Yes, Su Ming had guessed what it wanted.
It shared its host's mind. Over the long years of solitude, it had begun to imitate everything about the host's former life. It was a kind of convergence.
And what kind of woman would a Jedi Master risk his life to save? Most likely, his lover.
Hook Spore had experienced its host's wisdom and abilities, along with what it was like to think as a human. Now it probably wanted to go a step further and finish what its host had left undone.
First, it wanted to find its host an apprentice. It had chosen Aphra. Princess Leia had talent for the Force too, but she spoke like a self-righteous idealist and was too foolish to see reality. She was certainly not the type its host would have liked.
After so many civil wars among the Jedi, any master who still dared to study the Life Force in secret had to be something of a rebel. Free-spirited Aphra, with a mind of her own, was plainly more to his taste.
With the apprentice found, Hook Spore's next step was to find its host's partner. If she was dead, it would bring her body here.
Su Ming knew exactly what that meant. The old custom still existed in many parts of China in his previous life: ghost marriage.
And that was only the first layer.
On another level, Hook Spore did not just want to fulfill its host's dream. It wanted to create a partner for itself.
If the second body was suitable, it could split off a spore and plant it there. A few hundred years later, it would have grown itself a "girlfriend."
Then the two dead hosts could be buried together in peace, while the two living spore colonies carried