The ship slowed as Dietrix cut the power to the thrusters. Silandra came around to stand beside Rooper. She dropped into a crouch so she could look Rooper in the eye.
"Rooper. Reach out with the Force. Tell me what you feel."
"Yes, Master." Rooper nodded. She'd always been good at sensing people's presence through the Force, but lately, she and Silandra had been practicing extending the range of her senses, banishing all distractions so she could reach farther and farther beyond her immediate self.
"Remember your training. You can do this," said
Silandra, her tone encouraging.
Rooper chewed her bottom lip for a moment, and then, settling back in her seat, she steadied her breathing and closed her eyes. She pushed out with her senses, beyond the rhythmic thudding of her own heart, beyond the confines of the cockpit--where the rest of the team seemed to glow like brilliant, swirling patterns of light_-beyond the Umberfall, and farther still, until the landscape below fizzed to life.
Rooper had always seen the living Force as a melting pot of shimmering colors, each life, no matter how large or small, contributing to the overall pattern, the shining glow. It was a web that stretched throughout the entire galaxy, linking all living things. Now she saw pinks and purples, greens and reds, yellows and ochres. The surface of Aubadas gleamed with life. And there, in the distance, among the valleys and gullies, deep within the hills . .. a riot of color, so bright it was almost dazzling. A massive concentration of life.
"There," she said, raising her arm, pointing toward the source of the light. Her eyes were still closed. "In the gullies,"

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