"So when Joshua finished, Magenta and I just passed out. He wore us out!" Kinna said excitedly to Seesha and Baby. "That's never happened before." "I remember when the two of you took on Rex Makee back when he worked for Peenk." The tall striped woman reminisced. "That's what chased the poor guy back to Concord Dawn, and his clan. He felt his manhood was safer working as a fighter pilot for the Aliit Bessa, than being bedded by you two." The three stopped abruptly as they walked into Mulk who stood in the middle of the passage. "You girls are going to talk about nothing but sex for the entire trip on Rancor, aren't you?" The two furred women glanced at each other and laughed. "Yes!" they both said. Mulk groaned. "Well, I guess Ano and I are going to have to bunk in a quiet area of the ship. The hanger bay, or engineering." The short Mazuran watched Ano as she stood several feet away, looking at the deck. "You girls go get the bags. I need to talk to Ano about something." Kinna, Seesha, and Baby grinned and sprinted for their cabins. Mulk took the tall Human outside and waited until the other three had run out of the ship for the Spear class frigate that was to take him home, before he spoke. "You don't have to come Ano. I know what you feel for Baby. And I know how much it hurts to see her with with your brother." "I know. But your wife Zara has been wanting to meet the two of us for so long. I don't want to disappoint her Buir Mulk." "You can't disappoint her. Even though she's only met Melee, she looks on all three of you as daughters. and That's the second time you've called me Buir today." "Do you want me to stop?" She asked, suddenly worried that the Mazuran was rejecting her. But Mulk Tor Kerish just took her head in his hands and kissed her on her forehead. "You can call me Buir all you want to. I didn't adopt you three for no reason little Ad Ano." Mulk told her, using the Mandalorian word for child. "You know, you're a pretty nice guy for a being who was once a Sith lord." Ano said as she embraced him. "All the credit for that belongs to Master Hoth who captured me after the third battle at Ruusan, and turned me. Otherwise, I would have perished in those caverns with the other Sith when they were set up by Bane for destruction." "What was your Sith name Mulk?" Ano asked as they walked to the ship. "I was known as Lord Arcoud. It's an ancient Mazuran word no longer in use. Lord Kaan gave it to me himself. It means executioner." "Were you a powerful Sith?" "Yes. One of the most powerful of that time. I was one of Kaan's advisors. But when he became obsessed with defeating Master Hoth at Ruusan, he stopped listening to us." Mulk smiled. "He lost their empire because he was obsessed with besting Hoth and the Jedi there. I was so happy when Kyle Katarn told me he'd freed the souls of those who'd died, and were trapped in that cavern when Kaan set off that damned Thought Bomb." "Was Bane as strong as they say he was?" "Oh yes. I've never met a Sith that strong with the Force. But then again, I'd never met Palpatine. I heard his mastery was phenomenal." "Who was the best Jedi?" Mulk stopped and grinned. "Your sister's favorite Jedi. Obi Wan Kenobi. He was everything we should have been. He was very sure in his powers. But he was not arrogant. He always preffered to talk his way out of a situation, but was devestating when he had to fight. As Vader learned on Mustafar." "Did you know him?" "Yes. I had the distinct honor of fighting alongside him in two battles. And had my ass handed to me by him in another. He knew who I was too. He begged me to return to the Order. But I told him that it wasn't time yet."