One day later, the Jedi temple...
"Padawan Windcaster, something you wanted to talk to me about?" Master Yoda asked, climbing onto a cushion, and motioning for her to the same. She sat down crossing her legs, resting her hands in the middle. She could tell the elder master could already sense her anxiety, so best to just come out with it.
"Yes Master Yoda, I've been having this… well, I don't know if I'd call it a problem, but more of a new development." she began, "Since the incident on the Rishi moon, I have been able to see people's memories. I saw either Fives or Echo's memories on more than one occasion, as well as Master Kenobi's and my dad." Master Yoda's brow furrowed in concentration,
"See other people's memories, you can?" he asked, Esinon nodded, "Very interesting, this revelation is." He ran a clawed finger over the grooves in his cane. "How long been able to use this power have you?"
"Since the Rishi incident," she said,
"And why did you come to me sooner not, hmm?"
"It hasn't happened that often…" Well, she'd been having Qui-Gon dreams for a while now, but he told her, it wasn't time to tell Master Yoda yet. "With all of my responsibilities, since it wasn't happening on a regular basis I didn't think it was a big problem."
"Sounds similar to sense echo, this does. Touch the person to see the memory, do you?" he asked,
"No Master, I don't know what triggers the memories, they just come," she said, running her finger over the buckle on her boot.
"The most recent occurrence, what was?"
"Yesterday, I saw a trooper named Vaize's memory," she explained, Master Yoda hummed to himself, deep in thought.
"Research this I will, in the Holocron vault. An extension of sense echo this may be. For now, panic, do not." he instructed, "Once more information I have, contact you, I will."
"Thank you, Master Yoda," he gave a nod as she bowed and exited.
A few weeks later…
"Focus, breathe," Yoda instructed, Esinon took a deep breath, in, out, as she held Yoda's small green hands in her own. "The memory, reach for it." She furrowed her brow in concentration, stretching out for the memory. Master Yoda had told her this was a rare form of psychometry or sense echo, now, for weeks she had been training with Master Vos and Yoda to learn how to use it. "What you see, tell me."
"I can see… Master Windu, and Master Billaba, but she's a padawan. She's holding a child… it's… me." she said,
"The day you came to the temple, this is," he said, keeping the memory at the forefront of his mind.
"I can see Master Fisto, holding me, and you're discussing who will teach me basic," She opened her eyes, "It's getting clearer, easier to reach."
"With practice, this comes. Improved drastically you have," he said, proudly,
"Thank you, Master Yoda," she beamed,
"A mission for you, we have, on Mandalore." he said, "Contact us, Duchess Satine has, a teacher they need at the Royal Academy."
"You want me to teach on Mandalore? About what?" she asked,
"Corruption," he replied, folding his hands over his cane.
A few days later…
Esinon fiddled with the end of her braid,
"You seem nervous," Anakin remarked,
"No," she retorted, flipping one of her braids behind her back, she had done her hair the same way she did when she went to dinner with her parents.
"Any reason your so dressed up?" he asked,
"I don't know what you mean." she crossed her arms over her chest. Anakin rolled his eyes and decided to leave it alone,
"It's pretty cool the council gave you a mission Speeds, and you have to see it through."
"I still don't exactly understand what I'm supposed to be doing," she replied, finally loosening up.
"According to Senator Amidala, Mandalore is a deeply corrupt world. If the cycle is to be broken, the future leaders at the Royal Academy of Government must learn the evils of corruption. Master Yoda feels only a young padawan like you can get through to them." Anakin explained,
"Besides, you had all sorts of fun last time on Mandalore." Ahsoka teased,
"So much fun," Esinon said, rolling her eyes. The ship entered the atmosphere and raced towards the domed city of Sundari. The ship pulled in for a smooth landing on the landing deck, she and Anakin strode towards the Duchess and Prime Minister, while Ahsoka and Rex stayed with the ship.
