“It’s not your fault, really.” she insisted. “I was being silly, I should have trusted you more. Guess interacting with Manus made me slip back into being paranoid and bitchy.” she shrugged, sitting quietly as Yerbol spoke about what had been bothering him, her head resting gently on his shoulder as she simply took in what he had to say and tried to digest the meaning behind it. When he asked her what she thought about the points he had raised, the Champion chewed her lip thoughtfully. 
“No, no...I THINK I understand what you mean. Well, maybe not all of it.” She conceded. “I can see why you'd be worried about changes to your connection with the Force...I can't say I've heard of anything like it before, but there MUST be a solution. If there’s nothing here on Zinuthra, maybe there are other Force users like Kartan and Viqi scattered around that might know more.” Aria felt it was a rather paltry suggestion, given how much it had affected her husband, but at least it was a further course of action which was better than not knowing where to turn next, wasn't it? 
“As far as Manus’ ideals go...I admit that since we first met him on Kashyyyk it HAS been something that bothered me a little.” She had pushed it aside at first, unsure whether it had been some sort of mind trick on Manus’ part, but hearing Yerbol voice a similar tangent of thought was comforting. “Since the Qyaari have become more prominent throughout the Alliance worlds, there’s been a lot more pressure on us to always do “the right thing”.” - quotation marks  accompanied the loose statement - “The trouble is, sometimes...the right thing for one set of people won’t help others, will it? It can be pretty difficult for us to balance that and still, you know, practise what we preach; so of course it’s possible we’ve changed as a whole order. Even Voldon changed after Manus showed up, ALL the Elders did, in one way or another…Voldon was so determined to stop Manus that he would’ve done ANYTHING to make sure it happened, even if it meant he had to sacrifice himself.” as the memory of the officiating Elder’s loss resurfaced, Aria’s voice dropped to a quieter tone and trailed off into another sigh.  

“We can’t change the past, sure, but we mustn’t lose sight of what we meant to do when we all came together anyway. Perhaps we have lost our way a bit….and as bad as it may seem now, maybe with Voldon gone it’s the Force’s way of trying to give us a fresh start, to fix the problems before they become bigger ones that we CAN’T fix.” 
Aria fell silent again for a moment, before she snorted loudly. “Listen to us, we sound just like Elders.” a half-hearted chuckle escaped the Champion as she kicked off her boots and scooted up to the pillows on her side. “We should try and get some sleep….I think tomorrow’s going to be an emotionally taxing day for everyone.”