The young Anzat settled into the crowd.
A watcher. Observer. Surveying this new generation of Jedi even as he found himself reminiscing over the Jedi he had known, so many years ago.
The large frame of
Caltin Vanagor
cast an unmistakable figure, seemingly in conversation with a young man. A Jedi? He assumed, but to be honest, Sor-Jan would have been hard pressed to recognize him as such if that was the case. The wearing of Jedi attire. The custom of the padawan braid. Even these Jedi, many of them came to the Jedi as young adults, not as children ready to be molded.
It was so
very different from the Jedi Order that Sor-Jan knew.
So eerily familiar.
So oddly different. Alien. That was part of what had pushed him away. He'd never felt at home, on Coruscant or on Kashyyyk. Well, especially not on Kashyyyk, but even on Voss when the Silver Temple had been located there, it had been the same.
These Jedi not only formed attachments, there were whole
family dynasties of Jedi now, such as with the Heavenshields. Such a thing would have been criminal.
Master Vanagor knew that. He had lived it just as Dilandau had. And, it was no small blessing to the Anzat that someone else still lived in this galaxy who remembered the Twi'lek healer.
So why did Caltin seem so well adjusted to this new reality? This new way of conducting
Jedi business?
He didn't know. Perhaps Sor-Jan was merely too inflexible. Too intractable to understand how the Jedi had evolved across endless centuries and conflict. All he knew was it seemed the large Jedi had settled in well with these new Jedi, and he took that as a blessing. For both Caltin and for the Jedi would benefit from someone with the experience that had been the Old Republic.
The vision of a united galaxy, where all stars burned as one.
Given the state of the galaxy today, even if Sor-Jan lived for a thousand years more, he didn't expect to experience anything like that again.
But now he was brooding.
The senator for Corellia made his appearance, as Sor-Jan had hoped he might.
Dracken Pryce
took the stage, the politician du jour it seemed, settling now into his role as Vice-Chancellor of the Alliance.
A great day for Corellia, to be certain. A new day dawned over the Five Brothers. And, with luck, Pryce's position would help to avert any sudden financial policy changes the new chancellor might be itching to introduce.
What followed was what he had anticipated. A speech. Awards. Accolades.
These ancient steps had seen more than their portion of such things.