"Duchess Satine," Anakin greeted, gently kissing the Duchess's hand. "Prime Minister Almec,"
"Master Skywalker, so good to see you again. Esinon, I'm glad to see you as well,"
"Duchess, Prime Minister," she gave a nod,
"I'm grateful the Jedi council could spare the two of you to help instruct our leaders and peacekeepers of tomorrow. Please thank Master Yoda for me," Esinon and Anakin shared a look,
"Uh… I'm afraid that due to our limited resources, I must return to battle immediately." Anakin explained,
"So you will not be staying Master Skywalker?" Prime Minister Almec asked, seemingly doubtful in Esinon's ability to do this. Frankly, she was feeling the same way.
"No, but I assure you, Padawan Windcater is a highly capable Jedi and has the full confidence of the Council."
"Very well, cadet Korkie, Amis, Lagos, Soniee," the four cadets stepped forward, "Padawan Windcaster, these are some of the cadets you will instructing."
"Nice to meet all of you," she said, Korkie gave her a wink. She could see Almec eyeing her lightsaber,
"Unfortunately, since you and your Master's recent visit and the trouble that followed, no off worlders are allowed to carry weapons." Esinon's face went a shade of red,
"Speedy? Cause trouble, now that's a first." Anakin teased,
"Like your one to talk," the fifteen-year-old retorted,
"Just give me the lightsaber," She handed it over to Anakin and he clipped it to his belt.
"Thank you for respecting our ways Master Jedi," Satine said gratefully,
"Excuse the interruption sir, but it's time to depart," Rex said, joining them, "General Fisto is expecting us,"
"If you'll excuse me," Anakin and Rex made their way back to the ship. The Duchess and Prime Minister started walking towards the academy, the cadets stood at attention as they walked past. Esinon fell in line next to Korkie.
"You changed your hair, I like it," he whispered, she blushed,
"You've gotten taller," she replied, he grinned, standing a little straighter,
A few hours later…
"Corruption is what happens when someone in power puts their own personal gain before the interests of the people they represent," Esinon explained, to the group of about thirty, fifteen and sixteen-year-olds. She was trying not to freak out because she knew she had a class of twenty-year-olds next.
"So it's a result of greed?" Soniee asked, raising her visor,
"Yes, a leader sacrifices moral integrity for the sake of money or power. Entire star systems have collapsed into chaos or revolution because their greedy politicians got caught up in a cycle of bribery and blackmail while their people suffered."
"Does that mean most government officials are corrupt?" Lagos asked,
"Well, no… but the point is that temptation is always there, and citizens must be vigilant so corruption can't take root. The deadliest enemy of a society lies within its borders, and from these internal threats the people need to be protected." Esinon said,
"But if you don't trust your leaders, isn't that treason?" Amis asked,
"It's every citizen's duty to challenge their leaders, to keep them honest, and hold them accountable if they're not," she said, she wished someone would have done that with Clovis. Maybe that's why Master Yoda chose her for this mission because she had first-hand experience.
"How do you do that?" Korkie asked,
"By exposing corrupt officials for what they are. Lasting change can only come from within." The bell rang, "Alright, class dismissed, make sure to have your assignments done for tomorrow!" she called as the students gathered their things and made for the door. Korkie walked over to her,
"Great work," he said, "So I'll see you at lunch?"
"Hopefully, I've got to contact the council at lunch." Korkie gave an exaggerated, dejected pout, "I'll come and find you, now get before your late." He gave a cocky grin before leaving as a group of about thirty, twenty-year-olds took his place. She straightened up, putting on her Commander face, if she could get a room full of shinies to feel intimidated by her, a room of dignitaries would be nothing.
One hour later…
Esinon let out a long sigh as the last student filed out of the classroom, her class had run later than expected, but she guessed that was a good thing because the students must have learned a lot. She looked up to see Korkie standing in the doorway holding two trays of food.
