"Cerea wants this more than anything," she says as a warning, her hold on his hand loosening. "Perhaps it'd be best if we learn to let our bond go. Let each other go. You can train me to avoid being in your mind and anything else I need over the next six weeks and when I go back, I can do as I'm meant to do."

She drops his hand and visibly strengthens herself. "You said yourself a Jedi cannot give in to feelings or emotions. Your Council will never let me 'be with you', especially if they learn of this and how we've used it thus far."

Of that much she was certain.