A curvaceous figure stood entered the lone apartment on Nar Shaddaa and turned on the lights, turning on the lights with a slight tap to the wall to her left. She went into the first doorway on her left, and entered the shower silently. She wasn't a fan of running, but she could no longer exercise the normal way.
Her belt felt empty without her lightsaber on it. It had been twelve years since Ahsoka Tano had any need to use the archaic weapon and in that time, she had matured into a bright woman of thirty. Her bright orange skin had lost some of its gleam and had started to show the stress of the life of hiding her powers. Learning to be a civilian had been a difficult change but she had always managed to stay calm as long as Rex was there.
The clone's accelerated aging process put him in his sixties but he still had his fight in him. He was slower, but the fierceness and aggressive attitude was something that could never be taken out of him.
Rex and Ahsoka never had kids because the thought of the Empire discovering more Force-sensitive beings was enough of a deterrent.
Though... Ahsoka did want them.
Her life with Rex was slow but it was safe. It was something that she could count on as an absolute. As something that wouldn't kill the rest of her people. The knowledge of her master's descent into the Dark Side was tough on the Togruta, but she somehow was able to understand. When she learned of Senator Amidala's death, though, she knew. Her connection to her master led her to understand that his love for Padmé was the root of his downfall. But his intentions were noble.
Even if it meant genocide.
Ahsoka's shower was a relaxing end to her brisk run through the crowded streets that led through the heart of her new home. She moved twelve times, never wanting to stay in one place for too long. And always on crowded systems where they could blend in and become invisible.
Rural areas never felt right to either of the two. Too quiet.
What hurt Ahsoka the most was Rex's refusal to acknowledge the basic truth about the advanced aging process.
He was dying.