"You look overwhelmed," he said, entering the classroom,
"Uh- yeah, teaching a class of twenty-year-olds about corruption is a lot harder than it looks," she said, collapsing into a desk next to him. He placed a tray of food in front of her, "Thanks,"
"So they liked the lesson I take it," he said, she nodded,
"Once I got over the initial nervousness it wasn't so bad," she replied,
"And how'd you do that?"
"It's like a lot of things in my life, you put on a brave face, and you keep marching."
"Is that how you're hoping to win the war?" he asked, she sighed,
"I'm hopeful, I know that one day this war will end, and life can go back to somewhat of a normal," she replied,
"How long are you here for?"
"The next week, then I've got to head back out on the field,"
"I wish you could just stay," he said, stirring his food slowly,
"Yeah, but we've got our duties, mine to the Republic and the order, and you to your people."
"Don't you ever get overwhelmed by all that pressure? To lead all those men, and have it all figured out? I know I'm learning how to lead my people, but I'm expected to take my Aunt's place and… I don't know if I can do it. She's so incredible, and I'm just Korkie."
"I get overwhelmed all the time, I would be concerned if I didn't, or if you didn't. When I got off of the shuttle on Christophsis I was whisked into battle and I had to figure out to be a Commander on the fly."
"So how did you figure it all out?" he asked,
"I didn't, I'm still learning how. It's about remembering I'm not alone. I have my Master and Ahsoka and Xavier, and Cody and Rex. I'm not the only one learning how to be a military officer, and you're not the only one learning how to be a leader." Korkie stared at her for a second,
"Can I get your advice on a hotline please?" he asked, she giggled,
"You'll have to ask Echo and Master Kenobi about that, that's where I inherited it from. Do you know how many times I've had this same talk with Master Kenobi?"
"Too many," he teased,
"Oh shut up," she said, shoving his shoulder,
"As you wish,"
The next day…
Esinon placed along the front of the classroom, her eyes shifting along the students until they fell on Korkie, who was currently whispering something to Lagos. He had been like this all morning, distracted.
"Korkie," she said, catching his attention, "You seem distracted, what's going on?" she asked,
"We did what you said, we found evidence of corruption," he said, proudly,
"What do you mean?" she asked,
"Well we were hungry, so we decided to go look for food," Lagos replied, Mandalore had been running out of food ever since the beginning of the war,
"Food?"
"Yeah, down at the government warehouse," Amis said casually, her brow furrowed,
"And someone just let you in to inspect the warehouse?" she asked, Korkie was the crowned prince, so maybe he pulled some strings.
"No, we broke in," he replied, Esinon's eyes went wide,
"Oh no," Soniee muttered,
"So you committed a crime?"
"It sounds bad, I know," Korkie cut in, "But then we saw a meeting, and offworlders-"
"And they chased us!" Lagos exclaimed,
"Maybe they chased you because you broke into a government warehouse," Esinon said, placing a hand on her hip.
"No, it was a black market deal. I know it!" Korkie said, "My Aunt Satine told us to stay out of it, but we must do something." she admired his resolve to do something, but they needed proof,
"Do you have evidence?" she asked,
"We made a holo-recording," Soniee held up the device, "the Prime Minister is meeting us tonight to…" she trailed off.
"Are you sure that's a good idea?" she asked,
"But I thought you said it was the duty of every citizen to expose corrupt officials," Amis said,
"I'm only saying you should take this slowly. Examine all the facts." she began walking towards the four cadets' desks. She just wanted to teach them about corruption, not overthrow the Mandalorian government. "And all of the people involved before you act." Korkie stared down at his hands,
"You sound more like my aunt than a Jedi knight," he mumbled, the bell rang and he stood up quickly walking out. She sighed, rubbing her hands over one another. She didn't see Korkie at lunch, or the rest of the day. She kept trying to tell herself that he just needed time to cool off, but a little voice in the back of her mind kept whispering, You lost your only normal friend.
