Passing the Mantle

[Salem Ave]

Drev'starn, Bothawui

Having parted ways with Ashar Nerofi, Salem Ave found himself standing alone in the gardens of the Alliance Senate Complex. It was late in the afternoon; he had spent longer than he had anticipated with Ashar, discussing the future role that Onderon might play within the Senate and the wider Alliance. While she had much to ponder as she began the next step in her political career and all the doors that would open along with it, Salem knew there was another door that he had yet to close. His resignation from the Senate brought with it an implicit loss of his ministerial position. That resignation would reach the attention of the Chief of State and the various committees and councils in due course, but before word of his departure became public, there was one other representative of the Alliance legislature that Ave intended to speak with. He'd sent a private message, an invitation to dinner at a restaurant in the city itself. It was a short walk into the city and to the broad square, ringed on all sides by cafes whose patios were beginning to become crowded with patrons.