Thal-ion had been meditating while waiting for Alethea to return.  When she did, he nodded in answer to her first question - the Solo twins had indeed been contacted, but he knew even as she did it would be too late by the time they arrived.  They were on their own if they were stop the madness taking place.  As for letting the young officer go...that seemed the wisest course of action.  To take him with them was suicide for the man they had just rescued.<br/><br/>We can leave him asleep to let him continue recovering from the ordeal he has been put through," the young Sentinel began.  "I suggest we put the little shuttle he was in on auto pilot.  We know which direction the Twins will be coming from, and their exit point from hyperspace will likely be where we were earlier before coming in.  They can find him when they come out...especially if the ship is already broadcasting an automated distress," he reasoned before opening his eyes and gazing at his friend.<br/><br/>The challenge ahead of them was likely something every Jedi Knight had to face at one point, but the ones to come afterwards were quite another matter.  To face a wielder of the Dark Side was what they had trained for in various ways and degrees.  To face the challenge of history...of Time...that was not something they had ever prepared for.  If they failed to close the rift she had created...if they ended up in the past for whatever reason...then the two young Jedi were going to be facing things no other Jedi had dared to even contemplate.  It was a daunting future before them, but as he gazed at Alethea...he felt like he would rather face it with her than any other.<br/><br/>"We best get this mission underway.  Time, literally, is not on our side.  I'll carry him to his shuttle, and get it ready.  Get us ready to depart, and head back to the station.  Hopefully those codes will grant us access to their automated docking system, and we can board without incident.  From there, we will just have to do our best," Thal-ion said to her, and with a smile of determination and courage - the young Jedi Sentinel returned to the back to take care of their sleeping guest.  The Force resonated around him with the choice he had made, and he knew...without a doubt...their lives would never be the same again.