The night…
Esinon didn't trust those cadets to go alone, she could tell it was a trap, so as soon as she heard them slink past her quarters she followed them. She leapt across another rooftop following them from a distance, part of her was worried Korkie would be furious if she showed up, showing she didn't trust them. On the other hand, he wouldn't be mad if she was right and she saved his life. She used the force to clear another gap between her and the next rooftop. She ran quickly along the shiny roof, falling behind the cadets, she got there just in time to see Korkie and Amis on the ground and Soniee and Lagos trapped in the arms of the guards.
She leapt off the rooftop, smashing her foot into the guard's head. She leapt up, knocking her feet into his head and pushing off, performing a roundhouse kick into the guard's head. The next guard lunged at her with a baton, she ducked, grabbing his arm and throwing him to the ground. She grabbed the baton, whipping it into the next guard's head, she saw Soniee struggling in the man's arms, she leapt up kicking him in the head, she landed arms close to her chest as the rest of the guards ran. She smirked to herself before walking over and helping Soniee up.
"Looks like the Prime Minister set you up," she said, pulling Soniee to her feet,
"That's treason," she replied,
"He's the leader of our system. He couldn't be the traitor," Korkie said,
"We need proof," Lagos said,
"We have the recording!" Soniee exclaimed, pulling the holo recorder, she pressed play and zoomed in on a hooded figure. The figure spun slowly so they could all see,
"That's no good, you can't see his face," Korkie huffed,
"Stop it right there," she said, Soniee froze the recording, Esinon pulled out her data-retrieval device. "Information retrieval, I need you to ID a hologram." the device beeped and started scanning, there were ups to being a Jedi. All the latest in fancy equipment. Slowly the resolution of the face improved, revealing the amethyst eyes of Prime Minister Almec.
"That's him! That's the Prime Minister!" Soniee exclaimed,
"We have to take this to my aunt and warn her," Korkie said, his face fell, "They know I talked to her." He sprinted into the palace behind them with the rest of them close on his tail. Esinon wormed her way to the front, not knowing what they would encounter entering the Duchess's office. "We're too late," She spotted a guard sprawled out on the crystal staircase, she crept down, testing his neck for a pulse, nothing.
"He's dead," she mumbled, feeling guilty she couldn't save him. Korkie made his way to the office, she put a hand out in front of him, "Korkie wait!" He shoved past her, "We don't know what's in there," Guards were splayed out all over the floor, and water dripped from Satine's fish tank all over the floor. It was obvious there had been a fight in here,
"They took her," Korkie growled, she could sense his rage melting into sadness and guilt. "This is all my fault," he sank to the ground,
"The rest of you check for any clues the Prime Minister might have left, Korkie, come with me. We're gonna think of a plan." Esinon said, dragging Korkie with her, she pulled him into a separate hallway. "Korkie, this is not your fault-"
"You don't understand! This is my fault," he whispered, hanging his head, she turned his head up so their eyes met, she tapped the scar on her forehead.
"I'm probably one of the only people who do understand, but we are going to find your aunt, ok? Trust me," he nodded, they both walked back out into the Duchess's office.
"What do we do now?" Amis asked,
"How are we supposed to find her?" Lagos asked,
"And who can we trust?" Soniee asked,
"I need all of you to calm down," Esinon said, she took a deep breath, trying to formulate a plan. "We know the Prime Minister's behind this,"
"After my aunt, he's the most powerful person on Mandalore," Korkie said, she paused quickly coming up with a plan.
"Well, then let's go talk to him."
A few minutes later…
Esinon strode confidently into the Prime Minister's office. She didn't exactly like her plan, but it was the only one she had. And who knew what they were doing to the Duchess. Anyways, if she let the Duchess die, Obi-Wan would get all mopey, sad, and distant and she didn't want to deal with that.
"Master Jedi, this is an unexpected pleasure." Almec greeted, steepling his fingers, "What can I do for you?"
"Actually, Prime Minister, it's what I can do for you," she said, motioning to the door. The four cadets were led in in handcuffs, escorted by the guardsmen. "I believe some of my students are involved in a conspiracy against you."
