The Padawan hearing that this killer got a cathartic high from killing meant that they answer was find them and apprehend or kill, there was not live and let be as some of the more mystical Consular Jedi preached. Leave this one alone and innocent people would die.
Most of what she said about Walker was pertaining to his involvement in SIA and this classified joint mission with The GA. Though the Master had not directly answered his question, she explained what he did in regards to SIA, and even that was rather cryptic, but she said nothing about what he was like, did she trust him, and other senses, which exposed to him that there was something there, the avoidance with which she endeavored was telling, it could easily be waved away as top secret, but that did not fly with him now being included in these investigations. No, there was more there, but out of respect to His New Master, he did not pry further, it was enough to have sense that there was more there to uncover when she was ready.
Chuckling he said,
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So I am a glorified Taxi Driver huh?"
He could have made a remark about that she was Master and unable to fly as unusual, and well how that encumbers a Detective getting to crime scenes. His mind began to wonder how much debt she had run up on transports or how many pilots from the Order did she have to request to take her hence. He was beginning to wonder if this was the real reason the Jedi Council approved of him being training, to off load them both, and make it so she had her own driver. Fair enough, all relationships were transactional to a degree. He did not begrudge it, this was his last chance, to ascend and become a knight one day, in which he would go on his own cases.
Then Master Ryiah dropped a bombshell that he did not expect. She had been prisoner on Black Marsh Prison with these escapees, and she was in the Clone Wars?! How long had she been in carbonite?! Had she been in deep cover then and sadly got put in the slab? All of these questions flooded his mind, and he wanted to ask her if she had known Anakin Skywalker, Ahsoka Tano, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and many others, but he chose to restrain himself. There was also some other creeping thoughts, he recalled how she was not well around the dark side when they confronted the Killer on Bespin, and that she had been incarcerated. This was concerning in the least, but surly the Council knew about all this, they after all had begun a coordinated effort with SIA, and would not allow a convict to hunt down convicts would they? Would they? Ash chose not to follow this train of thought any further, he would help his Master find these escapees and glean more of the truth over time. He was not in the place to make interrogations, and he owed her for her help on Cloud City. She had helped him not fall to the dark side, so who was he to judge her past, if in fact she had one remotely close to some of the thoughts flooding his mind. A detective follows clues and facts, not conjectures and theories. Until he knew more he would leave the subject as she had chosen to give answer.
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I will do all in my power to take care Master, I know how important this is to you, to the Order, and to me. I will use my skills to help you bring these to justice."
His pledge was not half-hearted, Ash was an all in type of person, even in Pazaak, and so his zeal was genuine.
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