ARNDALE WOODS, RHINNAL
3.00pm local time
It had taken most of the day to reach the woods, even starting from Rhire at the crack of dawn. Dash just hoped it would be worth it.
He was back home visiting family and had decided to bring the Casket out to the village where Jadis had started life. A lot had happened and he needed to talk to her.
He was not entirely sure why. The last time he had communed with her, she had said some pretty unsettling things. He had run from them and since he put her out of his mind he had not done all that bad. Sure, the Jedi Order had indeed given him and Ezra a bit of trouble and he had faced more than one near-death experience. But everything had worked out in the end.
Still, he could not shake the feeling that he was ignoring something important. Jadis claimed a power like his own, a claim the Casket had proven to be true. He had learned a lot from the knowledge contained in the holocron, but he could sense he was not getting the whole picture. She had woven herself into its makeup on purpose after all and he was trying to read the book while keeping the author to one side.
After the Knighting and setting things straight with the Order, he felt strong enough and safe enough to try again. He needed to know what Jadis knew, but he was not going to be pushed around by a ghost in a pane of ice.
He walked off-piste into the woods, finding a small frozen pool out of sight and mind. He set the Casket by the edge and quietly recited the incantation. It came to him a little easier this time and the trees all around seemed to still as the translucent Jadis took shape above the pool.
"You ran from me Dash, that was a mistake". Her voice was ethereal and yet overpowering as always.
"I am not running now" he said confidently.
She seemed to look right into him. "No" she said softly "you have grown already I see. Every day you become more worthy of my legacy".
"Your legacy?" he frowned "what is it? Hardly anyone seems to even remember you". He did not intend to be be mean, but he and Ezra had seemingly uncovered more than anyone else in the last three centuries.
"It is knowledge" she replied, undaunted "power. The power to protect everything you value. Buried in hidden places across the galaxy, in places like here on Rhinnal".
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