Tenel Ka had long since passed beyond being embarrassed by it, she'd faced her demons in that regard thanks to her friends.
"It was a training accident. I thought I was ready to build a weapon like this, but I was much too young, It malfunctioned and my opponent...he accidently severed my lower arm. I've learned to live without it."
She smiled at the memory of him, Jacen when he had been young and good and...oh the jokes.
"Its called a lightsaber. The weapon of a Jedi Knight, and though my responsibility as Queen of Hapes took me from the Jedi. The Grandmaster honoured me by allowing me keep my weapon."