"Fr --" Tahiri was going to have to get into the habit of carrying a rebreather around all the time or something. Just because she didn't need it in Fandom 99 percent of the time . . . She coughed again. "Khapet. Francine?"

And now she was reaching out with her Force senses, looking for signs of life in general, and then when that made her queasier, just familiar ones. And one in particular was reassuring. "I think . . . we're not the only ones here."