Aeris didn’t argue when the topic shifted to the girl that Jax had agreed to try to help. She didn’t speak up initially, instead just allowing the others to have their chance to speak. She looked at An-Lok, who seemed unsure, but agreed to do whatever Jax wanted. She understood her sentiment. It was not an easy decision to make. She shifted her attention to Jek when he apologized to her in a whisper before saying that he would trust the Force and that if this was what was meant to happen, then so be it.<br/><br/>Instead of answering, she looked across the table to Jax, who held An-Lok in his lap, his arms around her and his chin resting on her shoulder. She knew he would have something to say. “I think you all know what I’m going to say. I gave my word that I would try, so I have to. As much as I might want to try to run away, to protect all of us, I can’t turn my back on someone who might really need our help, and I won’t go back on my word,” Jax told them with a firm decisiveness to his voice.<br/><br/>“I won’t ask you to come with me if you don’t want to. If you think it is safer for An and the rest of you to avoid going, then so be it. But I have to go,” he said, kissing An-Lok’s head and giving her a small squeeze, as if to apologize for putting her in this position. Once he had said his piece, he turned his attention to Aeris, as she was the only one who had yet to give an opinion on the matter.<br/><br/>“I can’t say I like the idea of going knowingly into a trap,” Aeris said, sighing lightly. “That said, there’s no guarantee that not going will prevent what I saw. If this Sith is after us, I think it is probably more likely that if we don’t go, they will just kill this girl, and who knows how many others, and then set another trap for us later,” she explained her thought process. “At least this time we know we are walking into a trap, we have at least some idea of what to expect. If we try to change things, we might just end up creating a few worse future for all of us,” she added.<br/><br/>“Better to go with the evil we know than the one we don’t,” Jax summarized, earning a nod from Aeris. “Yes,” she replied before pausing, a contemplative look on her face. “You may have already guessed, but I think that the Sith we encountered before, the one who wounded you both, I think she is the mastermind behind all of this,” she told them. “I have no proof, but these visions started when we encountered her, and I just have this feeling…” she trailed off.<br/><br/>“There’s one more thing,” she spoke somewhat hesitantly. “I know her,” she said, scratching the back of her head, a look of uncertainty in her eyes. A look of surprised crossed Jax’s face, but before he could question her, she held up a hand. “I know her, or I did, but I don’t remember who she is. It’s like… the Force is clouding my memory, preventing me from remembering her name,” she explained, watching Jax’s face fall to a frown.<br/><br/>“I’m sorry. I have been trying to remember, but I just can’t. I am certain of it, though. Somehow, I felt a bond with her when we met. Maybe that’s why I have been having these visions. I don’t know,” she shook her head and looked down at her hands, wishing she could give them more. “It’s okay,” Jax spoke up, shaking his head. “It isn’t your fault. If the Force is preventing it, there’s not a lot you can do about it,” he assured her.<br/><br/>“Thanks,” she replied, feeling at least a little better. “I have been slowly remembering little things. I remember her as a Jedi. And in some of the flashes of memories, we are together—all of us,” she told them, falling silent, letting the words and the implications hang in the air. She had nothing more to offer than this, although she was certain that with time, she would break through this wall in her mind and remember everything. It was only a matter of time.