Jax stayed a step or two behind Jek as they walked up the narrow, weather-worn stairs of the old apartment building, heading all the way up to the top floor before heading to the unit at the end. He was standing off to the side due to the limited space, so he didn’t move even when the door was answered with a pistol held out towards Jek, who held his hands up and angled himself to hide his saber. He quirked a brow as he peaked over to see the one holding the blaster as Jek explained why they were here, only to have the door slammed in his face.<br/><br/>After hearing a young child crying out, he also reached out in the Force, feeling the child inside, but also feeling that the child’s connection to the Force was weak. He did not argue when Jek surmised that they likely would not get this one. There was no guarantee that the Jedi would take the child, and even if they did, with their weak connection to the Force, they would end up in the corps and then who knew what would happen to them from there.<br/><br/>He couldn’t bring himself to pull a father from his child, nor to leave a child without their father, especially with no way of knowing what would happen to the child. He nodded when Jek made his decision not to take this one. “I agree,” he said, letting him know that he was with him in this. He had begun to head back towards the stairs, but stopped when Jek headed back, taking his credits and giving them to the man.<br/><br/>He smiled a little before turning and heading back to the speeder without a word. The Force had led him here, he was sure of that. But perhaps they had not been led here for the reason that they had thought, but rather to give them something that might just help them survive. He hopped back into the driver seat of the speeder and waited for Jek to get settled in. “Any preference for where we go from here?” he asked as he slowly took them through the town’s roads and then out of the city.<br/><br/>He allowed the Force to guide him until or unless Jek gave him a specific course to take. It was a little while before they finally reached the next town and he took them straight to the home of their next potential recruit. He hopped out and headed towards the house to knock on the door. The one who opened the door was a young humanoid man with blue skin, orange eyes, and markings on his face. “You have come for me,” the man told them, more than he asked, catching Jax off guard. “Yes, we have,” he replied without missing a beat, despite his surprise.<br/><br/>“I have been waiting for you,” the young man told him, “This is my destiny,” he said with certainty, looking Jax in the eye before looking over at Jek. “I did not foresee your presence, but a small young woman,” he observed thoughtfully. “An-Lok,” Jax gave a name to the young woman the man spoke of. “Yes. She carries something of great importance. It weighs on her. Is this why she is not here?” the man asked, tilting his head slightly.<br/><br/>Jax blinked, unsure exactly what the man was saying. “I guess so. But what do you mean by that? What does she carry?” he asked, but the man acted as though he had not heard a thing, turning to head back into the house. “I will pack my things,” he told them, closing the door behind him. Jax groaned a little when the door was closed practically in his face. This guy was very odd, and apparently did not understand basic manners.<br/><br/>He turned to look at Jek, a little confusion evident on his face. “What do you think he meant by that?” he asked, wondering if Jek could make any more sense of it than he had. He scratched his head absentmindedly as he began to head back towards the speeder to wait for the man, wondering what his words had meant.<br/><br/>--<br/><br/>Aeris chuckled when An-Lok pouted like a child as she approached her after her fight with the man. She smirked lightly as she clipped her saber to her belt and shrugged. “I don’t get to do that nearly enough these days,” she replied. It was true. In the past several weeks, she hadn’t seen nearly as much action as she was used to. It was nice to get to use her skills in a real situation again instead of just sparring all the time, even if An was right and she had been toying with him a bit.<br/><br/>“He did do pretty good. I bet I could whip him into shape pretty quick,” she chuckled before shrugging. “Fine, you can take the next one, as long as you promise not to take any unnecessary risks,” she offered a compromise. She wanted to grant her friend’s request, knowing that she was right about Jax, but she also wanted to ensure that both An-Lok and the baby would be safe. She would be there to support her if needed, but she thought that she would likely not need it anyways.<br/><br/>She looked towards the house when their newest recruit came out of the house. She shook her head a bit and chuckled at how large his bag was but said nothing as she circled around to the driver’s side of the vehicle. She hopped into the driver’s seat and buckled in, laughing lightly when An called the next one, if they were as fun as this one. “Well, they can be,” she replied vaguely, grinning mischievously and not bothering to clarify her meaning.<br/><br/>Once the newest recruit had loaded his bag and settled into the back, she took off towards the next destination. There next stop was in the next town over and there were multiple Force Sensitives there, so she had options for which to go for first. Deciding to grant her friend’s request, when they neared the city, she went around the outskirts, bringing them in somewhere on the north side of the city.<br/><br/>She reached out through the Force, finding the young woman and heading towards her location. She came to a stop outside of what appeared to be an orphanage or a group home of some sort and gestured towards it with her head to tell her that she could have this one. “You’re looking for a young woman, barely eighteen. Seems like she is a troublemaker, so she’s liable to run or fight, maybe even both, if you’re lucky,” she winked at her before chuckling to herself.<br/><br/>"I'll be here if you need me," she told her, deciding to stay with the speeder in case the young woman did run and they needed to give chase. She positioned herself to sit up on the side of the speeder where she could observe what was going on and react quickly, whether to spring into action and aid An-Lok if needed, or to slip back into the seat and follow her in the speeder.