When Baatar got back to Ba Sing Se, he saw Kuvira was awaiting him. He initially smiled but was surprised by what Kuvira did next. She hugged and kissed him, a rather rare public display on her part. After he kissed her back, she dragged him to their apartment. "I've been lonely while you were away," Kuvira said as she pushed him onto the bed, taking off her uniform as she did so. "It's time you made up for your absence."
"As you wish, oh Great Uniter," he chuckled, getting out of his own clothes. He then pulled her closer with his prosthetic hand, yanking off her undergarments. Kuvira grasped his ponytail with her ungloved right hand while she pulled down his underwear with her left. At that moment, he bit her bra and yanked it off, exposing her firm breasts. She liked what she felt between his legs and positioned herself properly as she pushed him onto his back. She rode him rather eagerly until she felt him explode inside her. Kuvira then collapsed atop Baatar's muscular chest, kissing his lips before they fell asleep.
The next morning, Baatar's arm was around a naked Kuvira in their bed. As she got dressed, Kuvira smiled when Baatar kissed her on the neck. She turned around and kissed him lovingly as she stroked his muscular chest. "So, are you proposing, or am I?" Kuvira asked her boyfriend.
"Well, in that case, will you marry me?" he playfully asked.
"As if you need to ask," Kuvira smiled as she kissed him. "I figure a week after Opal and Bolin would be good. More good news for Su and your dad. Much better than revealing you flew through a meteor shower." Baatar could hear her disapproval over it.
"They were escaping," he defended.
"With money, not hostages or secrets," Kuvira stated as she put on her underwear. "Also, I can't help but think you'd have done this stunt anyway to prove yourself. You already have, that would be a needless risk."
"I'm not going to leave you like that, Kuvira," he said, putting on his own underwear. "Besides, there is another thing we have to tell Mom and Dad." He went on to explain how Bumi and Kya had learned of their reeducation program regarding the Sandbenders after witnessing how the natives of Aldhani were encouraged to adapt to modern life.
"Yes, I think Dad will be pleased to hear how they are being civilized," Kuvira smiled as they finished getting dressed. As they got on their shuttle, Kuvira looked to Baatar. "You hear about how Korra and Mako have brought Sato into their family?"
"It was fairly obvious," he smirked. "I saw how Asami looked at Mako and how Korra looked at her, when we first met them. Also, Ezra's cousin Jonah talked about Zeltron polymances, as well."
"Yeah," Kuvira said. "It's an interesting idea, and if we are going to work with outsiders, we need to be at least understanding of their standards. Still, I've yet to meet another man or woman I feel the same way about as you."
"Same here," Baatar smiled, kissing his new fiancée. As they landed close to Zaofu, the couple made their way into the city. As they progressed into town, Kuvira sensed something and turned toward one of the main doctor's offices. Outside, Baatar saw his mother, looking fairly troubled.
"What's going on?" Kuvira asked.
"A group of Sandbenders have requested refuge, here," his mother said, looking at her eldest children. "Your brothers and sister are comforting most of them, while your father is speaking to your uncle."
"I was hoping to get a chance to explain, now, but I guess-wait, uncle?" asked Baatar.
"Yes, Tachibana is your father's brother," Suyin said. Baatar was stunned, never expecting to meet his father's side of the family.
"And here I was hoping to learn how you'd progressed with Lavabending before explaining the reeducation of Sandbenders," Kuvira said.
"I think I've made some progress," Suyin told her daughter, before registering what she'd said. "What do you mean by reeducation?"
"Why don't we explain that to Uncle Sandy, as well?" as Baatar Jr quipped. Kuvira headed for where the Sandbenders were before Suyin could intervene.
"You're alive, Baatar?" asked Tachibana, stunned to see his brother after so long.
"Surprised?" he asked. "What exactly did you hear happened to me?"
"I didn't," Tachibana answered. "Mother and Father returned that day, without you on the sail. I asked them about you, and they stared at me the way they would whenever they'd scold us. 'You never had a brother named Baatar' they said when I asked. I thought you'd run away after one insult too many, and I went out to find you a few days later. But I couldn't find anything, and they just repeated what they'd said earlier."
