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Instinctively, the former sith apprentice pulled out and ignited his lightsaber. The blue blade glowed in the dark, letting the other see the face of the young Knight. He thought he’d gotten his fear under control from the years living under Vader but… This woman, this person, was completely different than Vader. And that scared the Jedi.
“I’m Ga- Starkiller. You can call me Starkiller.” He still couldn’t bring himself to use the orignal’s name, he insisted on using his old callsign. “I’m a Jedi. I sensed something through the Force. And here I am.” No point in revealing Kota was with him, Starkiller did not want to endanger the old Jedi, he’d have to make do with himself. “You’re strong in the Force… You’re probably who I sensed. Who are you?”
𝑻𝑯𝑬𝑽𝑨𝑹𝑨 it took a moment. there was never an advantage in giving too much information. however, it was clear there were opposite intentions. the blue ignition signifying that the other party was clearly a jedi. a deeper sense, analytical & thorough. “ Thevara. ” she speaks. her name, if anything could be given, the mask worn over the mouth altering the sound of the voice that spoke. “ Starkiller doesn’t sound very jedi-like though, then again, I’ve heard worse. ” informing a new person about the title closely withheld, usually rendered people confused. it was centuries old, much like herself but one wouldn’t be able to tell as she appeared to be in her thirties at the latest. “ I’m a Jedi myself. Or, I was. What you make of me now doesn’t make much difference. ” the ready stance was becoming more relaxed, but the lightsaber was still drawn. “ So, Starkiller, are you here to subdue me or am I going to have to retaliate? ”
He lowered his lightsaber, keeping a hold of it on the reverse grip so that it was now pointing back to him, and thus far from her. Her giving him her name was a good start, he could work with that. “Thevara.” He says the name out loud to get a feel for it, strange name, but he wouldn’t say that out loud. “You’re right on that. It’s not very Jedi-like.” Kota had told him that a few times, he’d tried to get him to go by Galen but Starkiller refused to use the other name... Only Juno could, and even then, it was a rare thing.
So she was like him. Like Galen Marek and the clone after him. Only rather in the reverse order, a Jedi turned Sith? The clone filed that away for later, he could always ask Kota or PROXY. “I... I was a Sith, then I was a Jedi. Doesn’t matter much now, but that’s my journey.” He’d been both, now he was neither, for ease of others he called himself a Jedi but even his Knighting had been rushed, in the middle of battle by Kota. Galen hadn’t minded, and neither had Starkiller. His Master had taught him to be patient, to listen and to mediate when the time called for it, that didn’t come easy to neither Galen or Starkiller but the Clone made an attempt by turning off his lightsaber, as a sign of peace.
“I’m not here to fight you, unless there is no other way. I came to investigate... Thevara, will you give me a reason to fight? Or will you cooperate?”
