I spent the week of healing with my new hand relatively low key, spending a lot of time curled up in Master Vel’s house resting. He had told me to go back there, and he had said that he would be back, and even promised flowers… but three days went by and no word from him, nothing. It was a little disturbing, I have to admit I was beginning to think he’d changed his mind and was actually regretting coming back to his house if I were there.
On the fourth day I received a comm message- he wanted me to meet him, we were going on a mission to Byss. I can’t say no to something that sounds that exciting, so I suited up and took a shuttle to the meeting place. Once I got there we proceeded to Byss. We looked around a bit, there was a small hitch in the plan when we encountered the shields, but we got around them easily enough. It was actually really quiet, I’d expected more from the Infamous Sith Planet.
There was a taxi speeder that we picked up, and I had to tease him just a bit because it was having problems running. He admitted that perhaps Byss wasn’t the best place to take me for a date, after I mentioned that I wasn’t keen on getting dropped into the lava. We both had a good laugh about that… once it was clear I wasn’t going into the lava streams below.
We made it back to the Amaranth, and used the private time to relax and talk. He throws me off because he’s quite formal, then relaxed, in turns, so I’m never quite sure what to expect. I felt quite at home though, leaned against him, talking openly. I’d almost forgiven him for leaving me alone for three days, which he only explained away by “meditation.” I’m still not sure about that… I had my hand cut off and he forgot about me because he was meditating? I have to admit I was… and am, still rather hurt about it.
I thought it would be a good idea to take a non-stressful trip, so I decided that flower picking on Zenoma Sekot would be a nice time. I invited Zack along, and was quite pleased when he agreed to go, even though I’m fairly sure he thought it was a waste of time. I disagreed- I was promised flowers, I’d get them one way or another.
We landed on Zenoma Sekot, and he let me lead the way. He stopped though, once we arrived at a small silver tree. It had a plaque at its base. He explained to me that it’d been there for as long as he could remember… and he related to me, sort of, a bit of his past. He talked a little about the Peacekeepers… and their actions. I wanted to hear more, but I’m afraid of pushing him too much. We wandered a bit after that, and I managed to lighten his mood, I think, by putting a flower into his hair. I know it made me smile. He took me to their library after i was done collecting flowers, and it was absolutely beautiful down there. We stayed a little longer before he decided it was time to go. We returned to Ruusan, one vase of flowers richer. I don’t think he realizes it, but I’m still wondering why the disappearing act for those three days…
