Ren fully expected to find her in the exact same devastated state as Selphira.
He braced himself to physically support her, to offer a sturdy shoulder to lean on, ready to be her anchor while she confronted the petrified visage of her mother, much like he had done for Luna in the past. Feeling maybe a little experienced…
But Liora, while visibly affected, remained significantly more composed than Ren had calculated and broke his illusion of knowledge.
Instead of collapsing under the emotional weight, she turned to look at him. With a chilling serenity that felt entirely out of place given the agonizing scene of a mother playing out in front of them, she asked a highly practical question.
"Are you capable of repairing the half-consumed crystal core we found?"
Ren leaned in close to her ear, keeping his voice to an absolute whisper to avoid intruding upon Selphira's profound grief.
