"We have a deal," Qui-Gon answered. He had expected her to counter with one hour. It was not a problem. One hour would have to be enough.

Chapter 4

Yoda, Tahl, and Obi-Wan were silent for a long moment. The news that Jenna Zan Arbor controlled access to Didi's antitoxin disturbed them.


"It's very strange," Winna continued. "Not only is Arbor Industries closed, but there is no other source we can find anywhere. There must be some mistake, something we haven't thought to check. This infection is very rare, but still, Arbor Industries should have allowed other labs to stock the antitoxin. This is an astonishing breach of ethics. They left no word when they'll reopen, or where — "


"Something you should know, there is," Yoda interrupted. "Under suspicion by the Jedi, Jenna Zan Arbor is."


"She could be involved in Qui-Gon Jinn's disappearance," Tahl said.


"Not to mention murder," Obi-Wan added.


Winna's frown grew deeper as shock slowly registered on her face.


"You mean that Zan Arbor has deliberately deprived the galaxy of her medicines?"


"I think it a very great possibility," Tahl said. Winna's expression was grim. "My patient will die without that antitoxin."


"I don't understand." Astri had come up behind them so quietly they had not heard her. "You say that Jenna Zan Arbor has the medicine that my father needs, and you can't find her?"


"I am afraid that is the case," Winna said.


Obi-Wan went to Astri. He hovered by her side, uncertain of what to say or do. "You mustn't lose hope," he said.


She nodded, her mouth tightening. He saw her shoulders shaking. She was trying not to cry aloud.


"Obi-Wan is right," Winna said. "The antitoxin must be held somewhere in the galaxy. We will find it, Astri."



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