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Remember When...
I met Aren Krass, what was it? Twenty years ago? Yes, it was his first day in the Senate and he had picked an interesting time to join our ranks. The Antar-Gyndine conflict had just ended with the Jedi intervention and Antar joining the Republic. It had alarmed many in the Senate and renewed calls for a standing army. Still, others were grateful that the Jedi had taken such an active role in the conflict. On the very same day that Aren entered the Senate he stood up and became irate at the Senate's complacency at the issue of its own security. Back then the Sith threat had just become known to us again, they were still lurking in the darkest recesses of their tombs, their eyes glistening in the light every so often. I was hardly alarmed at a few lingering sith lords on ruined worlds, but Aren saw things differently. It seemed like he saw everything differently in fact.
He was young and abrasive, petulant and verbose. We were opposites in almost everyway and yet I was drawn to him, not instantly or strongly at first but he stood out. It was something every Senator tried to do but with Aren it wasn't simple posturing. I knew that from the moment he first spoke on the Senate floor...