Ziost - Crown of the Sith Empire

"When inside me...?" she asked, but only half-understood the meaning.

"... How do we make sure he stays out then?"

She looked at Shaisha and said, "Ze darkness... it can make you ztrong and then he gets inside you."

She thought it over for a few moments.

The Dark side made her strong, and her connection to it had only grown stronger over the years, but it also made a sort of conduit for him to easier take control. It made her think back to her first vision, of her father stepping into the Light.

Only the Light can defeat the Dark. She could see it now. All those strongly aligned to the Dark, were closer to his power. Especially her.

"So what if my connection to the darkness were to grow weaker?"

The child smiled, but it was not sweet and said, "I am ze Dark Umbra. Darkness is our right, he is ze Void... beyond ze Light or Dark."

Jun-Tsu nodded in agreement with the child's words, "Az ve zpoke bewore, awoid zhiz dark zhroud zhat hangz ower zhe Vorze. It iz like a miazma zhat hidez zhe true Dark Zide. Zo many ozherz vill zhink itz zource zhe zame, but it iz a trick of zhe Emperor. Bevare zhe pover of zhe Night of Terrorz. It iz zhe woid, not zhe darknezz."

She nodded, determined not to draw upon that power. "My ascendance will come through my own power, not that of the Void. Your sight and clarity is much appriciated, Jun-Tsu. And you may refer to me by my personal name, rather than my title."

"Az you vizh, Zhaisha," she inclined her head. "Zhough it vill be an acquired tazte. You are a Dark Lord of zhe Zith, vith all zhe proper ritez avvorded you. Und vhile I beliewe too many zheze dayz hold zuch titles hollowly....not you. You I can veel hawe truly grown in accordance vith zhe old vayz."