"I'm Senju Tobirama, the younger brother of the man who was helping you earlier - Senju Hashirama. I'm our local expert on research and development of chakra-based techniques, so I can answer more in depth questions on those, and also usually more strategically minded than my brother. The only question on my end that I would consider essential at this time would be about how to best handle it if someone did quickly follow you from your world."

"I apologize if this is - an inappropriate place to start this conversation."

    "No, sir, that's precisely the right question."

    "If someone follows her here, that will be very dangerous for basically everyone - the usual advice for someone who's not Force-sensitive is to run, if they know that a Sith is in the area, and comply with them if that's not possible; most Sith won't bother killing civilians who don't offend them. Your chakra will make you more interesting to a Sith, though; it's close enough to the Force to be something they'd want to experiment with. She's not sure what to advise if you're in a situation where you can't run."

"Would you consider hostilities to be likely enough that taking preemptive action against one - whether to trap or kill - would be acceptable under your own world's considerations? I suspect I at least can move far faster than any Sith."

Deskyl laughs a little at that, partway through the translation.

    "Yes, sir - Sith have no law or convention against hurting civilians or each other, if they're powerful enough to succeed at it. Trying to trap one may be unwise - lightsabers can cut through anything and taking or even touching a Sith's lightsaber is a mortal offense - but there's no convention against it if you can."

"I suspect my brother will want to talk to whoever. But - that weapon of yours is a lightsaber?"

    "Yes sir."

Deskyl steps back, turning away from him enough to make it clear that she isn't threatening him, and lights her 'saber, just for a moment.

    "Sith lightsabers are red or occasionally orange or yellow; Jedi lightsabers are blue or green, occasionally purple or white."

    "You should know that if you capture a Sith you won't be able to release them safely, no matter what they tell you."

"Are Jedi less dangerous to interact with?"

    "Yes, sir, though they still might be very dangerous because Deskyl is here. She knows about them only by reputation and history, but the way that they use the Force depends on calm detachedness rather than strong emotion, and they don't lead their empire, like the Sith do, so they're presumably used to taking orders from others."

"I expect I can make it clear to them there will be consequences if they attack her, regardless, if they're used to a formal structure."

    "They're unlikely to believe that she isn't in a position of ultimate power here; very few Sith will tolerate that with non-Sith."

"We're in some ways a democracy, and there'd be strenuous objections to a forced change of power. Though anyone who believes strength is the only measure of leadership is welcome to try to take my brother in a fight."

    "She expects that she'd back him if they did, sir. But no-one familiar with Sith will believe that it's not a trick if you tell them so."

"We'll handle that if it comes up, then."

She nods.

    "You've done very well by Desuka, if you're wondering what's prompting the uncharacteristic reaction. Deskyl has no particular interest in heading an empire, but even less in upturning something that's good for her."

"Thank you. We try to do well by our children. In many ways, allowing that's the point of this city."

    "That's good, sir. She is curious about your policies regarding combat training; a twelve year old with any significant amount of it would be cause for some concern in Sith territory."

"Chakra training becomes harder past roughly age eight or so; I wouldn't expect an untrained twelve year old to be able to learn anything at all significant. Traditionally, children start training in at least basic awareness of chakra and simple meditation as they learn to walk. The Academy is open to children age five and up."

"It used to be that children of five were considered mission ready, and eight were combat ready - that was the norm in my own childhood. This city has a strict ban on graduation prior to twelve, and the missions for the new graduates are now more akin to basic apprenticeship tasks. Children under fifteen are banned from participating in open combat. We've also been looking at pursuing raising those ages over time. There's still political arguments about at what age does a child's sensitivity to combat trauma fade, though."

She nods.

    "There's almost certainly been research into that among Sith, though she doesn't know offhand what the result might be. It's very rare to start training before age twelve, for them, and fourteen to fifteen is more common, but that may be because poaching Force-sensitive children suggests that someone is building a private army. - Jedi might be more likely to know, if you have an opportunity to ask; rumor has it that they take Force-sensitives as babies."

"For training, or to be part of their organization entirely?"

    "She doesn't know anything about their training practices, beyond the fact that they don't field children, but the rumor is that they're taken from their families at that age."

"Displeasing. Some families aren't suited to raise children, but there shouldn't be a broad policy on it, and most reasons to unilaterally remove children at birth would not be to the child's benefit."

    "She agrees, sir. There are many things wrong with the Sith, she says, but that at least isn't one of them."

He nods. "I suspect we'll end up more in favor of children's rights, on balance, than most places in your world."

Small smile.

    "That's good, sir."

    "Did you have more questions for her?"

"A few, though they're not urgent. I'm currently mostly curious about what was done to heal that chakra exhaustion case, though that might be better discussed in a more medical setting, where she can demonstrate it."