Val-EL looked at Maraina and smiled. He almost coud accept her as Master Dooku's replacement. But she was the one that the Jedi High Council had chosen to replace his master. He had hoped that they would have chosen one of the other masters that had been here on the Jedi Academy Council, but he realized that the Naboo Academy had become to outspoken about the decisions and policies that the High Council was known for... And they wanted to make sure that the Academy wouldn't break away from the Order like the Corellian Jedi had done at the start of the Clone Wars.<br/><br/>"I hope that you will be good at this," Val-EL said as he smiled at Terra. "Being a Jedi isn't all about lightsabre duels or leading Clone Troopers into battle."<br/><br/>"Follow me," he said smiling at her. "We have to get going, as quickly as we can. You'll need to learn how to trade your robes for cover identities. I have been doing this for years now. And I really hope you will enjoy it as much as I do."<br/><br/>"As for the scar," he said looking at her out of the corner of his eye and smiling as he showed her his left hand covered in the large leather gauntlet. "I got it when Darth Maul releaved me of my left hand, and the people of Theed gave me this artificial replacement as a way of saying thank you... And then there is the<em>Knight Errant</em>that the people of Naboo gave me. Each of us are known unfortunately as 'Heroes of Naboo,' and were given a J-Type 327 Nubian Transport by the people of this system as their way of saying thanks. I can't believe how generious as they have been."<br/><br/>"Tell me a little about yourself," he said smiling at her as they arrived at the<em>Knight Errant</em>.