[ Quinlan's smile turns even more wan. ] Some religious orders use it, yes. But one doesn't need to be in touch with a universal power in order to benefit...

[ he lifts a hand, thick and calloused and bandaged, to gesture at the trees around them. ]

I find the oxygen gardens help. There's something reassuring about the constant growth, the endless cycle of life and death. [ Quinlan takes a breath and his fingers involuntarily close around the crystal once more. ] But I know what you mean -- and meditation comes in many forms. Some find a brand of inner peace in the constant motion of the mind when fixing a starfighter engine, for example. Or in the simple movements of going through sparring practice. We call it moving meditation.