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Private Padadise lost? No. Padawan found.

It hadn't actually felt like too long for Shan whilst he had been a captive of the Sith. The treatment wasn't as bad as the Padawan would have expected, but he knew the only reason he was treated...somewhat positively, was because of Corazona's connection to Nwul. It wasn't exactly a connection he approved of, but the Padawan couldn't blame her for it. The heart wanted what the heart wanted, and all that nonsense. It was potential information that would be incredibly important to the Jedi Order...but it was one secret that Shan would never give up. If anyone was going to be told about Cora's feelings with Nwul, she'd do it herself. He wouldn't betray her like that...But Shan had his own information he wanted to give anyway. He had to make himself as useful as he could be, whilst he was in the clutches of the Sith.

Of course, he could have went directly to the Council with the information. However, Shan felt like he had to speak to Kahlil first before he went in front of the Council. His Master had more than likely been worried sick over the state of the Mirialan, and he wanted to help reassure him. Who knows? Perhaps Katherine and the Noble kids had also been worried. He just had to go over all of the things in his mind, trying to figure out what exactly he wanted to say to Kahlil. Apologise for being captured? Thank him for his lessons since it helped keep him alive? Keep on a brave face? No. No. He wouldn't lock Kahlil out. There wasn't much that Shan was...upset over anyway. It was mostly the battle that had left damage on him, and even then it had been mostly physical. There were still aspects of paranoia and insecurity from being around the Dark Side, but Shan had slowly been shoving those thoughts into the back of his mind.

Either way, the Padawan knocked onto the door of where he thought Kahlil would be in the temple, focusing on his breathing. Brushing down his robes ever so slightly, he had needed to get a new pair after getting back from Thule...Or well more specifically Ukatis, but the details of that weren't important to Shan. He could write up a report about Ukatis later, once he had given the information about Thule and what he had learned about the Sith.

Kahlil Noble Kahlil Noble
 

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There was so much to do.

Kahlil poured over his desk, scanning through all the documents that were on it. Liaisons with the Senate and the Defense Council, after mission reports on the string of lost worlds from the Mandalorian invasions, news on the various missions the Jedi of the order were undertaking, reports on Katherine and her health after she'd been kidnapped. Reports on the Sith Order and where they might've taken Corazona von Ascania Corazona von Ascania and Shan.

He raised a hand, just passively opening the door without paying mind to it.

"Come in."

He paused only when he looked up. Then just rounded the desk to rather abruptly pull Shan into a hug. The surprise was clear, welcome, but surprise none the less. "Shan? How did you get free? Are you okay? Is Cora okay?"

Shan Shan
 
Shan was surprised to be pulled into a hug straight off the bat, letting out a nervous chuckle. It wasn't something he was used to, but Shan returned the hug as well, keeping a little smile on his face to try and reassure Kahlil that he was fine and wasn't hurt.

"I'm fine Master. I'm fine. It was...relatively easy for me to get free. The worst I had to do was give some Sith their drinks...but it turns out, as long as I pretend I'm not there, I can hear all their little..."gossip"...Anyway, Cora's fine...Well...She might need some support emotionally, but it's not my place." He shook his head at that. It would be wrong for him to say that she was completely fine, but he still couldn't give up her secrets right now. It was something Kahlil and Valery could talk to Cora about themselves in Shan's eyes.

"We were...allowed to leave at any time, really. Cora and I agreed to stay to see what we could learn but..." The Mirialan raised his hand to the back of his head, ruffling his hair ever so slightly. "That wasn't the real reason I stayed. I was worried about Cora. I didn't want to leave her alone in a what was basically a pit filled with snakes..." He sighed. Was it a foolish idea to have stayed? Of course it was. But Shan would have done it, time and time again. "We left just before Ukatis got attacked...Cora saw it in a vision or something, and the Sith Lord let us leave. With supplies, weapons, I even got my lightsaber back...but I don't trust him."

