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   The Vallurian Crystal   
   Skam awoke in a cold sweat.  It was night in the dorms of the Temple of   
   Delight, and Shar was in the other bed nearby, fast alseep.  It was the dream   
   again. The same shadowy figure.  Again, offering him power and abundance, and   
   whispering to him.  '   
   Retrieve it for me.'  Skam had sensed, from this nights dream, it was the   
   Vallurian Crystal the dark figure wanted.  The Key to Dark Side locations,   
   something the Rebel Alliance was still trying to crack.  He shook off the   
   dream, and stood, put on a robe,   
    and walked to the window.  He looked out at the cold night, and the greenery   
   around the temple.  He knew.  He'd known since the first night the dream had   
   come.  It was the dark side.  It was Sith.  It had found him, found his heart,   
   and nestled into it,    
   for it seemed to know what Skam also knew to be true.  He was no Jedi.   
   The following week they were with Zena, who had returned, and were at the   
   Rebel Alliance Headquarters in the city.  Zena was discussing things with   
   many, and there was a lady present, Rey Skywalker apparently, who was the   
   legend in the war at Exxogol.     
   Skam and Shar were in the background, but Skam stole away quietly, yet Rey   
   noticed him leave.  He weaved his way upstairs, and found were the Vallurian   
   Crystal was located, in a laboratory, being studied.  He looked at it.   
   'You're going to take it,' said a voice behind him.  'Aren't you?  And take it   
   to your new Dark Lord.'   
   Skam did not flinch and look behind him, but he knew who it was.   
   'You're a Palpatine.  You know the power of the dark side.'   
   'I'm a Skywalker,' replied Rey. 'And I know what to resist.'   
   Skam said nothing more, and waited, then turned, but Rey was gone.  And so he   
   did the deed, and took the Crystal under his cloak, and stole away from the   
   headquarters, headed for an X-Wing, and a place he seemed compelled to go.   
   Rey and Zena watched him leave from the upper window.   
   'We should not have let him take it,' said Zena.   
   'It is – better – this way,' replied Rey.  'He must go and do as his heart   
   tells him.'  She looked at Zena.  'We shan't have him back if we push at him   
   too much.  Let the youth learn.  He may in time come to his senses.'   
   Zena saw the wisdom but the crystal had cost them so much.  But she relented,   
   as Skam departed, knowing a new Sith Lord was likely on the horizon.   
   The End   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)