<strong>Destiny Pool:</strong>Dark Side: * | Light Side: *<br/><hr/><br/>As if on command, Laera blushed, her cheeks taking on a hue that was indeed quite similar to Lass's new burning blade. "I-I'm sure we can find all sorts of ways to make me blush after you've gotten us out of here," she replied meekly. "I really should have brought my training saber," she sighed, glancing down at an icy blue crystal in her own hand, "but I wanted to light my lightsaber for the first time in a hilt of my own making."<br/><br/>She pressed herself close against Lass, the heat of her body conspicuous in the icy caves at the heart of Ilum, and strained up to the tips of her toes to press a kiss to Lass's cheek. "I guess you'll just have to be my hero today."<br/><br/><div align="center">[***]</div><br/>Master Sydeer meditated on the icy dias in the antechamber of the Ilum Temple. Even as the last light of the great crystal lens faded and the waterfall sealed shut once more, her countenance remained stoic and impassive. This was not merely a trial for the Padawan, but for the Master as well. She could only have faith in the strength, cunning, and resourcefulness of her students.<br/><br/>What little light remained in Ilum's day continued to fade, and the chill grew deeper still, frost beginning to form on the tips of the Togruta's elegant montrals, and stiffened the fabric of her robes, until she began to look like a part of the icy chamber itself.<br/><br/>All at once, there was the sizzling hiss of ice melting under extreme heat, the water boiling off in a flash. The ice in the waterfall cracked, and finally burst outward, revealing the two padawans, one with a blazing lightsaber in her hands.<br/><br/>Master Sydeer smiled faintly, her eyes still closed. "You have returned, my Padawans. And Lass, at the very least has retrieved her crystal. Laera?"<br/><br/>"I-I have mine here!" the twi'lek said, approaching, to display the crystal in her cupped hand.<br/><br/>"Then you have proven yourselves ready for the broader trials of the galaxy," Master Sydeer replied, opening her eyes at last. "And it is a good thing too. We have been called away to the front lines of the war. I have been ordered to take command of the 307th Legion, and you shall be my commanders. You shall have to construct proper hilts for your lightsabers en route."<br/><br/>With that, she rose and exited the temple, making her way through the snow towards the<em>Nightrunner.</em>