"What a lovely view."

"It's my favorite. This is the best job ever, if you ask me."

"I can certainly see the attraction."

"We'll have to give you a tour of the galaxy once everything calms down. Speaking of, Cherish - ?"

"Already messaged dad. He'll call us when he's free."

"Shall I speak more of other worlds while we have time, then?"

"Works for me."

Ellayania has a perfect memory, and centuries of experience of stories. They are unlikely to be bored while they wait.

Ebele's only twenty, and Cherish only a few years older, but they've gotten up to a lot in that time, and she has a talent for exposition.

Officially they're doing odd jobs, unofficially they're part-time smugglers, secretly Cherish is the wayward daughter of a Sith Lord with Ebele as her bodyguard. (Ebele has a tale about nearly getting herself killed when she was young and stupid, and Animus scooping her to play bodyguard to the more reckless of his children.)

She seems to have landed on her feet, then.

"Pretty much! Don't get to act as freely as I'd like, but I've got way more freedom than I might otherwise."

"A worthwhile trade, then."

And then they receive an incoming call.

Cherish answers.

"Hey dad. Found something interesting."

"Seems it. Who are you two?"

"I am Ellayania, and this is Glint."

"Claim to be from another universe, and that people sometimes repeat across them. Ebele believes them."

He evaluates them.

"I'll want a meeting, then."

"Of course. Simply name the location."

"They can teleport, though I might insist we leave my ship somewhere it won't drift around if you want us to teleport into a room."

"Right."

He sends them a time - soon - and place, as well as somewhere to leave the ship.

And Glint does the first teleport - into a large, apparently underground space - waits for Cherish to land and secure the ship, then moves just them to the room Animus had indicated.

He's waiting for them.

Huh.

"Greeting, Darth Animus. I am Ellayania, Goddess of Library and Fen. And this is Glint, Prince of Madness."

"Greetings, Goddess Ellayania, Prince Glint. I'm head of the biotic science sphere. Your Force signature is much like Occlus's, were she not a user of the Force - she's at the head of the ancient knowledge pyramid. Glint's is similarly reflective of Ebele's."