<div class="floatright">(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/f2/be/78/f2be7848ac901df8906d56b40283be62.jpg)</div>Perhaps Lyn wasn't knowledgeable in the ways of the big galaxy, but she wasn't stupid. And the last thing she wanted is to<em>appear</em>stupid. How would she keep the peace in the Republic and become friendly with the Jedi if she made a fool out of herself at the first possible chance?<br/>After contemplating about what was said in the briefing, she knew too well how foolish she must have seemed. So, with great resolve, Lyn set out to fix the problem and read all that she could about pirates, Separatists and everything in between. They were traveling through the hyperspace, but the ship's computer seemed to have enough information for her to consume. But her enthusiasm didn't last long. For the first few days, she read articles about the Republic, articles published by count Dooku and other Separatist leaders, stopping reading to sleep and eating near the terminal, but then... Lyn began to take breaks.<br/>At first, she performed a kata in the common room before going to sleep, its slow, flowing and deliberate moves helping her feel almost at home. Sitting too much near the computer terminal tended to make her muscles stiff and after a few days her body yearned for physical strain of exercise.<br/>After a day or so, Lyn noticed the pantoran girl watching her kata with a glint in her eyes. So obviously, she invited her to join. Lyn never met another practitioner of her art since leaving Bunduki and she was really curious.<br/>Before long, they were sparring each day and sometimes more than once. Her technique was straightforward and lacked finesse, in Lyn's eyes. Her footing and balance seemed great, but her movements were too forceful and wasted too much energy instead of using natural biomechanics of humanoid motion. It seemed to Lyn that Chi learned what she could from holovideos and books and never had a proper mentor who could fix common mistakes any follower of the art inevitably makes.<br/>And worse yet, Chi didn't seem to use the force to augment her technique, despite being a force sensitive. It seemed strange to Lyn, but she didn't ask questions. Her mentors often told her that any sentient has a right to secrets and she fully agreed. If Chi decides so, she'd tell all about herself. If not, well... Lyn would have to remain extremely curious about her sparring partner.<br/>Time flies when you are having fun, and Lyn certainly had the most fun since she left her planet. Chi was wonderful sparring partner, responsive and devious with her technique, reminding her of the good times she had in the sparring dojo. She tried so much to try everything while at Corruscant she almost forgot how it feels to just fight with someone, just forget yourself in the great dance of Teras Kasi.<br/><br/>But everything sooner or later comes to an end, and so was their journey about to end. Before the last hyperspace jump that would take them to the Junkfort Station, they received intelligence information that their handler promised.<br/>Excited, as always by everything new, Lyn sat down in the common area with a datapad in her hand to read the files.