"Intriguing," Almec replied, a few minutes later the transport pulled up at the Mandalorian prison. Esinon forced a calm demeanor, thank goodness she had all kinds of training from Obi-Wan. She couldn't let Almec know how worried she was throwing these cadets into prison, because if he found her out, they were all as good as dead.
"You can't do this!" Korkie shouted, struggling against his guard. "We trusted you Master Windcaster!" Esinon forced as smirk as her gut clenched,
"Thank you for bringing the traitors to justice, Master Jedi," Almec said, his voice oozing with sweet poison. Esinon turned to face him,
"They mentioned Duchess Satine was their leader. We should arrest her too," she said,
"Do not worry, we have her in custody." He was the traitor, she needed to find the Duchess as quickly as possible.
"Really? Where?" she asked, a little too eagerly, Almec squinted at her for a moment,
"That is none of your concern." Dang it. "Now I must prepare a public statement about the Duchess and her crimes." The Prime Minister climbed onto a waiting transport with a few of his guards. If he wasn't going to tell her where the Duchess was, she would have to find Satine herself. As soon as he was gone she turned to the nearest guard,
"Officer, I need to interrogate the prisoners immediately," she said, placing her hands on her hips. The guard nodded and stepped aside, Esinon walked past rows of prisoners following another silver-clad guard. They finally made it to the cadets' cell, they all got up in a hurry to start talking, she put her hands up to stop them as the door closed. "Careful, we're being watched," she gave a slight nod towards the guard.
"Did he buy it?" Lagos asked,
"Have you found my aunt?" Korkie asked worriedly,
"Not exactly," Esinon paused as Korkie's face fell, "But I know they have her in custody."
"Where?" he asked,
"The Prime Minister wouldn't tell me," she replied,
"I knew this plan wouldn't work," Amis grumbled, leaning against the wall.
"Have a little faith," Esinon chided, she'd pulled off stupider stunts than this. "I'll find her. We'll just have to modify the plan a bit."
"How are you going to do that?" Soniee asked,
"Don't worry. You'll know when to act when I give the signal," she said, all the cadets stared at her in wonder, pondering if this was some military tactic she had learned over her years of being a Commander.
"What's the signal?" Korkie asked in a hushed voice,
"You'll know it when you see it," she said ominously and exited the cell. "You will take me to Duchess Satine," she commanded, with the slight wave of her hand.
"I will take you to Duchess Satine," the guard repeated in a robotic voice. He obeyed, leading Esinon down rows of prisoners; they went deeper and deeper into the prison until they reached a glass tower where a very tired Duchess was standing in handcuffs. A searchlight followed them as she approached the control panel, quickly assessing how to open the cell. She reached for it to begin lowering the cell,
"What are you doing?" one of the guards asked, reaching out for her. Esinon turned around, waving her hand,
"I need to interrogate the Duchess," she said, firmly, the guard fell back.
"You need to interrogate the Duchess," he repeated, she quickly lowered the cell, the Duchess stumbled out, falling to the ground. Esinon ran over in an attempt to check her vitals.
"Esinon, it's a trap!" she panted,
"I see you found the Duchess, youngling," Almec said, emerging from the shadows. Esinon jumped in front of the Duchess protectively. "You may stop playacting now, Sargent."
"Sir," the two guards snapped to attention, Esinon's fist clenched, how could she have been so stupid?
"Using a Jedi mind trick was a very poor decision," he said, as about ten more guards filled the room. "My guards have been trained to resist such archaic magic. And now you have revealed yourself as a conspirator. Set for stun!" the searchlight on the guard tower flashed towards her and fired, a stun blast hit her in the stomach sending her to her knees, panting. "You little fool," They fired again, and the world went black.
A few minutes later…
Esinon struggled against the guard who was attempting to hold her in place. Almec stepped towards Satine holding a datapad and stylus,
"Sign it. Sign the confession and admit to your treasonous ways."