"I didn't run away," Baatar revealed, lifting his right pant leg, showing a surgical scar under his knee which went down to his ankle. The procedure to save his leg and the pain it came with left him with a drinking habit for many years after.
"What happened?" his brother asked.
"I didn't respect our elders," Baatar answered, reminding him of the mantra that had been hammered into everyone in their tribe. "They left me, afterward, and I crawled until I saw green land for the first time. If Suyin hadn't been close to that river, I'd have died." Tachibana was stunned to silence. "Are you surprised our parents were willing to kill us if we angered them?"
"They always stressed that blood ties were too important to discard," the Sandbender answered quietly.
"Well, they didn't spill any of my blood, so that was an acceptable loophole," Baatar bitterly said, before turning to his brother with a hardened expression. "You shouldn't be surprised, Tachi. You know how much they hated me."
"I wanted to believe there was a part of them that did love us," Tachibana answered.
"So, did you pick a fight with Kuvira?" Baatar asked his brother, wondering why he'd fled the desert.
"I never heard of her until she came!" Tachibana claimed.
"So, no attacks on caravans or taking hostages?" Baatar persisted, remembering how their tribe often treated outsiders passing through.
"What?" Tachibana asked in surprise. "I'm here on your doorstep fleeing for my life and you think I'm to blame?!"
"I remember how you always agreed with our mother at how we could do whatever we wanted to Greenlanders," Baatar answered. "How you asked when you'd be given tongs to tear someone's fingernails out. How you agreed that robbing those travelers and people close to the desert was okay, when our father said as much." After a moment, a look of shame appeared on Tachibana's face.
"I was a child, too," he answered. "I was as afraid of them and the other elders as you were. I remembered your whipping when you advocated trade instead of raiding. I kept thinking that would happen to me, if I disagreed. Then, about ten years after you left, they attempted to rob a lone wanderer. He could control the blood inside our veins and killed most of the people who didn't run. Mother fell along with the majority, but he took Father alive. Eventually, Father came back, but he could no longer Bend. He fell into a pit of despair and cut his own throat in the night. After that, most of the people in the tribe realized how much trouble a life of stealing was. Now I work as a guide for people moving through the desert, most of the time. There are other tribes which refuse to give up their marauding but not the Nabazov."
Baatar absorbed what his brother had said. Was this how his sister-in-law felt when she and Su finally worked to resolve their issues? He'd never expected to see his brother again, and his feelings were mixed. Deciding to take the initiative, he latched onto something Tachibana said. "That Bloodbender who could deprive Benders of their power was the first adversary Avatar Korra defeated," he said. "He was last seen on a boat with his brother, which exploded shortly after heading out to sea. There hasn't been a hint of either since then. But at least Amon did something good before launching his ridiculous uprising." Tachibana was about to protest, but Baatar's sheer hatred for their parents registered with him, so he said nothing.
"It's good to see you again," he said, hugging Baatar as he stood up. Baatar hesitated but returned his brother's hug. "I'd introduce you to my wife, Fa, but she's not here. I don't know where she is, or what happened to her and Kanda's brother."
"I'll help you as best I can, Tachi," Baatar reassured him. As Baatar led his brother to where his children were, the bespectacled architect explained why Korra had embraced Vader. Tachibana listened intently regarding the betrayal of Unalaq, but he spoke up after hearing of the Red Lotus.
"I met someone named Zaheer, once," Tachibana related. "He was unusually complimentary of the Si Wong tribes when I led him through the desert, little over a year ago. His appreciation felt a little...objectifying, to the point where I told myself I wouldn't work for him again."
"He's like that with the Air Nomads, especially," Baatar commented. "In the words of Grand Master Tenzin, Zaheer's fascination of Air Nomad culture is shallow, and he doesn't bother understanding more than the surface. He probably felt the same about Si Wong Tribes. Or he admired them for the wrong reason to begin with." Baatar went on to explain how Korra had vanished, and how, shortly afterward, they'd learned of Vader's encounter with her parents.
