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[Luke's voice sounds a little shaky as he's still reeling a bit, but strong all the same, full of a sense of purpose.]

Well... after meditating on this for a few days, and letting the events soak in, I've made a few decisions, and I think everyone should know.

I've decided to take over what training my father did with his students.  A lot of people have left, and I'm sure that some of them were those he trained, but if there are any that remain or are interested I'd be happy to take you on.  I've seen myself the consequences of uncompleted training and despite not being able to touch the Force here and feel its effects, it's not a good path to go on.

I'll be holding training sessions elsewhere, too, but I'll decide that later on.

[He makes a noise like there's somewhat else he wants to say, but goes quiet, and a moment later, the transmission ends.]

I hope everyone who came to the temple is settling in all right if they're planning to stay for a long time.  It's really a nice place... I think I prefer it to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, anyway.  It's much more peaceful and close to life.  Strabimon seems to like it too--after watching me doing lightsaber forms out in one of the gardens, he's declared me to be 'not as big of a wussy as he thought'.  I think we're going to get along just fine.

I still miss the people at the Onsen, though... they really helped me out when I arrived here.  Especially Hoshi, don't know what I would have done if she hadn't come and explained things.

[Locked to Vader]

How are you feeling, Father?  Do you need anything?

Hey, guys?  There's something wrong with Hoshi.  We were conversing via these communication devices, and suddenly I received a message that said the user's data had been frozen.  I went to investigate, and, well...

I tried to explain to him that Hoshi's been data frozen, but the philosophizing moron doesn't get it.

Strabimon, not now.  What happened to her?

Now I remember what it was like back on Tatooine, before the Rebellion... It's been a long time since I've felt like my sight's been taken from me.  Hopefully it's only temporary, though my little friend--Strabimon--says it probably won't be.  He's never heard of ysalamiri either, though that doesn't meant they're not here.  Hopefully we can move and get out of their influence.  Not being able to touch the Force is really disorienting.

I can't raise HoloNet either on my datapad, and this thing doesn't connect to it.  I should probably keep a record--nobody'll believe what's happened otherwise, and when I get back I can tell the GA about this planet so we can make proper contact.  There are a lot of functions on this little device that I don't know, but I'll figure them out.  I've always been good with machines.  And I really should try to find a way to send a message to Ben.  He'll know I'm gone by now, and after all he's been through...

Where is this place, anyway?