<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/6/6a/Zalara_Faan.jpg)</div><br/><strong>Name:</strong>Zalara Faan<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Training Room<br/><strong>Role:</strong>Jedi<br/><br/>Zalara heard Aaron's response.  She hadn't expected him to actually answer with an admission that he'd done something wrong.  Not that it would have been the first time they'd been caught doing something that was looked down upon by the Masters.  It didn't surprise Zalara or apparently the masters that she and Aaron had turned out to be the wild cards in their newest deck of recruits.  There was definitely a wild streak in both of them.<br/><br/>She had begun to chide Aaron with another comment when Ellard interjected his own take on the situation.  The other human boy reminded Zalara of herself at times with his hard serious nature.  While she'd never taken much time to connect with the boy, the scars on his face spoke to a much harder life than anyone could imagine which tended to be a source of respect with Zalara.<br/><br/>Her thoughts drifted on the matter until Master Luke entered the council chamber and addressed the crowd.  Addressing the dreams that everyone seemed to be having in a such a public forum seemed odd to her.  Why not simply tell the students that they were being sent on a mission and leave the details to the team leaders.  The curious issue for Zalara had been that the dreams had been less terrifying than they had been curious.  She didn't know if it was her Echani discipline or something about the pull of the force that seemed to blunt the power of the dreams for her, all she did know was that she was drawn to track down the source for her own reasons.  The more curious part of the announcement had been the change she'd felt in Aaron's demeanor.  Her eyes tracked his face, looking for a change.  There was nothing of note, but she could feel the shift in his emotions, his force aura shifted slightly, growing more dark at the mention of the Inquisitorius.<br/><br/>As the masters dismissed the group she watched as everyone seemed to either leave or mill around to talk about the situation.  Her mind processing and her eyes watching as other talked or left the chambers.  Certain that nothing new of note was being discussed, Zalara wandered through the corridors as she contemplated the news.  Reaching her quarters, she was not surprised to see Talashi naked on the floor stretching after their training.  With a smile she moved to wash the sweat from her body, letting the robes fall to the floor.<br/><br/><strong>"I presume everything is as it should be?"</strong>Talashi asked of Zalara without shifting her attention from her stretching.<br/>"Some new mission.  We are leaving tomorrow with a few of the masters."  Zalara said through the hiss of mist surrounding her body.  "I don't believe they will let you join me."<br/><strong>"No matter young one.  I will return home and report your progress to the sisters."</strong>Zalara wiped the moisture from her ash white skin before pulling on a tight fitting grey body suit that gave her astounding range of motion while hugging the lines of her body.<br/>"You will return?"  Zalara asked, a somber tone of finality in her voice.  Talashi looked up, then in one fluid motion pulled herself from her stretches to stand in front of Zalara.  She looked down slightly on her shorter charge.<br/><strong>"That is for the sisters to decide young one.  You are strong now and powerful.  You have to follow your own path.  The Jedi are training you well and will give you the tools to be a great warrior.  There is not much more I can teach you you do not already know, or think you know."</strong>Talashi said with a smile, pushing a strand of wet white hair from Zalara's face.<br/>"Then we will enjoy the day and part as equals in the rise of day."  Talashi's long narrow face smiled as they both nodded in agreement on how they would spend their last few hours together.