"Our help, Master? Really?" 
"Master Arianth is correct. We are in dire need of help and we..." Mansuto looked to Arianth with a steely gaze, examining his fellow master's eyes before nodding, looking back at the duo who were now seated across from them. 
"We could only think of you two for this perilous assignment, although I still have my reservations." Arianth shook her head at the sentiment, glancing at Mansuto as she told him quietly:
"Come now...there is no need to express doubts before we tell them what we are asking, which we both know is much." Mansuto sat back, agreeing:
"Of course, my apologies. Just, with the level of danger this operation carries..." He shook his head, his lekku twitching violently for a few seconds before he explained:
"You are both familiar with Korriban, the former home world of the Sith, correct?" 
"Yes...I studied Korriban's history quite intently with Leoria's help, of course."
"So you are both aware that the planet has not been inhabited for some time now."
"Last I heard, the planet was being scouted by the Republic for reforestization efforts."
"Yes, that is the case. The Republic forces managed to find their way to the planet and land a few weeks ago. Their communications with the Republic have ceased as of last week and we have felt a strange emptiness coursing towards us. It feels dark, hollow, cold. Things that I have not felt since the fall of the reborn Empire a few years ago. We must ensure that the Republic forces are secured and returned home in order to understand what has caused the radio silence. But, of course, we do have a second objective. I will allow Master Arianth to inform you of the relic we need returned to us." Before Master Arianth could speak, Yerbol raised his hand, a habit that wasn't easily broken even after his ordination as a Knight.
"Masters, will we be the only ones who go on this operation? Why can't the Republic send its own troops?"
"Because the Republic cannot be trusted with such a valuable operation."
"Valuable? Not trusted? Master, I-"
"Yerbol, enough." His icy cold tone halted Yerbol's sentence in his tracks. The young Knight knew that he needed to allow Master Arianth to tell them more.