"There is only one traitor to Mandalore here, Prime Minister, and that's you. You control the black market. You betrayed the public trust and used your office to accumulate wealth and power! It's shameful!" Satine snapped, Almec chuckled,
"Your idealism is inspiring my dear, but hopelessly naive. I established the black market for the people."
"That's absurd!" Esinon snapped, still trying to wrench free of the guards.
"The war is disrupting trade across the galaxy. The profits from the black market are being used to purchase humanitarian supplies for Mandalore. Think of it as a new tax in the interest of national security." Almec said, starting to pace the room.
"It's a tax for your benefit, Prime Minister. Where are these humanitarian supplies you speak of?" Satine asked, in a tired rage,
"Sargent put the shock collar on her." She struggled further, pulling the guard forward a few inches before she was ripped back. The guard placed the collar around Satine's pale neck, "My patience has worn thin Duchess. Maybe this will convince you." Almec pressed a button, sending electricity flowing freely through the Duchess's neck as she wailed in pain. Almec finally relinquished,
"I would rather die, than sign your confession," Satine panted,
"That can be arranged,"
"You're wasting your time," Esinon snapped, wrenching against her guard.
"Bring me those traitorous cadets," Almec commanded,
"No, you can't! They're just children!" Satine pleaded, now Esinon could set her plan in action. A few seconds later the four cadets were lead out by the guards,
"I'm afraid your nephew will have to suffer needlessly," Almec said, a sly grin on his face. "Put the shock collar on cadet Korkie," At that moment, Esinon had had enough waiting, as the guard drew closer to a slowly panicking Korkie, she rammed her head into the guard behind her. She flipped, jumping through her arms to bring them out from behind her body. She dodged a lunge from the guard behind her, elbowing him in the ribs and smashing her hands down over the head of another.
"Go!" Korkie shouted, all the cadets tackled their respective guards. Almec turned back to the control panel, but Esinon wasn't gonna let him hurt anyone else, she used the force to throw him off to the side into a pod of guards.
She used the force to call a shield into her hand, kicking the guard in the chest. She blocked a series of stun blasts from hitting herself and Satine. She rammed a pair of guards with the shield and threw the shield into a trio.
She used the force to drag another guard, throwing him into the glass cell, simultaneously dodging stun blasts. She did a backbend, the guard missing her in his lunge. She flipped behind the Duchess, avoiding more blasts, taking the shock collar off of her.
She spotted Almec creeping towards the control panel, she swept her leg underneath him, sending him to the ground. She quickly snapped the collar around his neck, smashing her hands down on the control panel.
"Got ya," she snarled, after a few seconds she relinquished, the guards rushed forward,
"Stop fighting!" Almec shouted as Esinon hovered her hands threateningly above the control panel. Satine finally stood up,
"Send for my personal guards," she said, Esinon nodded, getting to work on hailing them.
A few minutes later…
The Mandalorian guards were led away and Almec was in chains, the Duchess cranked the lever sending Almec up the tower. While everyone's backs were turned, Korkie gave her a quick hug.
"What was that for?" she asked,
"A thank you, for everything," he said, smiling softly at her. Satine turned around to face Esinon,
"As you can probably tell by now, I didn't bring you here to teach." she said, Esinon nodded, "I knew something was amiss, but I had no one to trust. I thought if I brought a Jedi, especially a friend of Senator Amidala's, we could solve this mystery together."
"I never doubted you, Duchess," Esinon said, beaming up at Satine.
"Neither did we," Korkie said, embracing his aunt in a tight hug.
A few days later…
Esinon watched the ship pull into the docking bay, standing in front of the Duchess and cadets. Korkie stepped forward, bowing slightly,
"It was an honor to serve with a Jedi Knight," he said, Esinon resisted the urge to roll her eyes, Korkie always called her a knight despite her telling him multiple times that she was a padawan. He did it now just to spite her and telling her that she was more skilled than some of the knights in the temple. She doubted that, but she let him do so anyway because he liked giving her a confidence booster.
