Ara turned her head to listen to what the woman had to say. Master Sol'yan definitely had a point when he said it was better to not talk sometimes and rather listen... this woman had some interesting stuff to say. Ara even recognized one of the words, though from a completely different context than the woman meant.
"Bendu? I've heard of that before. Some kind of Force creature or something, apparently also focused on holding a balance in the Force. Might be where they got the name... or the other way around." She commented. That was one of the few lessons Ara never actually fell asleep in, not even for a moment.
When the woman approached to inspect the wall, Ara stepped back and held her cigarette away, though she continued to smoke away at it. Couldn't let a good cig go to waste out here.
"Nah, I got no desire to keep inhaling the same smoke over and over." She casually reassured the woman. What she didn't admit, though, was that she actually gave a damn about other people around her. The last thing she needed was to appear like a little-
No, that wasn't right. This was exactly what Valery mentioned during their sparring session. To not let stuff like that get to her. To simply be herself and not care about what others thought.
"And, uh... I... also figured, uh... meh, don't worry 'bout it." She brushed it off. No need to make the situation awkward.
Her time to actually be useful suddenly came up, causing the Zabrak to drop her bud and stomp it beneath her feet as she leaned in close to inspect the wall.
"Um... I might have something. Stand back." She waited for the woman to step back as she unclipped and ignited her lightsaber.
"The Force will understand, don't worry. Place is wrecked anyway." She chuckled nervously as she stabbed the lime blade into the wall and slowly started to carve away an entrance for them. Their suspicions were confirmed, there wasn't any resistance aside from the wall through the blade. There was something behind it. When her not-so-perfect circle was finished, Ara stepped back and, with a deep breath, shoved her hand forward to release a force push.
Thank kriff that didn't flop this time. Valery's advice was working like a charm.
The entrance crashed inward and Ara held her blade up to illuminate part of the hallway.
"Ladies first or age before beauty?" She asked with a snicker as she looked at the woman.
Ishani Dinn