"So, they told her he was their friend because he was right about her uncle?" asked Tachibana.
"Pretty much," Baatar confirmed, briefly explaining how Korra had returned and brought the Galactic Empire to their world. As they arrived at where Kanda and his sisters were, Baatar introduced his children to their uncle.
"Hi, I'm Bolin, Opal's fiancée," the young man smiled nervously to the bewilderment of the Sandbenders.
"Of course, we have two other children, one by birth, one by adoption," Baatar said.
"Adoption?" Tachibana asked. Upon hearing the concept, he was shocked. "Family is bound together by blood, not words," he said, repeating what he'd always heard.
"Blood means nothing," Opal spoke up, surprising the Sandbenders that a woman was talking without being spoken to. "Your parents proved that when they tried to kill Dad here. To say nothing of the deadbeats who abandoned our sister."
"You have...strong words," Tachibana replied.
"And correct words," Baatar stated in support of his daughter. "There are many stories of people having no hesitation when it comes to killing blood relatives. In fact, according to a study by the Republic City Police, you are more likely to be murdered by family than by a stranger."
"You aren't making life outside the desert more palatable," the Sandbender said.
"Well, our parents were the same, Tachi, so it doesn't matter where you live," his brother said before returning to the topic at hand. "My eldest son is Baatar Jr, or the Younger as he'd be called in the desert. He actually has received a procedure which improved his vision enough that he doesn't need glasses, anymore." Kanda realized he must have heard about the younger Baatar before heading to Zaofu.
"Well, who's the one you 'adopted' as it's called?" Tachibana asked his brother.
"That would be me," a new voice intruded. Gaining the attention of the Sandbenders, all of them were shocked to see who it was. "I am Kuvira, but you've already read my name and seen my face on recruitment posters, I take it," the young woman said. Kanda panicked and Earthbent a rock at her, only for Kuvira to blast it to pieces with Force Lightning before restraining him with Metalbending. She then turned to Baatar Sr, as Baatar Jr came in and restrained Kanda. "I'm sorry for not telling you this earlier, Dad. But you and I know this had to happen."
"What had to happen!?" an angry Tachibana demanded.
"The Sandbenders joining the modern world, whether they want to or not," Baatar Jr said. Everyone remained silent, unsure of what he and Kuvira would reveal, but Tachibana got closer to his daughters at that moment and seemed more wary of his brother. For now, the Beifong family would listen to Kuvira's revelation.
With Korra and Mako having gone ahead to the aspiring space travel engineers, KayBee 2016 was left in charge of looking after Harou and Saria, who Asami was currently with. The policemen who Lin Beifong had assigned to Hiroshi Sato's house arrest, and by extension the twins, were a mixture of frightened and fascinated by the droid. "So, uh, how do you go to the bathroom?" one of the policemen asked.
"It is a complicated procedure, involving disassembling myself, dismemberment of organics, and sucking their blood down my throat," the droid said in a monotone voice, frightening the cops. "In fact, I am feeling the need to go to the toilet right now." After a moment of tension, with some of the cops looking rather nervous, KayBee laughed in their faces. "You should have seen your faces. As an artificial construct, I have no need of such facilities."
"Oh, good joke," one of the policemen laughed in relief. At that moment, KayBee's audio sensors picked up a noise too faint for the human policemen to detect. Leaping out of the way, the advanced bodyguard droid dodged a grenade tossed at him, blowing up the police car behind him and knocking most of the police off their feet, dead or unconscious. At that moment, dozens of thugs came out of hiding and charged, some with clubs or taser gloves, while others rocketed forward with their Bending. Several of the police tried to Metalbend but were struck by bolas or hit with taser gloves. One of the bolas wrapped around KayBee's leg but they were easily broken by the droid.
"My turn," KayBee said, pulling out his DL-44 blaster pistol and firing several shots. Each bolt hit its mark, burning a hole in one man's chest, another's head, and striking two others in the stomach and the shoulders. One adversary leapt forward and struck with the Chi-Blocking attacks that the Equalists had used in close quarters. He screamed in pain upon punching the solid metal of the droid, letting KayBee knock him down and stomp on his head, crushing it. Spotting an Earthbender, he leapt over the Earthbending attack, firing his blaster into two adversaries before punching the Earthbender with his left hand. Whether the man survived or not was unclear, as KayBee rolled to the side and grabbed a piece of the destroyed car, tossing it into the chest of another.
