Saleairy made her appearance as the savoir of the galaxy following her personal assassin droid and Canderous, looking aggravated and dispirited. Lucky for them they landed in a private hanger and no one recognized them. They walked to the public transport area and found their companions waiting. Carth's back faced Saleairy and she turned her back to his, facing her companions.
"Where are we going?" Mission asked.
"I suppose we should find someone who is in charge of our actions here." Saleairy said. Carth was dealing with a lot of stuff. His home world was on the verge of death, only spots of life remaining. Saleairy wanted to comfort him but he wouldn't accept her right now.
"Didn't the Council say you should report to them?" Bastila said.
"Yes but I don't know where they are." Saleairy said. Carth remembered how terrified Saleairy had been. Her worst nightmare was what her fellow Jedi would do to her after she saved the galaxy.
"I'm sure we're all looking forward to the Council telling Saleairy where to go and how awful she used to be and all that joy." Canderous said.
"The Council is not a doomsday warning system." Bastila hissed.
"I wouldn't be so sure. They haven't reprimanded you for your ingenious fall to the dark side either."
"Ingenious fall to the dark side?" Bastila said.
"It's called sarcasm princess. You are damn lucky Saleairy didn't kill you." Canderous snarled.
"You are really the one to talk of 'ingenious falls', you murdering Mandalorian hell hound." Bastila spat.
"Oh you're really hurting me lady. At least I had the honor to face my battles and my defeats." Canderous said. Carth looked at Saleairy and saw a despair he never saw in another person. She turned from her companions and took a few steps away.
"Honor? You were defeated because your forces would stop at nothing for honor. What honor is there in killing defenseless civilians?"
"What honor is there in hiding in some Temple?"
"Stop this." Carth forced his way in between them.
"This isn't your battle." Canderous said.
"Yes it is. Stop this." Carth was angry and couldn't handle the situation.
"The last time I checked, you weren't the leader Carth and you certainly aren't a very good at relationships." Bastila said.
"I know when someone is going to start throwing punches and if this doesn't stop, I will." Carth was seething at losing control. He was a Republic war hero; where had his leadership skills gone? Saleairy stood a ways off, looking distant.
"I'm terrified." Canderous growled.
"Saleairy, why aren't you stopping this?" Carth was infuriated now. She was the leader, they were falling apart and she shied away.
"She's watching you play the leader. Working out quite well. They followed you off the ship and then realized Saleairy wasn't there, and then they stopped, whether you led them on or not." Canderous said.
"You are certainly one to talk about being a leader. You sacrificed your troops to gain honor. I'm sure even I could surpass that. One of my troops is never going to come find me and challenge me to a duel." Carth said.
"Guys, why are we fighting?" Mission's voice was high and drew attention to their situation. All their companions realized this needed to stop.
"We're fighting because Carth broke whatever spirit was left in our real leader." Canderous said.
"What?" Bastila said. She no longer cared what insults the Mandalorian had thrown. Her only concern was for the tears standing in Saleairy's eyes.
"Statement: You are giving the inferior meatbag too much credit. He could not wound my Master."
"It's an emotional thing you hunk of metal." Mission said.
"What happened?" Juhani asked. Everyone stared at Carth. He crossed his arms and blinked. They gaze shifted to Saleairy. Saleairy was standing still, her back to them.
"Saleairy?" Bastila touched her shoulder and she shook her off. She turned to look at her companions.
"You solved your own conflict. You don't need me."
"That's good. You don't have anything to give right now, do you?" Carth said. Saleairy faced Carth and blinked.
"No Carth. I don't have anything to give you because you're too much of a dumb ass to take it."
A long, startled moment of silence passed.
"Query: Is that what you meatbags refer to as 'righteous anger'?"
"Righteous would imply she was right to begin with." Carth said. Saleairy stared at Carth.
"I don't know why I'm here listening to you. When you're ready to move on from the mistakes you've made in the past to what you've screwed up in the present, come find me."