steady with purpose

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as she plucked a silver wire

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that would trigger a system reset.

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Then she turned on the EX droid

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and a hollow of two old Jedi,

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judging by their robes, flickered to life.

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"That isn't Chancellor Molo."

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Abda grumbled as they listened,
she always was shortsighted.

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"Even better."

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Serrena said.

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"We need to tell the mother
the Jedi have arrived."

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(machine bleeping)

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Abda awoke to the soft beeping

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of a hollow projector,
her hollow projector.

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Ever since they'd been
stationed on E'ronoh

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to survey the crisis,

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all communications had
gone through Serrena

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but Abda was not jealous.

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She knew that the force provided.

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Her time would come to prove herself,

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to show everyone in the
Path of the Open Hand

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that she was grateful for
her second chance at life.

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That was all anyone wanted, wasn't it?

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A chance?

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She slipped out from under her covers.

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Once the suns sank behind
the orange and red canyons

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E'ronoh's nights were
unforgiving in they're cold.

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Abda was used to cooler climates.

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Her home world of Quarzite
was naturally cool

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with its belly full of shimmering crystals

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and twisting tunnels.

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That was another life,
another version of herself,

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too weak to be the
violent, ruthless warrior

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her family had expected her to be.

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Abda had found people

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who accepted the broken parts of herself.

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They welcomed her from the
minute she'd left home...

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No, it wasn't home anymore.

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She had to shed the blinders in her mind.

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From the minute she'd left Quarzite,

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she'd become a different person

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with a new name and a new purpose.

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She'd seen how wide the galaxy
was, how cruel it was too.

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Her feet were a whisper against the stone

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as she shivered out of
their abandoned shelter

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and into the night.

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She answered the call

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and the Pixelated Hollow came into view.

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Abda's lips trembled from
utter and complete joy.

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She dipped her head, low.

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"Mother, it's you!"

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Her lips were all that was visible

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under her long hooded cloak
but Abda recognized her anyway.

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She only wished she were on Dalma

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to take in the mother's beauty

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and listen as she whispered
the truth of the universe.

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Now, she was smiling for Abda.

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"Hello, Abda."

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"Do you want me to wake Serrena?"

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Abda glanced back

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but the mother tutted her
tongue against straight teeth.

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(mother tutting)

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"Let's not wake her just yet,
she has her instructions."

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"I'm sorry, we failed you.

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"I..."

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"Never."

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She said, her image rattling

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the private relay systems in
their sector were unstable

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and Abda cursed them for interrupting

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even a breath of her
audience with the mother.

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"You have not failed me."

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Abda nodded, cheeks hurting from smiling.

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She didn't know it could hurt to smile.

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"I would never."

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"I know you wouldn't.

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"That is why I think it's time for you

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"to go out on your own."

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"Of course, anything for
the Path of the Open Hand.

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"Oh, no Abda, this is something for me."

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The mother smiled as she
rested her palm over her heart.

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"I want you to take your rightful place

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"as one of my children."

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Abda stomach clenched with nerves.

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She'd waited and waited to be noticed,

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to be one of the mother's children.

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She wasn't ready, was she?

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Serrena always reminded
her that she wasn't ready

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but the only voice that mattered,

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the only voice of truth was the mothers.

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"I would do anything."

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Her voice trembled with need.

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"Anything."

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"Good, Abda."

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The mother glanced over her shoulder.

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"You must do exactly as I tell you.

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"Can I trust you?"

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"Yes."

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The young Cogi cried, "With
every part of my being."