I find myself surrounded by the same white expanse that seems never-ending. I look around for the Bith I had met before. Someone speaks," Greetings young one".

"Hey," I reply flatly recognizing it as the person I'd expected to see.

"Quite the scrape you got yourself into," the Bith adds.

I shrug," We can't all be the chosen one".

"True but you are capable of more than you realize. More than even I would have ever thought possible but that's not why I am speaking to you now. I have a warning about relying on visions. I had that power once and it led to my ruin. Attempt to alter fate and you will make not only make what you mean to prevent happen but the worst version of it as well." The Bith Master lectures.

"I don't understand what you are talking about. I possess no such power," I respond.

"No, but your little stowaway there does," The mysterious figure pointed.

I turn around to look where he points but I see no one.

"Are you speaking in riddles?" I ask.

"He's talking about me," another voice says.

I look down at the ground as it seemingly turns into water like the surface of a lake. Seeing my reflection I say," It's you?!"

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Getting up and out of bed I find my green skin covered in a layer of sweat. I grab a spare set of clothes to take to the sonic shower with me. My quarters seem to have a temperature control problem causing it to be quite dank and warm. I brought the issue up to Retra only for her to say all the quarter's temperature controls are malfunctioning.

As I'm about to walk into the sonic shower Retra walks out completely naked.

"Hey! Don't do that!" I shout looking away.

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"Haha Teya, your face," Retra teases.

"Just cover up already!" I demand.

"Why? I am not ashamed of my body. Since it makes you so uncomfortable though I will do as you ask just this once," Retra mocks with a wink."

I sigh, "You are gonna be nothing but trouble aren't you?"

Retra already mostly dressed and putting her leather gloves over her metal hands stops," What the hecks is that supposed to mean?"

"You're a Sith Inquisitor, what do you think I mean?" I state.

"What exactly am I being accused of?" Retra huffs, her eyes narrowing.

"Like you don't know? You tried to hunt and kill me the first time we met," I argue.

"Wrong Teya! I was tracking you and you tried to kill me!" Retra corrects.

"You would have killed me if you had the chance," I add.

Retra 's face changes no longer looking angry but sad. She wanted to say something but couldn't bring herself to say it.

"I don't need this!" Retra screams storming out of the room.

I feel bad even though I think I'm in the right. Why was so so sad and conflicted? Could there really be more to her side of the story than I know?

A doubt enters the back of my mind but I shrug it off. We should finish our shared business as soon as possible and part ways. She may not be bad as other Sith but she's still on the dark side.

I get into the Sonic shower and clean myself off. Once done, I put my clean clothes on and take the dirty ones to be cleaned.

The ship's communicators activate," This Is D1k requesting Teya's presence. I have discovered an anomaly in your comrade."

D1k 's message worries me and I drop the clothes on the corridor floor heading straight to the Med bay.

I enter the door seeing D1k positions over Roan.

"What is it? What's wrong?" I question worriedly.

The machine points to Roan's neck revealing his head turned to the side and some kind of plant attached. A closer look reveals it's a golden flower whose roots have dug into the back of Roan's neck.

"What is it?" I ask.

"Biologically it's an Orchid resembling the Murakami but different in color. Although, I do not know about a Murakami Orchid ever doing this. We are likely seeing a kind of symbiotic variant," D1k explains.

"Symbiotic?"

"Remember when I said he was more stable than he should have been? This thing is somehow helping keep him in such a state," D1k hypothesizes.

My concern is evident, "Aren't Murakami Orchids poisonous even to their bonded partner?"

"If this is a variant as stated before then it can protect its bonded partner from being poisoned completely but others could die from a single touch."

"So we can't remove it?" I question.

"I could but wouldn't, this thing is helping him survive, and trying to remove it could cause harm or death. My understanding is you went to that planet to find one of these. Now you have one," D1k replies deciding it's done with the conversation and turns away from me.

I should be happy but a worrying thought lingers in my mind. When the dark side user spoke to us through the Force he said, " Give it! I know you must have it and it's mine!"