Ask Yavin IV Precious Memories

[Elidan]

It was a pleasant day in Yavin IV, with a mild temperature. The Padawans had the day free, this way most of them were outside in the gardens. They were talking and playing with each other. Meanwhile, Elidan was walking through the Temple courtyard, going toward the corner of the gardens where he knew that he would be able to stay without no one being able to disturb him. It was close to the entrance of the forest and the Temple outerwall was a bit damaged there. With Padawans still being forbidden to go to the forest alone, people were also avoiding this area. So it was the only place where he could go to have some silence.

Today Elidan had woken up with some nostalgia. He had spent most of the day reminiscing about his life at the Jedi Temple of Ajan Kloss. He missed so much having free days in the gardens and visiting the library. Someone could say that the Temple on Yavin had basically the same places, but for him everything was different.

For the half-Sephi, Yavin could have the same places that Ajan Kloss had, but they lacked the memories and the feeling of home. Even after five years, Elidan still couldn’t feel totally at home there. He missed his old room, his holobooks and most important his dead friends. All lost because of the Sith.

He needed to stop thinking about that, it would only hurt him. Maybe he should visit Healer Asadra Seh, she had said that when these thoughts started to make him sad, Elidan could always talk with her about them. But he didn’t want to disturb her. The Healers are always so busy, he couldn’t make her lose a precious time that could be used to heal someone only because he wanted to talk about how he missed his old home. That was selfishness.

After arriving where he wanted, the Padawan looked around. There was no one there, so he could read without hearing the whispers or comments of the other Padawans. Sometimes his Sephi hearing was very annoying. He sat below a tree and opened one of the books that he had saved on his Datapad. A good read always helped him to forget about his sad memories.


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[Zana Ari]

Zana wasn’t the type to linger on things very often, though even she struggled with it at times. She often found herself wandering around the temple, a training saber in hand. There were times she caught Knights practicing dueling and every now and then they were nice enough to show her a few moves. Earlier that morning, a lot of the padawans were excited because Jedi Master Valtiere had decided to pay the temple a visit. He was a skilled warrior with the saber and Zana and a few others lined up for lessons.

The twi’lek was exhausted from the lesson, and she was making her way back towards the dormitories when she spotted a familiar figure. While most of the other kids learned to leave Elidan alone when he was withdrawn like this, Zana knew him better to the point where he didn’t mind her company so much.

Zana quietly walked over, flashing him a smile. She put her training saber hilt on her hip, bringing her hands up to sign to him, “Hey! You missed it this morning!” She paused, not quite sure how to sign a name, “Master Valtiere was showing us a lot of cool moves!” Zana finished excitedly while speaking aloud, a sheepish smile on her face as she failed to sign that part of the sentence.

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[Elidan]

Elidan was calmly reading on his Datapad. Recently he had been interested in biology, more precisely the study of aquatic beings that inhabited the different planets of the Galaxy. The book that he was reading was about the fauna of Manaan. The Firaxan shark really seemed to be an impressive creature. However, he didn’t totally agree with the author’s hypothesis that these violent animals and the pacific Selkath were descendants of the same ancestor.

His thoughts were interrupted by the sound of steps. It was low, but due to his Sephi hearing the boy could still hear it. Elidan quickly turned his head to where the sound was coming and saw Zana walking toward him. Seeing the Twi’lek caused two different reactions in him. He smiled, happy that his friend was there. At the same time, he blushed a little, because the person that he had a crush on was coming to talk to him.

Seeing her use sign language made his smile grow. The half-Sephi still couldn’t believe that Zana had learned it only to talk with him. As soon as he was diagnosed with selective mutism and learned to use sign language, Elidan had told her that he didn't mind having to communicate with the Twi’lek through the use of his Datapad. His surprise and happiness were immense when he saw her use signs to communicate with him for the first time.