"What is that?!" one of the attackers exclaimed.
"Must be one of the aliens!" another thug yelled. The thug sent a Fireball at the droid, but KayBee weathered it without a problem. KayBee pounced on top of his adversary, still hot from the flames, severely burning the thug, and swatting another away with a backhanded slap. A Waterbender coated him with liquid and froze the droid in place. KayBee pretended to be immobilized, and when the Waterbender had let her guard down, the droid broke free with his superior strength. Before the Waterbender could react, KayBee punched her in the chest, sending her flying as her sternum imploded. One of the adversaries surprised him with an Airbending blast, clumsy but powerful. The droid was pushed back slightly but stomped his foot into the ground to hold himself in place. Before the Airbender could react, KayBee shot him.
"Get that out of its hand!" one of the thugs yelled. KayBee charged forward, holstering his blaster before grabbing his electrostaff. Activating it just as it wound up in his hands, sparks flew from the ends as the droid slammed it into another attacker, sending him flying through a car's windshield. Grabbing a knife dropped by one of the attackers, KayBee tossed it into one of the two remaining thugs. Spotting the last one charging toward where the children were, KayBee quickly pulled his blaster and shot out the thug's feet, causing him to fall to the ground in pain.
"You made a mistake coming here," the droid said to one of attackers knocked onto his back. KayBee made sure to holster his blaster and his electrostaff as he stepped on the arm of the attacker. "I am the Nanny, and no one will hurt the kids I'm entrusted with." The droid then pulled the thug up and punched him in the nose, sending out a loud crack. KayBee punched the thug twice more, all but destroying the man's face, before dropping him. The droid reached for his blaster before looking about the area.
"We just wanted some money, we heard this place was loaded!" the thug whose knees had been shot out from under him yelled. As KayBee moved forward, preparing to take the thug into custody, the man pulled something from his jacket. KayBee saw it was another grenade and reacted with lightning speed, shooting the explosive while it was in the thug's hand. The explosion obliterated the entire right side of the man's body, blowing his arm into bloody chunks, obliterating his eye, and burning the skin off his skull. He writhed in agony for a few more seconds before finally dying. After surveying the area, KayBee determined there were no more adversaries left. Hearing a noise, he quickly turned, but saw it was Asami, holding the two children in a basket with the blaster Korra was teaching her how to use in the other. Naga and Pabu were also fiercely on guard around the children.
"There are no more hostiles in the area," KayBee reported as he went to the various policemen who were beginning to awaken from the thrashing they'd sustained. "You missed all the fun. I hope you are more on guard, in the future."
"Well, you are certainly up to the task," one of the cops said as he rubbed his head, offering a handshake.
"I'm afraid that I'm still quite hot," KayBee revealed. "If we shook hands, you'd suffer fourth degree burns." The cops looked nervous at that, then KayBee tapped one on the shoulder, frightening him briefly, before realizing that the droid wasn't that hot. "Only joking," he said, and everyone laughed as one of them headed for the nearest phone.
Bumi, Kya, Bossk, and Srinivasa looked out over the city from inside the limo Perrin had sent for them. While Bumi and Kya were wearing their usual clothes, which were decently formal and recently cleaned, Bossk was wearing a set of black robes and boots as opposed to his ordinary jumpsuit, while Srinivasa was wearing a brown suit. As they landed, they were greeted by Perrin. "It's good to see you," the man said. "Leida's inside with her mother." Before the guests could say anything, they saw several people walk out, led by a dark-skinned man in that whose uniform marked him as Imperial Security Bureau.
"Charmed to meet you," the man said politely to the party. "I am Supervisor Blevin of the Imperial Security Bureau. Colonel Yularen sent a memo explaining why you are here, Commander Bumi and Doctor Kya."