Kahlil Noble Kahlil Noble
 

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Treated him well?

Allowed to leave?

Kahlil stepped back only for a moment to raise a hand. A different rune formed in the air, one far more complex than he'd ever shown Shan, flashed. A scan, really, just to make sure there wasn't a follower with Shan. The fact there wasn't only made it that much more confusing for the Jedi. "Did they mark you? Put anything in your food?" The explanations, the reasonings, they didn't matter. Right now Kahlil was far more concerned that they had done something to Shan without actually harming him.

".. What did you learn?"

Shan Shan
 
"No. No. I was allowed to work with their own food. And drink. I was erh...a waiter at a ball they held." Shan gave a nervous chuckle at that, rubbing the back of his neck. He didn't feel like anything had happened to him, as the Mirialan looked down at himself before looking back up towards Kahlil. "I was also allowed to treat some of their wounded...which I know you probably wouldn't approve of..." Some Jedi might have called him a Sith sympathiser for that, but in Shan's eyes, if someone was hurt, it didn't matter who they were. They deserved treatment.

He cleared his throat either way, preparing to give out the information he had learned. "There was some princess at the party who doesn't trust the Sith because of something...Exar Kun had done." The Mirialan wasn't too sure if that information would be too useful, but the other things he had learned were sure to be more important. "There was also another Force User there, who didn't appear to be a Sith, acting as a "bodyguard" for the various guests. Kadann I think his name was. He made sure I was looked after...he also stopped me from getting into a fight to protect Cora." Shan frowned at that, it wasn't like him to normally get into a fight...but he had wanted to protect Cora quite a bit in that moment. "Anyway...there's an Empress Ashin Varanin? I don't know who she is, but she has a daughter. Quinn Varanin. The First Lord of Korriban was there as well Elmindra Xitaar. There's also a new Lady of Dromund Kaas. Alina. I didn't get a last name..."

At that, the Padawan took in a deep breath, folding his arms along his front. "That's all...It was strange to see. There were plenty of Sith there...but there wasn't any violence that I could see. No-one died. No-one that I could see was hurt. Nwul appears to be trying to have the Sith be more...gentlemanly, from the looks of it."

Kahlil Noble Kahlil Noble
 

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"He wasn't."

Kahlil frowned further. Why had they spared Shan and Cora? There was a lot of information that Shan had gotten, not much on the actual operations but enough that they wouldn't just let them go. But that didn't change what happened to the others.

"After you and Cora were captured, more were. They were sacrificed to bring life to that planet. Ashlan, Jedi, didn't matter. I-" The large man let out a heavy sigh as he sat back. Called over a chair so he could at least be in a seat as he seemed to just look relieved. "I don't understand why you two were spared, but I am thankful you were." He forced a smile, looking again towards Shan. "The others will be happy to know you're back."

Shan Shan
 
Interesting...so Shan's friendship with Cora had basically saved his life now that he thought about it. Hm...There was going to be plenty of things he was going to need to ask Cora when he next saw her but for now, he had to focus on Kahlil, giving his master a short nod.

"You should keep an eye on Cora, more than me. I'm completely fine myself, but she was close to a lot of Sith during the ball. She's also...struggling with what happened to Ukatis." Like usual, Shan was more focused on trying to help other people than being concerned about himself. He knew he was fine. He was alive. But Cora was going through her own problems, so Shan thought it would be good to have more people to support her.

Kahlil Noble Kahlil Noble
 

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"Valery will talk to Cora. And I will too. But right now, you're who matters the most." Even if he hadn't seen the evil acts the Sith had done all around him, there was going to be a lot he'd end up feeling soon enough. The reports of what happened to the others, he wouldn't be surprised if there was some survivors guilt that might cross his mind. And, well, being around that sheer amount of darkness did have an effect on a Jedi.

So Kahlil smiled, raised his hand to the door to motion for Shan to come along with.

"Let's go get some lunch, alright?"

Shan Shan
 

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