Jek was right that Jax didn’t get the same meaning from what had happened. He didn’t see it the same way. Perhaps because he had also decided to leave the Jedi when this was over, to find some path that was their own, that didn’t have to be Jedi or Sith. So instead, he saw this as a way to help someone in need, and a reminder that one does not need to be a Jedi to do such things.<br/><br/>Since Jek didn’t have a preference, he continued on their current course, allowing the Force to lead him to their next destination. The young man who had answered the door was of Voss descent. It was less common to find them living on planets other than their own, but it happened. The man’s manners were about as good as any other Voss he’d ever met, too, especially those with strong Seer abilities, always looking ahead instead of right in front of them.<br/><br/>He felt just a little exasperated when the man left his question hanging, but tried to push it down, to calm himself, knowing that the man hadn’t meant any harm. He quirked a brow and looked back at Jek when he said oh, wondering if he had figured it out. He sank down into his seat in the speeder when Jek didn’t answer his question, either, just telling him that he would see the meaning in due time. He groaned just a little to himself before focusing on the rest of his comments. “<br/><br/>Yeah. He is Voss. Their Mystics are known for that sort of thing. It can be very helpful, and sometimes very annoying,” he muttered the last part and sighed. “But you’re right, it will be interesting to see where his path leads,” he agreed before falling silent. He was quiet, closing his eyes to meditate while they waited for their newest recruit.<br/><br/>He wanted to try to reach out, to find An in the Force, but he knew that as he was now, that wasn’t the best idea. He would only want to focus on her, to try to find something that would help clue him into what was going on. Instead, he cleared his mind and tried to focus on the mission ahead. It wasn’t much longer before the young man came out of the house. He opened his eyes, gesturing to the trunk and once the young man had put his things away and climbed into the back seat, he headed off towards their next destination.<br/><br/>He once again let the Force guide him, this time going southeast, back towards the direction they had originally be heading before they had altered course to head west. It took a little while before they finally reached their destination, and when they did, he pulled up alongside a house near the outskirts of town. “Want to take this one?” he asked Jek as he hopped out of the speeder and crossed over to his side. He waited for his friend’s answer before walking towards the door.<br/><br/>--<br/><br/>Aeris laughed, obviously amused when An-Lok said that it sounded like them before the war, before adding that it still sounded like them. “Well, you’re not wrong,” she replied, shrugging a little. She grinned when An said that she kind of hoped that the girl did both. “I know you do,” she chuckled as she watched her head for the building, where the young Rodian woman was already on the rooftop. She smirked a little, watching as a rock was thrown An’s way to start the fight.<br/><br/>Aeris slipped into the driver’s seat to take the speeder around to where she thought it would be needed. As she did, she heard Jek’s voice through the Force, smiling just a little at the question he posed, feeling a sense of relief that she didn’t have to keep it from him anymore.<span style="font-style: italic">“I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that you figured it out,”</span>she replied, chuckling to herself as he showed her his memory.<span style="font-style: italic">“I take it that Jax hasn’t figured it out?”</span>she asked, knowing that he could sometimes be dense when it came to this stuff, and the fact that the Jedi did little to prepare any of them for these types of situations, it was understandable that it was harder for him to put the pieces together.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">“Yes, he is strong in the Force,”</span>she agreed,<span style="font-style: italic">“You’re probably right, it seems like he does have a lot of potential as a Seer,”</span>she added as she brought the speeder to a stop, looking up to where An-Lok and the other young woman were. She saw the young woman almost fall, but An-Lok caught her using the Force. It was about that time that Jek asked how they were doing, so she allowed him to see the young woman dangling in the air before An set her on the edge of the building.<br/><br/>She chuckled and shook her head, focusing her attention back on Jek.<span style="font-style: italic">“Oh, you know, we’re doing fine,”</span>she told him, grinning to herself as she showed him her encounter with the previous recruit.<span style="font-style: italic">“Probably about what you’d expect, huh?”</span>she chuckled just a little, then showed him that they also had one more recruit in the back. She saw that the two of them only had two so far, but seeing the reason why they hadn’t taken the third, she just smiled,<span style="font-style: italic">“That… sounds very much like you,”</span>she replied, happy that even now, despite how well he had integrated into the Sith Empire, at his core, he was still the same man she’d always loved.<br/><br/>Aeris laughed lightly when An-Lok jumped down and told her that she could have the next one, that she was good for a while. It was easy to see how happy she was about the thrill of the chase and the fight, so Aeris was glad for that as much as she was glad that the woman was safe. The young girl came down and hopped into the backseat of the speeder without a word. It was clear enough to Aeris that the woman had nothing in the orphanage worth going back for, so once they were all settled in, she headed out.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">“Be safe, love. I’ll see you back at the shuttle in a few hours,”</span>she told him as she drove them slowly through the city. She wanted to keep the connection open, to continue to feel his presence so strongly in the Force, but she knew that it would distract her, which she couldn’t afford.<span style="font-style: italic">“If you need me, just call, okay?”</span>she kept herself from smiling, not wanting it to be obvious to An what she was doing.<span style="font-style: italic">“I love you,”</span>she added before she focused her eyes ahead, focusing her mind fully once they had finished their conversation.<br/><br/>She took them to the transportation hub on the edge of town, now that they had a full back seat, they would need it. She pulled up alongside it and stopped, putting the speeder in park. “Want to take over driving this one and I’ll go grab another speeder?” she asked, looking to An-Lok for her answer. “This one has adjustable seats,” she offered up her reasoning for letting her keep this one, since not all speeder models had them and there was no guarantee what models they would find in a small city like this one.<br/><br/>Once she had her answer, she hopped out to go rent another speeder. As she had been afraid of, their options were limited, and the only one they had with adjustable seats had limited settings and none that would comfortably fit An’s height. She chose that model anyways and paid the attendant before hopping in and driving it up alongside An. She saw that their newest recruit had taken the liberty of sitting herself down in the front seat of An’s speeder, apparently wanting more room. “One of you can join me, if you want,” she offered, knowing that they might want to enjoy having some space while it lasted.<br/><br/>Their second recruit climbed out and hopped into the front seat of Aeris’s vehicle and once he was ready, she looked over at An-Lok, “ready?” she called to her before leading the way to their next recruit who lived in the same town, not far from where they were. It was a young woman who was relatively easy to convince by showing her through the Force what they were offering to her; freedom, strength, power, and much more. She had readily agreed after Aeris used the Force to display some of the things she could learn to do, including easily levitating several large objects nearby, as well as allowing her to look at—but not touch—her lightsaber. “Alright. I’ll do it!” the woman had said before disappearing into the house to get her things.<br/><br/>“And that makes four,” Aeris grinned as she headed back to the speeder, to wait for the woman.<span style="font-style: italic">“There’s one more here, on the west side of the city,”</span>she told An-Lok their next destination as she hopped into the driver’s seat of her speeder and closed her eyes.<span style="font-style: italic">“This one should be relatively easy, too. The only one I sensed any real fight from was your little lady there,”</span>she told her with a smirk.<span style="font-style: italic">“This is another man, a couple of years older than use, with a few ties like a job and an on-again-off-again partner, but nothing particularly strong,”</span>she told her.<span style="font-style: italic">“Want to take the lead?”</span>she asked, happy to do so if the other woman did not.