"When their abilities fade, so, too, does their use to the Chiss. Those who have parents may be returned to them, if their parents are kind. But they have little formal schooling, and nothing that readies them for a life without the Force. It is . . . difficult for them to readjust, or so I have heard."

He clasps his hands behind his back, very loosely.

"And they have very few tools at hand with which to aid themselves."