Feasting! (Day 7 Mid evening. Camp!)

[Ares Pax]

Ares took the bowl, his hands shaking....whether it was because of nerves over the story or over the pudding was unknown.

"It's actually when they first met...both were fresh knights, and granted the same mission. Unknown to each other, actually. Mom used to say that the Order's font of wisdom is second only to its maze of bureaucracy." A ghost of a smile passed over his lips as he continued. "Both were sent after a notorious pirate, who liked to prey on smaller farming communities, whose defenses were negligible." His face turned solemn. "Father arrived in his own spaceship, flying in, through the asteroid fields, though a route that was unmapped. Mother arrived undercover on a freighter that was bringing supplies. It was the only occasion during the galactic year." He put his spoon into the pudding. "They soon met each other, through the Force of course. They first thought each other Sith spies, but managed to clarify that. On the third try and duel or so." He smiled again, but this was more genuine.

"I am not sure about the details, but they decided to go on their separate ways to find any potential traitors and other resources of the pirate lord. Only to meet each other again and again. Finally, after weeks of work, they took down the pirate lord when he was visiting to pick up his 'tribute'. Mother surprised him after she was took as a slave, while father flew in an devastated his fleet single handedly."

He felt self-conscious. "I'm sorry, I'm not a good storyteller." He glanced away and at his pudding. "I shouldn't have bothered you guys."

[Corvin Zell]

Grunting, Corvin clapped Ares on the shoulder. No words were necessary; it was a gesture of shared manliness, after all.

[Silas Myles Pearson]

Silas flashed a grin at Ares. "Nah, that was cool." He offered with a east smile. "Remidns me a bit of what Master Murah and Master Chriala said, about how people share bonds through the force, and how those bonds bring them together."

"It seems your parents shared one of those, a strong one." There was a momentary pause. "Thanks for telling us, Abs."

[Farissa Kho]

"I think it's a sweet story, knowing that they would end up together," Farissa sighed with a smile. "But I'm a sucker for romance."

[Silas Myles Pearson]

There was perhaps a bit of Silas that wanted to cheer in victory at that statement. But he beat down the urge, instead deciding to try Ares attempt at pudding.

Something that might very well have been a mistake.