The ​Unseen Queen (Star Wars: Dark Nest 2.) 69% 10 csillagozás

“This one findz your lack of faith disturbing, Jedi Solo.” Saba ruffled her neck scales in what Leia had come to recognize as disappointment. “You must learn not to doubt your Master.”

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Kyp considered this for a moment, then shrugged. „Okay. But we need a backup plan, because we're never going to get to Han and Luke without the Dark Nest knowing. Those bugs are good.”
„Good?” Saba sissed in amused disbelief. „You spent too much of your life in the spice minez, Kyp Durron. There is too much methane in them. They taste like a—”
„I think he meant they were skilled observers, Master Sebatyne,” Leia said. „I'm sure that Master Durron has never actually eaten a Gorog.”
„No?” Saba's tail thumped the floor. „Not even a little one?”

Chapter 8

„What's all that about?” Ben asked from the copilot's seat. „It feels like they're ready to slug each other.”
„They are,” Jacen said. „It has something to do with a mission to rescue Master Sebatyne and my mother, and maybe your father and mine. It's a little unclear.”
„To rescue them?” Ben cried. „What's wrong?”
„I don't know yet,” Jacen said. „But don't worry about it.”
„Why not?”
„Because I'm not.” Jacen put the skiff down on the side of the StealthXs farthest from the argument. There was no use letting Ben actually hear what adult Jedi were capable of yelling at each other. „And I have two parents involved.”
„That's a dumb reason,” Ben said. „You never worry about anything.”
„That's not true,” Jacen said. At the moment, he was terribly worried about two people on the planet Hapes. „I just don't worry about things I can't control, and I fix things I can control.”

Chapter 14

„Saras is ordering us to move away from the wall,” C-3PO reported. „She seems to believe we're trying to—”
Luke sprang from his stool, already bringing his foot around in a crescent kick that sent the Killik stumbling into the wall. Han was on the insect before it could catch its balance, slamming his stool down across the back of its head with chitin-cracking force.
„—escape,” C-3PO finished. He studied the unconscious Killik with a cocked head for a moment, then turned to Luke. „Pardon me, Master Skywalker, but are we making our escape attempt now?”
„No,” Han growled. „We just thought we'd have some fun beating up our guards.”
„Oh.” C-3PO straightened his head. „In that case, you're going to have quite an exciting time. Saras was trying to tell you that there is a whole company of reinforcements coming up the ramp.”

Chapter 15

Han took a deep breath and looked genuinely scared. „May the Force be with us!”

Chapter 15

„Those aren't moons!” Han said, looking over Tarfang's shoulders. „They're nest ships!”

Chapter 17

„Jedi Solo,” Saba said. „Why are you lying on the floor at a time like this?”
Leia deactivated her lightsaber and stood with as much dignity as she could manage, considering how much her hand was beginning to hurt and how swollen her face was.
„I was laying a trap.”
„Laying a trap?” Saba shook her head and began to siss hysterically. „You are beginning to sound just like Han.”

Chapter 21

Jaina opened a squadron-only channel. „Master Durron, we think it's Jacen.”
„We felt him in the Force,” Zekk added. „Urging us to wait.”
„Don't tell me he's taking Horn's side!” Kyp said.
„You know better than that,” Tahiri reproached. „The only side Jacen takes is the Force's.”

Chapter 14

Jaina and Zekk reached out to Jacen, trying to get some sense of what he was thinking. But he had drawn in on himself again, maintaining just enough presence in the twin bond to be sure the squadron was still waiting. That was typical Jacen. Since his return from his five-year journey to learn more about the Force, he seemed more determined to control his bond with Jaina and Zekk, more reluctant to share himself with them. It almost seemed as though he was trying to protect something from them.
Or protect them from something inside him.
That was probably the case, Jaina and Zekk decided. No one could suffer what Jacen had at the hands of the Yuuzhan Vong and remain completely whole. The torments Tahiri had suffered during her captivity had ultimately caused a personality split, and Jacen had been held prisoner far longer than she had—under even more brutal circumstances. What had shattered inside him was anyone's guess.
Jaina and Zekk would be patient. They would continue to hold the twin bond open, to share with him what he would not share with them. And when he finally came apart, they would be there to help him find the pieces. That was what nest-fellows did.

Chapter 14