"Nice to meet you as well," Kya said, shaking his hand. "Uh, why are you here?"
"Oh, just asking some questions regarding that kidnapping you foiled, while my men over there," he pointed to the jumpsuit wearing technicians leaving the area, "check out the security of the senator's residence. Thankfully, the area is secure enough that another attempt is unlikely. Also, a word of warning: you might be accosted by a colleague of mine, Dedra Meero."
"Why?" asked Bumi.
"Because she refuses to stay in her lane," Blevin answered, before bidding them goodbye. Kya got the feeling that this was less about warning them of harassment, and more about undermining a workplace rival. Perrin led them into their home, and as they approached, Bumi heard a low but heated conversation.
"Uh, Perrin, you might want to intervene," the Airbender advised.
"Mon barely spends any time with our daughter as it is, I think they should have a Mother-Daughter talk, now," their host said as Leida argued with her mother.
"While you were complaining in the senate about a new tax on a world no one's heard of, I was almost abducted," Leida said firmly. "Now people are trying to stop it from happening again, and you are worried about privacy?"
"There could be people who take advantage of-""You don't care if someone's watching me get dressed, you're just worried they'll unravel whatever scheme you've come up with to look into budget reports, bring some soldier to trial in a civilian court for shooting some people on the edge of the universe, or dig up a holorecording of somebody who looks like Palpatine killing someone decades ago," Leida interrupted. Deciding to interrupt before it could get more heated, Bumi knocked on the door loud enough to be heard.
"Uh, thank you for inviting us into your home," he said as Leida opened the door. She smiled and invited them in, with her mother trying to put on a smile of her own.
"The pleasure is mine," the Senator said, shaking Bumi's hand. "It's the least I could do for the people who saved my daughter." She then looked at Bossk before shaking the Trandoshan's hand. "And you seem far more agreeable than most of the people Perrin invites."
"Thank you, Senator," Bossk said. As they headed for dinner, the door opened again, and a more enthusiastic smile appeared on Leida's face. Bumi and Kya had seen that smile many times when they visited their nieces and nephew at Tenzin's house. The new arrival was a blonde woman in a silver dress and a well-done hairdo.
"I am Vel Sartha, Mon's second cousin," the woman introduced. "It's good to meet the people who saved my only niece."
"Helping people is what we do," Bumi said, feeling something off about Vel. As they went to the dining room, Leida helped them find their seats. After they sat down, Kya decided to start the conversation. "So, Senator Mothma, I heard you didn't believe Bending was real. I'm a bit confused by that, as haven't you encountered Force-Sensitives, as the term is here?"
"I did encounter some Jedi, many years ago," the matriarch said. "I didn't get to see their powers demonstrated, and most were quickly defeated by the Empire after their...betrayal. Aside from that, I read a study once that said Force Sensitives were a case of one in five hundred or more, and the number of trained Force Users was one out of a thousand of those. Is it different on Elementia as I hear your world is called?"
"Every fourth or fifth person is a Bender, pretty much," Bumi revealed, surprising their hosts by such a high number. As they ate, Kya and Bumi explained the history of their world. Their hosts were shocked and sympathetic to learn that the Air Nomads were exterminated, aside from their father.
"Um, why was your father the Avatar?" a confused Leida asked, thinking it was a voluntary position.
"Because his predecessor was a Fire National and Dad was the Air Nomad born at the moment of Roku's death," Bumi answered.
"Um, how would they be able to determine that?" asked Perrin, a little confused as well.
"Raava is the goddess of Order, so the second Roku died, she sped out for an Air Nomad newborn," Kya said, surprising them.
"Wait, so the Avatar is divinely appointed?" a surprised Vel asked.
"The spirits and gods of our world are far more overt in their presence than what you're used to," Bumi said. "There is a gateway to their realm at the north and south pole. Don't get lost though, you might fall into a cloud of mist that traps you in madness forever. The only reason we escaped was because our dad guided us out. And yes, ghosts show up on our world too." After a moment of silence, Kya went on to explain how their parents ended the Hundred Year War and created the United Republic of Nations.
"So, after your father died, Raava went into Korra?" Leida asked.
