Galder glares at Rand, then turns away from him.
I was so sure that he was dead... Galder thought bitterly. He cannot replace Kuylen...
Then, Galder let the bitter thoughts pass from him, and turned to Rianna.
"Rianna, I counted forty-nine," he states proudly, positive that Rianna would know of what he spoke.
Gallador seems to be in schock, than is lost in his thoughts, finally speaking to Rand:
"Master, I was surprised on my ability to channel Anger, I think I know what is the key to the true mastery of Darkside: to channel the torrential ocean of your passion, anger, hunger for greatness, but not being lost in it. To keep clear mind while forging inner darkness into the greatest weapon of all, I tried to walk this line today but didn`t fully suceed.
But I sense there is something diffrent about you, what is it?"
Ah yes... a little late in the day, but that has been brought up. And I am afraid you rather definitely left that behind! Doh!
Your destination is the planet Kuoni, where Doon has taken Kuylen to try and keep him stable for just a few more days before he dies. It will take a few days to get there, which is bad, but the good news is that this ship has good medical facilities, enabling Rand and Takuan to live, and everyone else to heal fully. Takuan goes down to ten damage- Rand I am afraid remains incapacitated, able to do barely more than lie and and move his arms.
But the tablet, Rand... you press the back of your hand to it. The tablet is larger than the others you have heard about, and the one Takuan had. And the writing is smaller and more intricate, and starts to glow very slowly as it reveals itself. Genuine! But you are unsure of its purpose right now. It seems very general. You could spend months with it...
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"It's not unknown," says Kuylen, causing Galder to jump. Damn it! Everyone else seems to be getting over their fits, but your hallucination remains, Galder. Oh, and Rah, murmuring about something in the corner.
"Only the power of the Dark Side can proling someone past their end. But Destiny had more to say about it this time. You were not meant to die yet, any of you. The Force knew where your end would be."
He then holds up a finger.
"One, Galder..."
Not quite the celebratory mood I envisaged!
Ah well...
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Kuoni
Several days later
Kuoni, like several of the worlds you have been to lately, is quiet and ignorable. It is a semi-developed industrial world- to out that into context, 'semi-dveloped' means it is rather like Earth today, as in the industrial sprawl hasn't created any mega-cities yet. However, nor is it beautiful like Naboo; it is like Nar Shadda or Coruscant, just... less. It is human colonised, just about self-sufficient, a bit backwards, but not exactly primitive; pretty ignorable. But definitely the only world between Demarus and Epireus that has anything close to suitable medical facilities for the dying.
Scorpio's signal is coming from a small town suburb, out the way. Smart- Kuylen is still a wanted man. Tanic has made a quiet approach, but it is ok- the system is clear.
Well, it's been a long journey, folks!