Where she the type to openly display her emotions, she would have given a little frown. "I wish we had that luxury. Our order is hiding like rats from an onslaught by women from outside our galaxy." The term the scattering would have no meaning to him, but that was where they were from. "They are more numerous and deadlier than us, with an army of sexually bonded slaves. And the most terrifying thing is, they are fleeing from something. We are balanced and know how to flow with the universe's movements, so we will win...But billions have already died in the conflict. Have you Jedi ever been hunted?"

If she could reframe their problem, place it in a different universe, it would become clearer to her. Duncan had used that technique plenty of times.