But Ben was very glad to keep his Force presence hidden away. Confusion, surprise, remorse, sadness, excitement at his mother being here and alive and a fleeting, sudden anger at this ship for dredging up Jacen Solo whipped through him. His heart felt like it had dropped to his stomach and his stomach felt like it was a tight lump in his throat, leaving him unable to speak normally after his first, startled outburst. He'd made his peace with Jacen, but that had been Jacen trapped in the Lake of Apparitions, smiling out of damnation, not a flesh and blood Jacen. Not Jacen before Caedus. And his mother... he'd frozen just seeing her face again Beyond Shadows. He had no idea how to handle her being here.

It was childish, he knew. It was childish like staying closed to the Force years after the Yuuzhan Vong War had been childish. But his heart ached and his fists were clenched, and he didn't want this strange woman or his father to feel the swirl of emotions dancing inside him. "Thanks," he managed hoarsely. "Good to know."