Ep I Ch 22

1From a planet far away, a spirit appeared before me, wearing red and white robes. He had brown hair and a mid-length beard, and he smiled down upon me. 2He said to me, “Would you like to know the secrets of the universe and All, the contents of the universe itself? Then come, drink some water and we will begin with simple vision.” This, I did not believe, as no one could see a second reality without proper and rigorous training. That is, appointed apostles of Jedi training — I was no Jedi, let alone an apostle.

3So I drank a glass of water and began training with the spirit. And as soon as we started, I realised I was wrong about my assumptions of psychic vision. The spirit raised his hand, and a vision flashed before my eyes of a galaxy, so vivid and detailed. 4Images of stars and yet more galaxies filled my mind, as did a buzzing noise, which turned into a pulsating beat. Then, the sound of an explosion, much like glass breaking.

5Little did I know the glass of water had shattered by my feet. How could it have moved, I wondered. I looked back up at the spirit, who was at the same distance he was before. So I asked, 6“How, in all that is good, did you move my glass?” He answered with nothing but a smile, and remained standing there. Understandably, I was cross with him and his wily tricks.

7"How do you know it was me, and not yourself?” he asked, smiling quite eagerly at me. He gestured to the glass, then turned around and left my quarters.

8The glass did not cut my feet, though it landed so closely. “Stop!” I called, “how did this happen, then?”

9He stopped as I asked, glowering at me with pity, and then he returned to me and waved him had in an figure-8 pattern. Instead of the glass breaking, my chair moved on its own. 10My feet did not touch the glass, but it did touch the water and so did the chair, kicking some of its ice blocks out of the way. I gripped the underseat as it moved across the room and stopped at a wall, squishing my hand in the process. 11And then he stopped his hand, smirking at me. He asked, pointing at me, “Now, would you like to know how I did that, or how you toppled your glass?”

12I nursed my hand and answered, “How you moved the chair. I’m not so worried about the glass anymore.”

13He waved his hand again, but this time he picked up the glass and placed it on the table. “And there you have it,” he said, “it’s easy.”

14I, a lowly human, wondered how a spirit like him could do it with such ease, let alone appear before me. It was like a curse had fallen upon me. 15The spirit walked out of the room. It was only after a few seconds that I followed him outside, to the natures of Solleu River, Naboo. 16And there he was, looking back to me as I followed. And the sun hung above Theed, the royal city.

17“I think that’s a beautiful sight,” he muttered, looking straight at the grandeur of Theed. 18When I reached the standpoint beside him, I saw his smile faded. He said, “It would be a shame if something that bad were to happen.”

It left me confused. 19I asked him, “What do you mean by ‘something that bad’?” Certainly not to Theed, I thought.

20“You humans just wouldn’t understand the power of psychic vision,” he sighed, shaking his head. 21“Unless you would like to?” He looked up at me with a smile.