His sense about people was not as keen as her own...at least he didn't think so, but even so...he had the distinct feeling that Alethea would feel more comfortable if they simply kept talking.  Having an actual conversation was not easy in the least.  He understood about talking to others outside of the personal life, but when it came to the actual things close to mind, heart, and soul...that was another matter.  Thal-ion Serr's curiosity was engaged, however, as he found himself wanting to know about Alethea.  The best way he could do that was by talking...just talking.  The desire to do something had a lot to do with overcoming ones fears.  And, fear was wrong...especially for a Jedi.  Thus, Thal-ion found himself actually talking to her.<br/><br/>"You know, I came to the Jedi Temple on Yavin IV when I was only five years old.  I was born on Hapes, but my family thought something was wrong with me," he began, and a slightly amused look crossed his face as he thought back to it all.  "For five years I didn't speak a word...my thoughts were often far in the past...or the future...though I did not know that at the time.  The world around me barely existed.  So, they took me to see Queen Mother Teneniel Djo.  She was once a Force Witch of Dathomir...a princess of her people I guess, and strong in the Force.  It was she who realized I had an amazing gift in the Force, and suggest to my family that I should go to Master Skywalker.  That is how I came to be among the Jedi, and it was Master Skywalker who realized why I had so much trouble speaking.  For a time, he trained me personally to bring me to the present, because so much of me was living in either the past or the future.  Afterwards, he gave me to Master Tionne for training.  She is not he most powerful of his former students...not even a little bit, but she understood my gift better than any other.  I often listened to her ballads about the other Jedi from the past, or her lessons of Jedi History she has struggled to recover.  She even managed to use my gift to help her sort out some things she had missing from her researches.  I was happy to help, and...her music often was soothing to me."<br/><br/>It seemed that once he started; Thal-ion couldn't stop.  "Of course, once the Yuuzhan Vong came, I was given to Master Kirana Ti for training...though I suppose I have always seen Tionne more as my Master.  I found myself training with Kirana on Dathomir during the war while she was putting together a Jedi Praxeum among the Force Witches there that were her people.  It was an interesting time.  The Singing Mountain Clan were not use to having a male training among them, and perhaps that is why I became even more of a recluse even after the war was over.  Eventually, I relocated to Ossus to continue my training, and was reunited with Tionne...though she had been savagely wounded during the war.  Kirana was still my Master for lightsaber training and such."