Avren’s eyes open up.

He is lying in a bed in a small apartment in the Taris Upper

City. There are two small beds, a table, and workbench, but
the rest is extremely spartan.

Carth is sitting at the table on the far side of the room.

CARTH ONASI
Good to see you awake. You’ve been
thrashing around pretty bad.
Must’ve been having one hell of a
nightmare.

Avren sits up and puts his head in his hands.

AVREN
Yeah, something like that. Almost
more of a vision... my head is
killing me.

CARTH ONASI
I’m not surprised. You took a
serious hit on the way down. Been
slipping in and out of
consciousness for a couple of days
now.

AVREN
A couple of days?

Avren looks up to take in the room for the first time.

AVREN
Where the hell are we?

CARTH ONASI
An apartment on the North side of
the Upper City. Our escape pod
crashed not too far from here. I
managed to drag you away before the
Sith showed up. They’ve got the
whole planet on lockdown.

Avren stands up.

AVREN
Shit.
(pause)

AVREN
We need to get out of here.

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 CARTH ONASI
We need to find Bastila.

Avren turns to look at Carth.

AVREN
Excuse me? I’m pretty a Jedi can
take care of herself. We need to
worry about us.

CARTH ONASI
We have a duty. Our assignment was
to protect Bastila. That doesn’t
change because of a couple minor
setbacks.

AVREN
I would call our ship blowing up in
the atmosphere is a bit more than a
‘minor setback’

CARTH ONASI
Regardless, we have mission, and I
will see it finished. With or
without you.

Avren sits down at the table across from Carth.

AVREN
What’s so special about this
‘Bastila’ anyway?

CARTH ONASI
Weren’t you briefed?

AVREN
I... don’t know. Everything before
the Endar Spire is... muddy.

Carth stares at Avren. Avren looks away and silence grows.

CARTH ONASI
Battle Meditation.

AVREN
What?

CARTH ONASI
That’s what makes Bastila so
special. She has this ability to
change the tides of battles. The
Republic and the Jedi think she’s
our only hope to win the war.

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