"Searching the Darkness"
By Ithea Tass, Nightsister
Location: Yallder District, New Plouton
Date: Praeda 20, 4 ABY

Ithea had spent a day just settling in to her new home. She had also been exploring the pleasure of her slaves that she had, to this point, denied herself. Well, except for Marius. She did not like him and he wasn't truly her slave. Though he deferred to her demands, she did not feel it wise to push him nor allow him such intimacies.

In a day or so, she would report to Tarkin. Till then, she had to find out some things. Fortunately, much of this population were really quite easy to read. It would make finding this princess only that much easier. She wondered briefly if she was breaking any bonds between her new friends by delivering this princess. But, they had shown no sign that this woman meant anything to them.

Ithea spent the next two days blending in on the streets of New Plouton. She learned many things but none that gave her any definite leads on the location of this princess. That she was alive, she was certain. That she did not reside in the city, this she was certain of as well.

Ithea lay puzzling the information she had gathered as Zargon worked tired muscles. She would need something more personal of the Princess'. Perhaps then, she could search for her using less conventional means. One thing was clear, the princess had found some location that Tarkin's technology could not be used. So that meant she was hidden either deep in the earth or by the mother's gift. If it was by the gift, Ithea knew she could discern eventually where this was. Perhaps the Princess was leading uprisings. If so, a pattern might emerge. She would have to ask Tarkin for a map and locations. It was just a matter of time and diligence. If nothing else, one searched the darkness in the minds of the populace for lights of hope that should not shine.