Aran had been staring agog at the manifestation, surprised to sense it, and all the more so that it is not him alone, with his strange Miralukan sight, that can perceive it. He kept on opening his mouth as if to say "you can see it too? And you too, R40XY?" but then closing it again when the answer is obvious. Finally, he speaks.
"Padawan Aran Enfas. It is an honor, Master Kess." Waiting for a turn to ask questions, he turns to R40XY.
"I am but a Padawan, and Galen has had only some formal training. We hoped you, perhaps guided by Baesal's greater knowledge of ancient legends, could help us find any records of similar occurrences so that we may understand Master Kess' circumstances."
When he gets a moment to talk to Kess again, he asks "Who were you seeking? What had they done?"
ooc: I can ask this in character, but:
"Six, one died, but after they became a knight," he said proudly.
Am I parsing this right that he trained six padawans, all of whom became knights, but one of whom died before Kess? For some reason the first time I read it as "I had six, one of them died but became a knight after. Like, a zombie knight."