The eyes of the boy grew wide as he was handed what he deemed to be the ultimate source of power. The look on his face sickened Anakin, it echoed in his memories like that he had only seen among the Sith, or at least those close to the Dark Side. These savages were no exception.

"Are you sure mí rey?"

"Not unless you don't have a mind to."

When Anakin saw that new flash of joy go across the boy's face an entire new enthusiasm surged through him. It was a challenge really. But if he was going to knock this one down a size he would have to act quickly. Using the Force was almost painful now, probably due to the cruel device. That wasn't going to be enough to curb his chance to make a mark.

"I will not fail you. The art of taming enemies runs deep in my veins."

Tito moved to make his pain inflicting move. As he did Anakin made his. The Jede pulled the object to him across the room. As soon as he had it in his full control he didn't hesitate for a moment to slam it into the hard rock wall. Each and every strike he put his strength into. When the device was bent completely out of shape and less than half its original size, Anakin slid it across the floor, under the cell bars, and straight to the feet of the bystanding wolves.

He leaned back against the wall and grinned. The wolves looked down at the remains of what was once their source of power with disapproval written across their faces. All excep Tito that was, he looked as if he had just heard his young life was coming to an end. In his mind, that was very well what this might mean.

"Perhaps," Alejandro said, "I was mistaken."

Anakin looked directly at the kid and mouthed out "loser."

"F-forgive me. I-I - "

"Have much to learn," the wolf king finished for him.

When the door finally closed and Anakin was glad to be again left alone with his thoughts. Even if things were far from ideal, seeing the look on the faces with those wolves almost made it all worthwhile. Looking for enemies was exactly something that the Jedi encouraged. All living beings were to be respected. But there seemed to almost be a sort of connection that Anakin felt with this race. Not a connection of course, it was more of a confliction. It was either that, or maybe some naturally made enemyships within the order of life.

With every page that Padmé flipped she uncovered another small piece to the puzzle of this world. No doubt, these people were still strange and in some ways borderline barbaric. However reading their story almost made her being to feel the sting of pity for this race. Surely they alone weren't to blame for their lives.

A knock at the door made Padmé jump up. She put down the book she had in hand and went to answer the knock. A small part of her dared to wish that only one face would be behind that door. But she knew better than to expect the impossible.

"Oh your - Alejandro. Is something the matter?"

"I only came up to see to your comfort and that all your needs were attended too."

Padmé allowed herself to smile a tiny bit.

"That is very generous of you. Isn't that a lot for a king to do be doing, though? I mean anyone else - "

"You are not just a normal guest of ours. I felt better if I could check on you myself. I hope that doesn't disappoint you."

"No, no. Not at all. Come in."

The first thing Alejandro noticed from first stepping in was the book that had been neatly discarded on the couch.

"Enjoy your history much?"

"What? Oh that, no I mean yes or I hope you don't mind."

"No, no quite alright. I would be disappointed if you weren't interested. As you can see our history isn't the most heroic but it is something that we take pride in."

"Yes, I feel the same way about my own world, Naboo. Our history has been scarred many times over. Most recently with the seige during my term as queen only ten years ago."

A shadow of pain crossed her face as the memories came back to light.

"You were a royal once? You must have been but a child!"

Padmé felt her face grow slightly red. There was something about the way he said it that made her feel different. He sounded genuinely interested, and she wasn't even trying to call that much ot herself.

"Yes, and I wasn't even the youngest that my people have had. It was only for a term, and I dare say that at times it was the most frightening experience of my life. Looking back on it, I don't think that I would change a thing."

The wolf nodded as he recollected his own memories.

"I can understand that, sometimes I wish myself that I could so easily escape the responsiblity that I have been saddled with for the rest of my life. I couldn't have been much older than you were when I had to take the throne from my father."

Pame told herself not to be too anxious to hear whatever Alejandro might have to say. After all he was the one responsible for taking her Jedi away. At the same time there was something so captivating about him. Something that she couldn't tear herself away from.

Anakin was just starting to doze off when footfalls had to disturb the perfect silence. He pulled himself off the ground and waitied for the dim lantern light to show in the darkness. He was surprised to see not a trained warrior but a kid. The same kid that he was sure wouldn't have returned anytime soon.

"Jedi you're so in for it. Did you really think you'd get away with any of this?"

Anakin yawned and looked as unimpressed as possible.

"You tried to ruin my life," he said. "And I'm just returning the favor."

Tito dug into his sack and pulled out a fist full of papers. He waved them in the Jedi's face. Anakin couldn't see much between the dim light and the crinkles in the document, but something told him that he had reason to worry.

"If you thought that your secret was something special, I'm just going to have to prove you wrong."

Anakin's eyes grew huge and he mouthed a single word. Padmé.