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Deskyl and Daisy in Amenta
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No. No. No no no no no no no. She's only barely recovered from last time they took her; she can't let them take her again.

If she draws her saber, she'll die. There's no doubt in her mind about that, outnumbered as she is and with her master right there. There's nothing she can do; he knows it, they know it, she knows it. They wouldn't do this any other way.

The flash of inspiration is more like a memory; the floating, disconnected kind that sometimes linger after... whatever it is that they do to her. It's never been quite like this before, but - she reaches into the Force, nudges it just so...

 

The burst of feedback - fear and rage and terror - overwhelms her; she reels, barely keeping her feet, distantly aware of the shouting, of her droid stepping forward to steady her. She ignores it as best she can, and continues nudging at the Force, carefully, carefully...

And then, suddenly, she's elsewhere.

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"I don't know. I'll need to ask Deskyl, once she's awake."

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"Uh, if you wind up doing anything that gets money I need money for my baby."

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"Is there a safe way for me to do that?"

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"Reds'll be scared of you but anybody else'll be really excited. Deskyl looks like an Amentan except with funny hair, she could pass for having dyed it?"

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"I meant while Deskyl is healing - it sounds like they might want to take me apart, if they want to learn how to make robots. She won't let them, but it'll be a problem if that happens before she's healed."

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"I don't think anybody left behind a computer or anything. I can't afford a new pocket everything if I gave you mine to use, I'm spending everything on payments for the baby -"

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"- payments for the baby?"

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"I didn't have a credit, I had to get one late, it's really expensive so I'm doing it in installments."

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"- I don't know what you mean."

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"...a child credit. Because of population controls."

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"Oh. Humans don't have that, either. I mean, I guess they might somewhere, there are millions of planets, but it's not common."

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"I guess you wouldn't have to do population controls if you had millions of planets! We only have this one."

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"Yes. Well, anyway, I don't think there's a way for us to help with that, but if I find one I'll do it."

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Nod.

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Deskyl rolls over and peers at her.

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Wave.

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Yeah, sure.

She signs to the droid, makes a face at the reply, signs again.

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"She wants to know what happens if you don't make your payments."

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"They shoot my baby."

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That sure does seem to be an argument they're having.

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She taps at her pocket everything while they argue in alien sign language.

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Deskyl wins.

"So... if she's going to be awake... how can we help?"

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"...if you went to talk to clean people and wanted money they'd give it to you, they'll give you anything you want if you might be able to do planets. Or you could just hide and find some way to make money I guess."

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"Who should we talk to, and how do we find them?"

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