"And it was my privilege to be your teacher," she said, giving a slight nod to him and the Duchess. She turned around at the hissing of a ship's catwalk. Anakin strolled down, she was honestly disappointed that Obi-Wan hadn't come to collect her, but he was probably still busy. She honestly missed her Master, she was used to being around him all of the time. She walked towards him,
"I hope this assignment wasn't too boring for you," he said sarcastically,
"Ah, it had its moments," she replied, tilting her head slightly,
"Huh, like the one, where you convinced untrained children to help you overthrow a corrupt government?" he asked, tossing her her lightsaber.
"That was a highlight," She replaced her saber on her belt, walking past Anakin onto the ship.
"It sounds pretty risky," he said, seemingly about to reprimand her. "You're lucky you didn't get hurt."
"Nothing you wouldn't have done," she replied, smirking, climbing onto the ship and hopping into the pilot's seat.
"Hang on, this isn't how this works," Anakin said, trying to scoot her out of the pilot's seat.
"It's my turn," she huffed, elbowing Anakin to let her drive.
"No, no, no, I'm older."
"You sure don't act like it." She heard Rex snort behind her, Anakin shot him a look as Esinon beamed up at both of them. "Please," She stuck out her bottom lip,
"Sir, respectfully, I don't think you're going to win this one," Rex said, Anakin sighed, finally collapsing into the co-pilot's chair,
"Yes!" Esinon cheered, pulling the ship up into the sky flying towards the exit of Sundari.
One day later…
When her dad said she wanted to meet Fives and Echo, she didn't really think he was serious. But here she was, sitting on the couch, smushed between a very angry Fives and an uncomfortable Echo. Fives had been edging increasingly closer to her whenever her parents would get close. He was glaring at her parents like they were battle droids, she put a hand on his forearm,
"Deep breath Fives, it's alright," she whispered, he relaxed a little bit. It had been an extremely awkward night so far, but when her parents asked her to come, she came, even though she wanted to sleep more than anything.
"So you both ARC troopers?" Daniel asked, rocking Thea gently in his arms.
"Yes sir," Echo replied, Daniel, glanced at the Scipian markings that were Fives's chest plate for the thousandth time. Esinon had had enough,
"I'm gonna go help mom," she said, patting Fives and Echo's shoulders and heaving herself off the couch. Fives looked at with pleading eyes for her not to leave, she shrugged and disappeared into the kitchen.
"Now that my daughter is gone, I was wondering, why do you have our markings on your chest plate?" Daniel asked,
"I admire your daughter very much sir," Fives replied, straightening a little bit.
"I'm very excited both of you are here, I've been curious to meet you both," he said, smiling, Thea cooed a little bit, shifting in her father's arms.
"Is there a reason sir?" Echo asked,
"I wanted to meet the men my daughter calls brother." he replied, "Make yourselves at home, I'm going to go help my wife." Echo and Fives glanced at each other, maybe Esinon's parents weren't so bad.
Later that night...
Esinon hugged her parents goodnight about to duck out of their apartment when her father stopped her,
"Esinon, you chose wonderful people to be friends with," he said, smiling, she nodded, she could sense Fives and Echo listening in on the other side,
"I did, didn't I?" she murmured to herself,
"They are welcome here anytime they want, Thea seems to like her new older brothers." her mother remarked, "Alright honey, we'll let you head back to the Temple, we love you."
"I love you too," Esinon said, ducking outside where Fives and Echo were trying to act inconspicuous. "See Fives? Not so bad," He chuckled,
"Not so bad, they did create you after all," he replied,
"I'm pretty great," Esinon said, placing a hand over her chest,
"Indeed you are Taz," Echo replied, ruffling her hair.
MORE WINDCASTER SIBLINGS PLEASE, at this point, I'm getting adoption papers ready for Esinon's parents to adopt Echo and Fives officially ;)
Next up on let's make this canon corner: This isn't relevant to the chapter but Attie has a serious sweet tooth and sneaks candy he's not supposed to have to his brothers and Jedi commanders.
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