Palpatine sat quietly, eyes wide open. If anyone was lucky enough to get close to him, it would appear as though he were simply looking out at the lake in front of him. However, he was doing no such thing. All his concentration was inwards, attempting to catch a glimpse of things to come. As it has been for weeks, though, it was too cloudy to make anything out. He felt as though the answer was so close to him, like it was with him, near enough to touch, but the all mighty Emperor was unable to figure it out. That angered him. His anger grew as he heard a voice. "Your Excellency," a male voice said from behind him, bringing him out of his trance, pushing him a step back in his quest to find the road block in the Force. "I come bearing a gift as a token of my respect." Palpatine did not respond, contemplating on which method would be best to kill this man? A simple Force Choke? No, not painful enough. Force lightning? That would take too much energy that he did not want to spend. He decided upon Force Crush, an extremely painful and brutal Force technique that would crush the man into ball of twisted bones. If he did it just right, the man would survive the initial bone breaking and die a horrible, painful death. As he swiveled around in his chair, Palpatine lifted his head to reveal his face fully to the man, now revealed to be Panaka, a man Palpatine had known for a long time and now a Moff within the Empire. The Emperors face, hideous as it was, was even more wretched than before with his angered expression. "Why are you disturbing me with this, Panaka?" He spat at the man, doing all he could to not crush the man with a single thought. Palpatine liked Panaka, and did not want to kill him....yet. The present the man spoke of was an ornate statue. Quite the gift, one that turned the Emperors expression from extremely angered to only partially angered. He had to give it to Panaka, the Moff had courage to be able to intrude upon the Emperor during his private meditation period. Though, Palpatine still awaited a response from Moff Panaka.