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Simone had already disembarked from the shuttle. Traveling in the Force for the past several years, and all the transfers she had requested and been granted, had encouraged her to not hoard objects. Even her wardrobe wasn’t nearly as extensive as most females. There wasn’t anything to ship ahead, nothing she needed to place in secure storage while she and Skyler traveled to Windmere. What she’d do after the trip was unclear. Perhaps she’d contract with an independent research vessel. Or return to the Academy to teach. Or take the next vessel from Dulsar to places unknown, as a ship mechanic or security. She had established her life as one of a nomad and had never entertained any other possibility. No family, for that entailed being close to, and having an intimate relationship with, a
