It was a miracle that they had managed to save the young Twi'lek girl. A building ready to collapse, an exhausted set of Rebels and a child too afraid to move more than a couple of steps at a time all spelled disaster, but somehow they had pulled it off. She had instantly become fascinated with Zeb. Wherever he went, she would want to follow. He was the only one who could coax her out of the house, picking her up one handed and running back to the Ghost, eager to get her to safety.
Hera was instantly smitten with their guest, being the first one to work out her name while the others confirmed what they had already guessed. The girl's parents were dead and there was no way that they were letting the Empire get a hold of her. She was too precious. Tann - their little proof that hope lived on in the world.
The others quickly followed suit, Sabine and Ezra offering to take babysitting duty to give the adults a break more often than not. Kanan could be found sitting on the floor, entertaining Tann with Force tricks. Even Chopper got in on the fun once he learned that shocking the other crew members would get a laugh from the Twi'lek.
It didn't take the others to fall for her charms once they had made it back to base. Within a day everyone was wrapped around her tiny finger. Within a week she had been completely spoiled rotten with toys, blankets and trinkets she could hopefully keep once they had found a way to get her settled with a family away from the influence of the Empire.
Alexsandr had missed the main part of the action, returning from a mission to find everyone enamoured with Tann. "I should defect back to the Empire if all it takes to bring a rebellion to its knees is the attentions of one small child." He commented dryly, reaching out to play with her despite himself. An hour later saw the former ISB Agent holding the Twi'lek in his arms and singing to her softly. Hera bit her lip when she opened the door to one of the base's common rooms and almost disrupted the scene. Instantly she pulled out a holorecorder and pointed it at the two of them.
"Dédawang ta da salta da ultim fo mi Gonya dansa ere da setara…. Wang diye beltalowda gonya ferí…"
She backed out of the room slowly, sending the file over to Zeb with Alexsandr's singing still faintly in the background. She wasn't sure how he knew the old space farer's s folk song, things like that were usually kept away from being common knowledge by the Empire. The one thing she did know was that Zeb had that holo saved already and would be asking him to sing more often with a voice like that.
That was my last jump I will dance among the stars ... One day we Belters will be free
I wanted a language other than English for Alexsandr to sing to the lil girl in and chose Lang Belta, the song used in this chapter is one that I found online by OaktownPirate on Reddit, you can find the song on Soundcloud under Da Kuxaku Bik and it's called Pampa (Dansa Ere Da Setara). The language from the Expanse appealed to me mostly because it's a conlang I'm interested in and have been attempting to learn and also it's from a group of people in space who are looked down upon and treated unfairly by those on Earth and Mars.