[member="Corvus Raaf"]
As Corvus explained the story, Taeli stayed silent for the longest time. It wouldn't do to interrupt after all, but this was an interesting tale. She had indeed known Silara, but she had gone by a different name then. When she reached the part about Braith, about this Braith character controlling Silara, Taeli started tapping her chin in thought as she was known to do. Well that complicated matters. She had also never heard her sister swear before, so that was just mildly shocking to say the least. The whole possibly being in love with a female, not so much. Taeli wasn't too particular ... but then again, she had one man on her mind usually. If only he would just ... but that wasn't the topic at hand.
"From what you said," Taeli started, slowly choosing her words with care, "it sounds like this Braith was using a Sith technique known as Qazoi Kyantuska. It's a very rare but powerful version of mind control, but generally it requires someone to be nearby to facilitate it. Hold on, I've got a book about it here somewhere ..."
Taeli got up and started rummaging through her collection of Sith tomes that she still had from her time among the Sith. She had never sat down to learn the technique herself, but she had acquired some knowledge on it.
"Here we go," Taeli said, placing a small leather-bound manuscript on the table and flipping a few pages to a description of the technique. "Depending on how long ago Silara came into contact with this Braith person, you could have been interacting with Braith for most of your encounters, and the difference would be very hard to catch. It's a very thorough ability."
Leaving the page open, she poured herself and her sister some tea and placed a small milk container next to Corvus's.
"Now ... about the emotions you're feeling, sis, that's a little more complicated," Taeli said, her fingers steepled on the table as she gazed into her cup. "If I had to hazard a guess, you fell in love with the personality that Silara presented, which would be Braith's unless Silara could slip out from time to time from the control. What sort of love though? I couldn't say without seeing it for myself, there are so many types. It hurts to see the person you thought you love ... fade, I know all too well. Connor is enamored with his one Padawan right now ... and it hurts to see it. If this Braith is the one who loves you, I think you need to speak with her ... and now I know why you've been in the archives. You're looking for references to this Braith person."
Taking cup in hand, Taeli took a sip of her tea and quietly set the cup back down.
"If I were you, I'd want answers too, sis," Taeli said. "You'd need documents of where Silara has traveled to possibly find this woman. That would be the best place to look. Of course ... there is another way ... it wouldn't be pleasant ... but I could do something for you that could help point you in the right direction on whether it was Silara or Braith who truly loved you."
Another sip, one to steady herself.
"When I was last on Korriban, Melori tried to speak with the ghost of Marka Ragnos, but he wouldn't appear," Taeli said. "I used my talisman of concentration and a Sith spell to temporarily summon his ghost to speak with us. That one black leather journal over there is one of his alchemy tomes. If I had a strong enough object with dark side energy in it, I could possibly summon Silara's spirit for a few minutes only so you could talk. I'd probably get very nauseous and sick ... but I want you to have the answers you seek."
She gave a small half-hearted chuckle.
"It's ironic that I've been trying to get you to open up to your emotions more, be more human, and this is how you're brought into this sort of thing," Taeli sighed.
