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As she did, he flashed a well-practiced smile and she noticed something odd about his face. In addition to their red skin, the Sith were marked by fleshy tendrils that dangled from cheeks and chin. On Sechel, two of the tendrils were disfigured stumps; it appeared as if they might have been cut off.

She pulled her focus away from his cheeks and up to his eyes, lest he catch her staring at his deformity.

“Larvit tells me you are looking for someone,” Sechel said, jumping right to the matter at hand.

“He said you could help me find him,” Meetra replied.

“For the right price I can find almost anyone,” Sechel assured her. “And I happen to know you have more than ample funds to cover my costs.”

“I see Larvit does not believe in discretion when it comes to discussing business matters,” Meetra grumbled.

“If you didn’t want him to discuss the terms of your deal, you should have negotiated that into the price,” Sechel replied. “Shall I assume you want our discussions to remain private?”

Meetra nodded, wondering how much of a premium that would be.

“Tell me about the person you are looking for.”

“I’m looking for a Sith.”

Meetra wasn’t foolish enough to admit she was looking for Revan. Without knowing who had taken him or why, even bringing him up would be too great a risk. Thanks to T3’s holorecording, however, she knew what the Sith who had captured him looked like. Hopefully, if she could find his abductor, he might lead her to Revan.

“Does this Sith have a name?”

“He probably does, but I don’t know what it is.”

“Ah, progress,” Sechel said, clapping his hands together and rubbing them in anticipation. “Now we know he is male. Can you provide me a description?”

“I can do better than that,” she answered, pulling a personal holoprojector from one of her pockets.

She flicked a switch and it displayed a still image she had copied from T3’s holorecording. The image was carefully cropped to remove all traces of Revan or the Ebon Hawk, leaving only a close-up of the Sith who had taken him.

Sechel’s reaction to the image was so subtle that Meetra almost didn’t notice it. His eyes widened slightly in recognition; an instinctive, unconscious reaction. It lasted only a fraction of a second, and Meetra was impressed with how well he was able to hide his surprise.

“Interesting,” the Sith said, pretending to study the picture. “He appears to be a Sith Lord. That means I will have to charge extra.”

There was no doubt in Meetra’s mind that Sechel knew exactly who the Sith Lord was, but she thought there was more benefit to playing along than calling him on his lie.

“I need to speak with him on an urgent matter.”

“Perhaps if you tell me the nature of your business, it will help me track him down. Is he a friend? An enemy?”

“Not a friend, exactly,” Meetra said evasively. “But certainly not an enemy. He has information about a private matter that I wish to discuss.”

“Keeping information from me will make my job more difficult,” Sechel warned her. “It will drive up the price substantially.”

“You already know I can pay,” she reminded him. “My business will remain private.”

“If I do locate this being, what should I tell him?”

Meetra hesitated. She didn’t know the exact nature of the relationship between Sechel and the mysterious Sith. If they were friends, he wouldn’t simply tell her where to find him. Not without warning him first.

“I would like you to set up a meeting between us,” she said finally, hoping her answer was vague enough that Sechel might still suspect she didn’t mean the other Sith any harm.

“A private meeting, yes?” he asked with a smile.

Meetra nodded.

“Very well,” he said. “I will try to locate him and offer to set up a meeting. Of course, I can make no promise that he’ll agree to see you.”

“It’s in his best interest,” Meetra said. “I’m sure you can be very convincing.”

“Certainly. But that also costs extra.”

Meetra sighed wearily. “How much?”

“Five thousand credits.”

Sechel proved to be a much shrewder negotiator than Larvit; he knew he had all the leverage. In the end they settled on four