"Hmm. I don't see any note. No 'tell my family X', or last minute confession. Especially the confession. I mean, if you're going to go, why not take the guy that put you there with you? Di you hear anything at all Sunda? Was it possible that he knew you were coming and left before you got there?"
(Ush, where on his head is the wound, what hand is the blaster in, and what kind of blaster is it?)
"You think in very simple terms, Gallagher. How you feel I can maniuplate the Senators as a group whilst they all interqact with each other is beyond me. No, I invited them because it would be unseemly to have Jedi on the planet and not invite them, and also because they cannot decline, and so attending will take up their time. And perhaps also because I want them to learn something of the situation, in which I admit there is perhaps a little vanity. There's not much point me pulling off my brilliant plan if they are too ignorant to see what I have done, is there?
"You... will not be attending. Nor will I. But we shall still see what goes on."
"I do want you to remember everything that happened, yes. To remove the self-imposed blocks that the Council persuaded you was in your best interests. Still, you have far to go.
"Come walk with me, Gallagher. I have people to see before things become too busy. We can discuss matters of interest along the way."
"You feel that I am still not prepared to discuss the... incident," Gallagher says, "so I will ask about another part. I saw searchers in a desert full of sharp stones... they were looking for someone and the secret he held. That secret... it made me feel greatly alarmed, panicked. I could understand what the secret was; the words were incomprehensible. I don't suppose you could make sense of this?"