"Not for the first few years." A little of the tension seeped out of Tahiri's expression -- not much, but this was slightly more clinical than talking about things Jacen had done that defied her ability to stay impassive about them. "I was still at the Academy for the first half of it. It wasn't until the Myrkr mission that we really spent a lot of time together . . . and then after that, at the Ebaq 9 campaign, was when he started searching me out actively."

It was clear that she wasn't thrilled about that.