Cue notices this! He rolls over and looks up at her, "Can I help you with something?" He asks. 

(Alek enters his ship then, settling in his bunk for the night after a spot of non-Force assisted meditation.)

"My Sith asked me to talk to you about your plans. Isk told you we don't want you to go back to the Jedi?"

"Yes. They explained what had happened to them, as well." His dome swivels to look at Isk and Alek's ship, "I will stay, for now, if you and your Sith will have me. I would like to know they will be safe, with the fallen one."

"You can stay," she nods. "We think Isk will be safe, but of course it's okay for you to check. Do you know what you'd like to do in the longer term?"

"...There is a mechanic who works with the Jedi who I care about," they say after a moment's pause. "I would like to return to her. She will worry."

She nods again. "Do you think there's much risk of the Jedi asking you about Alek, if they see you again?" 

"They may not even realize I was the one who went with Jedi Master Manoll, particularly if I do not return with the ship."

"I'm not sure that's enough for Pradnakt to feel safe. She's said she'll let you leave anyway, we'll just leave too, but that won't be good for any of us. We can pay for a message to be sent to your mechanic friend, if that helps."

He rocks back and forth a bit, unhappy, "...She might leave the Jedi, if I asked. She is not one, only works for them. A message can wait until I can contact them from somewhere else, though," they add, "Couriers are expensive, and this was meant to be a long-term mission with little contact." 

"It won't be a hardship; Pradnakt inherited a lot of money when she left her master. We could support her while she looks for a job or help her set up her own shop, too, if you think she'd want one. Or something else; I just mean that the resources are available."

He hunches down, uncomfortable, "We can manage," he insists. 

"-What's wrong?"

"We would not like to owe debts." He explains after a moment. 

"Oh. No, we wouldn't expect it back; we can put that in writing, if you'd like. We know that we're asking something significant of you, to start over in a new place."

He whistles a bit anxiously, "That- does not seem particularly even. It was not your fault I came to be here."

She inclines her head in what Cue won't yet recognize as the sort of fond smile that suggests she's thinking about Pradnakt. "No, but you are here, and the easiest thing for you to do would be to go back, and we're asking you to do something much more difficult without much advantage for yourself. What happened before doesn't matter much, for that, to her way of thinking."

There is a barely perceptible pause. Then-

"I would like to send her a message," he agrees. "I will tell her what you have offered, and let her decide if she will accept." 

"All right. We'll be going to Kincardine in the next day or two, we can do it then."

Agreeable whistle, "Thank you," he tells her. 

"You're welcome. Will you want anything else, while we're there? Pradnakt would like to get you a vocoder like the one Isk has."

Nervous hum, but, "I... would like a vocoder, I think. It hadn't occurred to me." His dome swivels to look up at the ship, and then back down to Daisy, "You will sell the ship, yes? I don't believe it has trackers, but it is still very obviously a Jedi ship. I believe Isk will be willing to host me, if so, but if not I would appreciate a place to charge."

"We'll want to do something with it, yes. We'll get supplies to set something up for you, do you have any preferences about what it's like? Size, furniture?"

"I would prefer open space, myself, though Sara will need furniture if she does join me here?" 

"All right. I'll talk to Pradnakt about it, but I expect she'll be willing to build a guest house. Are you all right being this close to us?"