"Yeah, Bossk here told us about her introduction to the larger world on Maridun," Kya confirmed. Mon spoke up and asked Kya what she thought of the Jedi Purge. "What do you mean?"
"Do you think it was right?" asked the senator.
"I'm not sure but there is an event that I think is similar enough to note," Kya answered. She and her brother explained what the Dai Li were and how they'd seized control of the Earth Kingdom capital toward the end of the war.
"That sounds like a piece of propaganda," Vel said upon hearing how a Firebender revealed himself to a resident who didn't report him because she didn't know there was a war happening.
"I doubt my wife's parents are making up how they met," Bumi quipped, revealing who the couple was to the surprise of their audience. "Eventually, Dad forced his way past the Dai Li and showed the king proof of the war's existence, before revealing their plan on how to win at that point."
"What happened to the Dai Li?" asked Perrin.
"Their leader was imprisoned but the organization continued in its duties, as the king thought they could be counted on now," Kya said. "So, one day later, a trio of Fire Nation spies arrived and asked 'want to help us conquer the city you're supposed to defend?' After Mom, Uncle Sokka, and Aunt Toph retreated with a comatose Dad, the Dai Li tore down the walls and the Firebenders marched through the streets completely unopposed afterward. Our parents said the lesson was to never assume an organization or tradition is above reproach. Maybe the Jedi aren't as incorruptible as you were raised to think, Senator Mothma."
"No doubt," Mon said, processing what she'd heard. As they continued dinner, the Senator's cousin broached a different topic.
"So, you don't have a problem with Korra's actions?" Vel asked.
"Why would we?" Bumi asked.
"I was on Carida a few months ago, I went into a bar, and some off-duty soldiers said that Korra's predecessor, who would have been your father, was killed by Darth Vader," Vel revealed to the shock of her family. Even Mothma seemed surprised to hear that. Kya and Bumi were rather perturbed this woman knew that, while Bossk doubted that Vel was telling the whole story of how she heard this.
"He did, and he didn't," Kya said, trying to remain calm. They went on to explain how they'd first met the 'Obsidian Knight' as they called the mysterious figure. Bumi noticeably hesitated upon relieving the memory of his father dying on top of him after his leg had been severed.
"Um, what did you mean by how Lord Vader 'didn't' kill your father?" a sympathetic Leida asked.
"Unalaq was always a traditionalist hardass, even when Cousin Malina was married to him, he was hard to get along with," Bumi said, before explaining Unalaq's brother was Korra's father who'd been banished for a disaster he'd been accused of causing. "So, a bunch of angry spirits were accosting the South and he convinced Korra to try his method to handle them, right after revealing some things that Tonraq and my brother had foolishly kept secret. Then Tonraq got arrested for an assassination plot and Korra's not sure what to think. So, her mother not only reveals why they kept secrets from her, but also how Senna and Tonraq befriended Darth Vader."
"Wait, what?" asked Mothma. "Uh, how did you react when you heard Senna reveal this?"
"Oh, we were helping Tenzin and his kids with something far away, we didn't hear this story for almost a year," Bumi revealed, before relating more on how Tonraq knew Vader, and how Unalaq was as bad as Vader claimed he was.
"So, Vader was telling the truth, of being innocent of the initial crime," Vel admitted after the story registered with the Mothma family. "Still, you can't have been happy Korra joined him."
"Did you hear how Korra came to Maridun?" Bossk asked. Vel's silence was a good enough answer, so Kya briefly explained the New Airbenders that Tenzin and Korra were now training.
"No joke, I'm a New Airbender, myself," Bumi revealed. "But another New Airbender was someone who never should have gotten it: Zaheer."
"What makes him so bad?" asked Leida.
"Like all revolutionaries, he puts on a front of culture and wisdom, almost taunting us and our brother over how we'd never heard of Guru Laghima," Kya answered. "He left out how he was just a thief who came across this man's writings by chance, and that Laghima was confined to obscurity for being an exiled heretic. Zaheer just hates rules in all their forms and crafted an ideology to justify tearing them down along with every structure that supports them. As the Avatar was the only lasting form of order in his view, he wanted the Avatar gone. After it became clear he couldn't beat her in battle or sneak past any security while she slept, he went after us to make her surrender."
