"Ahsoka, where is your master?" Obi-wan tiredly leaned his head against the table, exhausted after the recent battle. Ahsoka sighed loudly from her position on the cot, taking a moment to turn her head so she was resting on her cheek.
"I have no idea." Obi-wan sighed from his position, moving to rest his forehead on the table.
"What are the chances he was captured again?"
"Master, at this point, I wouldn't be surprised if he got captured and then manage to escape and get back to us before anyone noticed."
"That does sound like something Anakin would do, have you tried his communicator."
"He broke it a few minutes before we got separated."
"…of course, he did." They stopped talking as the exhaustion took over again, Obi-wan letting sleep take over for once. It was silent for a few seconds before it was disturbed by the sound of Ahsoka's communicator going off. she groaned in annoyance before reluctantly answering it.
"Tano here."
"Commander, General Skywalker requests that you come and see him in the medical tent." She was on her feet before Kix even finished his sentence.
"On my way, master!" Obi-wan sat up with a gasp, rubbing his eyes as he stood up.
"I'm up, I'm up, what's going on?"
"Anakin is in the medical tent." That woke up Obi-wan just like it woke up Ahsoka and it didn't take long for them to make their way over to the makeshift medical bay. They shivered as the night cycle of the planet began, the temperature dropping as the sun disappeared behind the horizon. The medical tent standing out in the night as the light seeped out of the tent. It was the sound of a young, carefree laugh that caught their attention.
"She seems to be perfectly healthy Sir, just a little bit underweight but a week or two of consistent feeding should fix that. "they heard a soft clapping noise, along with a soft giggle.
"That's good." they both stopped outside the flap and exchanged looks.
"Ok, I think Anakin found a youngling and brought them here." Obi-wan shook his head at her words, already opening the flap.
"Please Ahsoka, Anakin isn't that impulsive, I'm sure," he stopped in his tracks at the sight of Anakin bouncing a human baby on his knee, his glove discarded to the side as he let the little girl chew on his finger. Ahsoka looked over Obi-wans shoulder and once she saw the sight, she smiled and rose an eyebrow at her grandmaster.
"You were saying?" the Jedi master sighed before walking into the tent, his grand padawan right behind him.
"Anakin," Anakin snapped to attention while Obi-wan ran a hand down his face, "Should I even bother asking?" Anakin smiled widely before holding up the baby girl as if he was saying 'look what I found'. Ahsoka cooed at the sight of the little girl, with her dark brown eyes and brown hair, she was an adorable little thing, the way her legs were dangling only emphasizing that.
"I found her in a hollowed-out tree, I think her parents hid her there, but couldn't go back and get her if you catch my drift." Obi-wan understood what his former padawan was saying and although he didn't expect Anakin to return with a child, he respected his decision.
"Oh, she's so cute!" Ahsoka happily took the little girl from her master's hands, cradling her to her chest as she fawned over the child.
"How old is she?" Kix came up to the table, setting down a few supplies as he spoke.
"I would put her at around four to six months, which only poses another problem, while we do have the basic supplies to take care of the youngling," he motioned to the supplies in front of them, Anakin recognizing them as the supplies for cloth diapers and other hygienic supplies.
"We don't have any food for her." The humans all exchanged looks at that.
"Why don't you just do that thing you guys usually do?" they looked at Ahsoka as she cradled the baby, cringing as she had to take her lekku out of the child's mouth.
"What thing Snips?"
"You know," she made some vague gestures around her chest, "I see humans do it all the time, that thing when you put your young under your shirt and feed them. Can't you guys just do that?" Anakin's eyebrows rose as he realized what she was talking about.
"Oh, you're talking about breastfeeding, right?"
"Yeah, that!"
"I'm afraid that we are rather…ill-equipped for us to do that, to say the least. "Ahsoka, who didn't entirely understand the anatomy difference between males and females when it came to humans, kept on insisting on her point.
"What are yours too small or something?" Anakin choked on his own spit at that, and once he saw his master's blushing face, he tried to hold in his chuckles, "I'm sure it will be fine master, I know this little munchkin won't mind." She booped the baby on the nose, making her giggle. Anakin withheld his chuckles and explained to Ahsoka why he and Obi-wan couldn't do it.
"Sorry Ahsoka, but when it comes to humans, only women can breastfeed."
"Oh, what are we going to do?" The little girl started to get fussy, making Anakin stand up and take the child from his padawan to soothe her.
"Kix, didn't you and your squadron report some wild banthas that were nearby?" they all made a face as they realized what he wanted to do.
"Anakin," Obi-wan ran both of his hands over his face before saying a stern, "No."
"I haven't even said anything!"
"Ok master, what do you want us to do?"
"I say we should go and milk us some bantha milk, here Kix" Anakin jumped onto his feet and handed Kix the child. Kix hesitantly took the child, giving her a weird look as soon as she was in his arms," come on Snips, master, I'm going to need some help." Kix could only stare as the other two Jedi reluctantly followed his General out of the tent. He looked down at the child that was in his arms, not sure what to do since it was the first time he was holding such a young natural born.
"Uh, hi?" he cringed when she started to cry the loudest her little lungs would let her. He sighed heavily before turning on his communicator.
"Rex, I think you're going to have to help General Skywalker."
"The last time you said that, I had to carry him out when he was still high off the drugs they gave him."
"Yeah well this time, you're gonna have to help him milk a wild bantha." He could practically hear the sigh his captain was making on the other side of the communicator.
"…of course, he would, I'm on my way."
