"Thank you", Thall responded stiffly. In reality for him it wasn't home. The building in front of them was foreign to the old Jedi - he had 'died' whilst it was still been built and apart from standing outside of it a couple of times had never been inside.
The 2 Jedi entered and into the main hall. Jedi were coming and going everywhere - a indicator of how much the Order had grown, even in the last several years. Thall scanned the hallway for signs of where they were to head when his attention was drawn to a series of busts along the side of the hallway.
Whilst Estelle engaged another Jedi that had momentarily stopped to greet her Thall stepped away for a closer look. As he approached, it became clear what the busts were - they were of old Jedi heroes, warriors, names of legend. Figures such as Figrin D'an, Master Yoghurt and Mace Windu were amongst them. As Thall began to stroll past and look at them one by one he came across a very familiar figure ...
~ In Memory ~
THALL
JEDI MASTER
CHAMPION OF THE FORCE
"A Jedi must remain focused. Mastery of the Force requires that all unneccessary actions be purged from daily life."
Thall looked at the bust of himself. "Hmmm, not bad", the old Jedi mused to himself. The bust was of him when he was a younger man - clean shaven face and head, no wrinkles. Thall could tell that whoever had sculpted it must have based it upon a likeness of himself in much, much younger days - Thall had smashed his nose a number of years prior to the Empire yet the bust still had his original, straight one.
"Yes, not bad at all", Thall again thought as he made his way back to where he had left Estelle near the entryway. She had just finished chatting to her acquaitance who, after given a polite "Hello" and nod to Thall, quickly disappeared amongst the throng.
"Where are the archives?" the aged Jedi asked his companion before she could say a word. "I need to update myself with Master Fett's prior comings and goings as a starting point."
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