"Or rather, us, my brother, his wife, their four children aged one to fourteen, and about two hundred assorted students and servants at the Airbending school," Bumi clarified. "After taking us to his cave hideout and putting some rather flammable barrels close to us, he gloated at how he'd figured out the way to break the Avatar cycle: chain Korra down and inject her with poison which would make her flail about in pain until her heart gave out. When Korra broke free and destroyed his poison, having taken precautions, Zaheer decided to play with that magic crystal which had brought Vader to our world."
"Which is how Korra and her boyfriend Mako wound up outside Ziering's Drift where I was," Bossk finished for his friends, as the Mothma family processed the horror of what Bumi had said. "So, as you can see, being angry at Korra for befriending Lord Vader would be rather...ungrateful of them. Besides, Lord Vader made restitution when he rescued Bumi's son from T'Surr."
"Oh, right, I thought I'd seen you before," the Senator said to Bumi. "It must have been from the footage of Axxila's Liberation Day parade. You were standing right next to Vader, along with a woman who looked like your mother, a younger man wearing similar clothes, and an older gentleman who must be Fire Lord Zuko, based on what you've said."
"Yeah," Bumi sighed in resignation. "Also, Dad didn't like pursuing grudges, while Vader's made it clear repeatedly that he can't be beaten in a fight. Or brought to trial, on Elementia or anywhere else." Mothma flinched at that remark, fitting with how he'd heard she was something of a dissident.
"Well, I for one hope that the Zaheers of the galaxy, both on Elementia and elsewhere, are brought to justice in short order, like those people who attacked that vault on Aldhani," Perrin said, disgusted with what he'd heard of the Red Lotus.
"Indeed, we were there ourselves," Kya said. "One of the attackers was holding the commander's wife and son hostage so he'd help them. After we caught her-""Caught?" a surprised Vel interrupted. "I didn't know that any of the robbers were captured."
"Well, this one was," Bumi said. "She ranted far too much about how righteous she was to be 'just' a robber. She reminded me of Zaheer with the speech she was making, so I gave her a good punch to shut her up. Hopefully, her bravado will be broken down sooner rather than later, and we can catch her accomplices." Leida hoped that the other criminals would be caught as well. As the dinner continued, Bossk and Kya noticed how Vel's demeanor had shifted upon hearing of the captured Rebel. It was vaguely akin to worry, with a mixture of regret and resignation. They both got the feeling Vel knew more about the robbery than she was letting on.
I hadn't had much happen between Kuvira and Baatar, so I decided to. Kuvira is Bi-curious, as is Baatar. In fact, outside Makorra and Makorrasami, Korvira is the only ship I support with Korra herself. I hope I did a good job on the dynamics between Baatar Sr and his brother, along with Sandbender cultural differences. I figured I should also give insight to Amon figuring out how to Debend someone.
I realized I hadn't given KayBee any action after his upgrade, so I decided to, in a sequence as humorous as it is violent. Being a Terminator-esque battle droid means he's rather resistant to most local weapons, and that a single punch is often fatal.
Of course, the ISB would take advantage of a crime to intrude on someone they distrust. I thought the different ratios of Mages to Normals was accurate for both settings. Hope I got the family dynamics of their hosts, well. Mothma was hoping that Order 66 would call to mind Sozin's Slaughter, as opposed to a different Secret Police/Royal Guard Corps which actually betrayed its people. Mothma's thinking of Dooku when she mentions corrupt Jedi, she doesn't know who Vader is. Vel was hoping that they'd be resentful of Korra's alliance and might turn on the Empire to avenge their father. She was also hoping the siblings would idealize revolution after their parent's adventures. They just see Anti-Imperial groups as more of the same fanatics that have threatened their family and countless others. Vel is also perturbed to hear her girlfriend was captured, while Skeen and Nemik hide out while he gets used to his new leg. But Vel's guise as a galaxy-trekking socialite won't come to an end, just yet.