A message from Damasa

In the vision it feels as if someone has just woken you up from a deep sleep. You blink rapidly until you see the face of a human child - bright eyes, dark skin, long black braided hair - of perhaps ten years old looming large in front of you. With a start, you realize you're looking at an incredibly young version of Lilikai Singan. She speaks in an urgent whisper.

Lilikai: She sent us another message.

Firith Mobak's voice, when he speaks, is a child's as well. He sounds excited.

Firith: Let's go.

Lilikai takes Firith's hand and leads him out through a dormitory populated by other sleeping Jedi younglings of every imaginable species. The two of them dart through the halls of the Jedi Temple, dodging any adults who might spot them and send them back to bed. They end up in the Room of a Thousand Fountains, crouched in an alcove beneath a set of stairs that some of you might have hidden under too, a long time ago in another life. Lilikai reaches into her pocket and takes out a holo-messenger. She presses a button, and an image of Damasa Kovani appears. Damasa is young here too, maybe in her late teens.

Damasa: Hey, you two. How's everything going at the temple? Still good, I hope. I miss you and everybody else there but I have to admit, it's great to finally be somebody's padawan. Master Sifo-Dyas took me to Yavin 4 and showed me the Massassi temples there and…It was like nothing I've ever experienced before. Keep on doing what you're doing and you'll be padawans someday too. Firith, don't give up on trying to move objects - if you master that skill it'll come in handy. And Lilikai, you're a natural with that lightsaber, did you know? So both of you, keep trying and working hard. There's so much more I want to tell you, but it'll have to wait until the next time I'm on Coruscant. I hope that will happen soon. And I'll see you when I'm there, okay?

She pauses, smiling, until a thought seems to occur to her out of the blue.

Damasa: Oh! And make sure to tell Gavarl Das congratulations on his new baby. Or…on second thought, maybe don't tell him that. I think he'd probably be annoyed if he knew that I know about that. And Master Sifo-Dyas said I don't always have to tell everybody about every vision I see, so…yeah, forget I said anything. Anyway, hope to hear from you soon!

The holoimage blinks out as the message ends. Lilikai stares down at the holo-messenger, looking half excited, half puzzled.

Lilikai: She didn't forget about us.

Firith: I told you she wouldn't.

Lilikai: What do you think she meant about Gavarl Das? That's a weird thing to say.

Firith: Iktotchi visions are always weird. Maybe he's going to bring a new youngling to the temple?

Lilikai: He doesn't usually do stuff like that. But she said it doesn't matter, so…

Firith: Yeah, it probably doesn't.

Lilikai: But imagine Gavarl Das changing a youngling's diaper.

Apparently this is a very funny image because they both dissolve into giggles.

Firith: I miss Damasa a lot. Do you think someday she'd let us be her padawans and we could all go have adventures together?

Lilikai: She's still a padawan herself. She would have to pass her trials, like, really really fast. But if anyone can do it, she can.

Firith: Maybe we should ask her.

Lilikai: Yeah. We should. You do it, Firith. You always know the right stuff to say.

The two of them bend their heads together over the holo-messenger, preparing to record their own message in reply, as the vision fades away.