“Hey, Zan! Too bad, now I'll have to wait fifty years for him to show up again!” he signed, being playful with the fact that Master Valtiere rarely visited the Temple. Although, being a pure Sephi, the Jedi Master could easily only appear fifty years later, or even after one hundred years. Elidan was a bit sad for losing this opportunity, Sevrin was considered an excellent duelist and the boy really needed help with more offensive combat forms, mainly Ataru.

He hoped to one day be able to have a conversation with Sevrin about the Sephi culture. Elidan always was curious to know more about this part of his heritage. The boy had already read about it, but by meeting someone that was part of it he was certain that he could learn much more. Maybe the half-Sephi would even have courage to ask if the necklace that he had since the time that he was left at the orphanage on Chardaan is from Thustra.

“Did he show something related to Form IV? You know that I’m terrible at this one.” he signed. As much as Elidan practiced, his moves never got good. They always ended up being too graceful, thus more similar to Form II, his favorite combat form. “I never can put in the aggression needed to make this form, so it always ends up like a bizarre version of Makashi.”

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[Zana Ari]

Zana simply laughed a bit when she saw the blush on Elidan’s face. She was clueless to the reasoning for it, and assumed it was because she caught him almost sleeping before class. The twi’lek walked over to sit down beside him, still a little out of breath. She paused for a moment to get her bearings before turning to look at him.

“He did!” She said excitedly, “But he also said it’s not very useful for him since he’s so tall,” Zana giggled a bit at that, “But he said I should learn it since I’m smaller!” Zana paused for a moment, sighing softly, “Oh he’s soooo handsome, Eli,” She said almost dreamily, “The girls couldn’t stop talking about him! But he’s probably a hundred years old or something,” Zana giggled again.

“What are you reading?” She signed, as that was simple to sign for her, “We have history class soon,” Zana checked her chrono. It was still very early in the morning and they had a small bit of time before their boring history class. Elidan loved that class but Zana found it very dull. She had fallen asleep once or twice, and Elidan was sweet enough to share notes. In return Zana helped him with his math and engineering classes.

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[Elidan]

Elidan smiled while Zana talked. Moments like that made him remember the good times on Ajan Kloss. The two would spend hours talking with their friends, before and after classes. Sometimes they talked about classes and others about nothing in specific. However now only the two remained from this group. He missed these good days.

When Zana mentioned that she thought that Sevrin was handsome, Elidan felt in a way that made him confused. The half-Sephi had felt a bit of jealousy, which he used to feel always that the Twi’lek said how attractive other guys were. However, this time he was also curious to see for himself if Master Valtiere was really handsome.

Since he thought that Ruzaan was cute and Thelian could be somewhat hot, Elidan had started to feel curious about the appearance of other guys. He was still certain that he only thought that Ruzaan was cute because he was his friend. In his opinion it wasn’t wrong for a friend to think this about the other. It’s normal for them to praise each other, right? Regarding his thoughts about Thelian, he had concluded that he was only repeating the opinion of others.

Since Elidan was certain that he felt attracted to girls due to his crush on Zana, the half-Sephi was confused what his sudden curiosity regarding other guys meant. However, it wasn't time for him to think about it.

"I heard that he is in his fifties." he said, when she mentioned Sevrin's age. "I'll probably age like him, since I'm half-Sephi." he had read that it was common for hybrids of Sephi and humans to have long lives. Not long like that of a pure Sephi, but longer than a human. The boy was unsure if he liked the idea of outliving Zana and his new friends.

He smiled when Zana used sign language to ask about what he was reading. "It's a book about the creatures living on the seas of Manaan. The Firaxan shark is a really cool creature. Someday I would like to see them alive. Their homeworld also seems to be a nice place to visit." Elidan passed his Datapad to her, so she could see the images.

"Well, Master Daivand isn’t a bad teacher. I like her field trips." Elidan liked history and Ephiny always tried to make her classes interesting. However, not all Padawans liked it. "For me the classes of Math and Engineering are the most boring. But I have you to help me." he smiled at the Twi’lek. The two always helped each other by sharing notes. She saved him several times before exams.

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