Thal-ion was almost heart broken at his companion's words.  It was clear to him from the moment she had started speaking that she did not agree with helping the Jedi Order or the Republic in what was to come.  Doing so would change their future, and those who were there would no longer remember them if they ever found their way home.  The problem with her line of thinking was quite simple - if soul wrenching:  the way home was already closed.  What could they possibly do to find their way home after the phenomenon had closed?  They had no knowledge about such things, and even if they could find someway or restoring such an opening - it would take years of work.  This time period was massively behind in technology.  What they would need - these people did not have.  So, unless there was another way home they had no clue about and could find it; going home was simply not an option.  Yet, the young Sentinel had zero desire to argue or be at odds with his companion.  He really liked Alethea.  From the moment they had met - it had just seemed so wonderful, but this problem before them now threatened to divide them, and that was something he could not allow.<br/><br/>He gazed at his companion steadily, and drew the Force around him.  Some part of him was instantly aware of how much Alethea had withdrawn her presence.  She was uncomfortable, and this was the very last thing he wanted for her.  He had never felt such heartache for another, but seeing and feeling how she was at this moment almost brought tears to his eyes.  She just wanted to go home, and home was gone...lost to a phenomenon that had been opened for evil purposes.  They had done their duty, but now she was trapped here...with him, and she was unsure...perhaps even afraid of what was to come.<br/><br/>"Alethea, I do not wish to argue with you.  I have my concerns about helping the Jedi and the Republic, but...unless there is another way home...we are truly stuck here.  In such a case, we must make a new home; or be forever lost in time.  I know that is hard to hear.  I hear myself saying it, and it makes me sad.  Yet, they need us here and now.  All that we knew is gone, except for what we have with us...and each other.  Now, if you really feel that we should not help any further; despite our current situation...then...I will do my best to abide by your wishes, but I do not see that we have any choice.  Because, along with the fact that our homes are gone without a path back is also the very real possibility that if Palpatine ever finds us...no matter if we intervene or not...he will use us to ill effect.  In such a case, we must be proactive - rather than let him manipulate things so badly that in the end we have no where to turn," Thal-ion warned gently...the Force around him as he spoke.<br/><br/>What now would his companion say?  Would she really turn from their duty as Jedi Knights?  Would she really want them to go into hiding even if it meant Palpatine might hunt them down later?  What would she think of all he said?  What if she abandoned him?  He couldn't take that thought.  Thal-ion felt drawn to her in a way he could not explain.  To be without her as his partner seemed...foolish...and lonely...neither of which felt good.<br/><br/>Yet, he would not push her.  If she truly wanted them to not interfere...despite what was likely to come...he would do his best not to.  What would become of them after deciding not to...that was another matter entirely.