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"Yes. Yes they are. They will remain together you know regardless of what the Order tries." Master Fay said looking at Dooku.
"I doubt even Master Windu is so foolish as to try to separate them at this point, not with the bond between them almost visible like that. But if they do, I will speak up in their defense and I am certain Master Yoda will as well. Yoda's position is now far too secure given how well Harry's abilities have spread through the Order thanks to his patronage for him to suffer foolishness." Dooku replied. "A few years ago it might not have been, but the techniques have spread far and wide and saved too many lives now for the Council of First Knowledge to argue."
Dooku looked up suddenly as something needled his Force senses and he frowned thoughtfully. "That is interesting I have just felt of presence in the Force, one that I am quite familiar with. I wonder what my former padawan is doing here."
Master Fay made an interrogative sound, and Dooku responded with flicking a hand up to indicate space. "A ship I think just came out of hyperspace with my former padawan on board. I can feel it, if rather dimly from this distance he does not suffuse the Force as you do milady."
"Do you wish to check on him?"
Dooku frowned thinking for a moment then nodded. "I think I will yes. I cannot imagine what has brought him out this far, Qui-Gon very rarely goes out beyond the Mid Rim Territories with his padawan… O, something or other. Ori, no that's not right…"
"We'll be done here in a few hours Master Dooku," said Harry, looking up from their work on one of the engines of the spaceship. "Would you like us to go with you?"
Dooku tapped his finger against his side thoughtfully for a moment then nodded. "I think we should yes. We might need to leave at a moment's notice at this point. I have no idea how the Desijilic clan will respond to what occurred here, but we might wish to leave quickly. How long will it take to have the slave's ships ready to leave?"
"Another few hours I think," Quinlan said, looking over at two of the slaves, Sullustan brother who had been turned into slaves when they attempted to get in the way of a slave raid on a pleasure yacht in Cynbar with their own ship. They both nodded, going into a conversation of their own as they hurried off. "We'll make it happen, and I'll go with them in my Maze Jumper. It might not look like much, but it has a decent offensive punch just in case."
He looked at Aayla, then visibly changed what he was going to say, knowing she would not be coming with him. "I will see you all on Sorenno I hope."
Aayla moved forward, hugging Quinlan around the waist as Fay and Dooku both answered in the affirmative. "Master Unduli and Knight Vosa will help the slaves get back to their homes if possible. We will stay here helping for those two hours then, and then see if I can follow this Force sense to Qui-Gon."
If only the Force could be specific about the type of disaster that would bring! Danger from someone inside the Order, some kind of split within our ranks? The Senate realizing his power and fearing it, trying to control him somehow? I realize reading the future is always hard, but the rise of the Dark Side has made it next to impossible! Dooku thought irritably, turning away from the emotional moment between padawan Secura and her master as Harry moved over to help with the repairs once more.
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It was all Qui-Gon could do to concentrate on what the proprietor of the shop was saying to them, the rest of his mind trying to put together what his Force senses were telling him. Something had happened on this planet recently, something he could barely sense now, but some kind of Force phenomenon, a Light sided one for certain, but beyond that he could not tell anything about it, so quickly was its effect dissipating into the Unifying Force. But more prevalent to the moment, there was the feel of another presence here, a presence Qui-Gon felt he was extremely familiar with.
And it was coming closer, followed by several other presences, though his Force senses were not up to the task of telling him much about them, save possibly that two of them were padawans and the other was most definitely a Master of some kind. That one had a soothing presence in the Force the likes of which Qui-Gon had never felt before. It was as if this master radiated a sense of calm, the power of which could almost have been visible like a shroud around him or her. Beside her the padawan's Force sense felt veiled, hidden by Force Stealth.
But they are coming closer, they must have, or rather Master Dooku must have sensed me. Good, perhaps together we will be able to deal with this current issue without resorting to chicanery or other means of repairing the Queen's ship.
With that thought Qui-Gon returned his attention entirely to the physical plane and he nodded at the Toydarian, Watto. "I understand," he said sighing. "If Republic credits are no good out here, we will find some alternate means, or find some place who will take them."
"Good luck with that," said the small but fat flying alien, shaking his long snout. "You'll not find anyone else in this city or any other city on Tatooine that sells parts for Naboo ships. Too much bother, too much trouble. Only your luck that I have one that you can buy.
"We shall see," Qui-Gon said complacently, moving away.
He gestured Padme, and good grief, did the child really think a Jedi Master would not know she was the queen, with that attitude? It wasn't like she was that good an actor in the first place to follow him. As he stood back he reached out quickly to grab Jar Jar Binks by the tongue and pulled him along, ignoring the Gungan's jabbering. "I'll not have you break anything else in here that I'll have to pay for," he said as an aside, watching as Anakin joined them.
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