For all that everyone else seemed to be frustrated by Nimdok's lengthier rants, Eliphas found himself thoroughly lost in them - in a good way. There was something so genuine about it, like this was simply who the Professor was, unabashed and unaware of how those around him seemed irked by it. It was always nice to see someone's personality shine through, to see their passions, and so the boy had always made it a point not to be the one who stepped in and stopped him mid-thought.
Of course, of all the people he'd seen interact with the Professor thus far - and there were only four others - he was by far the one who had known him the least amount of time. A pitiful amount of time, really, for this was only their second meeting. Maybe he too would tire of it in time, but thus far?
Well, he felt pretty bad whenever somebody stopped him.
The boy smiled as he was told the story of how Starlin and Nimdok came to know one another, and found it provided insight to his Master's life he'd never even really known he was lacking in the first place. A little boy looking to help his family, and keep them from harm. Yep, that seemed about right.
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Is he?" the boy finally stated, as Nimdok rounded toward the end of his story, "
Related to Meetra Surik, I mean?" He'd said it didn't matter, that with as much time as had passed it didn't make a difference, but even so Eliphas felt himself curious enough to ask. Part of him also wondered if Starlin had ever found the answer to that question...
Talks turned to the matter of titles, and the boy pondered it for a moment before nodding his head. "
I just see other people referring to their Masters that way, and I didn't want them to think I was being disrespectful because I'm not... I respect him a lot." Heck, he'd respected Starlin from the first day he'd met him. Admittedly that had been a crazy first encounter, but still... He had a certain vibe that the boy had immediately taken to.
Heck, if he hadn't there was no way he'd have journeyed up a mountain with him - speeder bike or no speeder bike.
Blinking from his recollections, Nimdok roused him back to reality and floated a device over to him. Though the Professor explained to him what it was, and the purpose it served, the boy still looked utterly dumbfounded by the whole thing. "
A holocron... I've seen one of those before. Aren't these things, uh, corruptive?" He was hesitant to reach out and touch it, even
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had used the Force when handling the one they'd unearthed back on Ossus.
Well, Eliphas did not know how to move things with the Force yet. He took a half step back from where it floated, sheepishly grimacing at Nimdok as he did. "
It's safe to touch, right?" Then he followed it up with "
How do I use it?"
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