"Would you like to come with either of us?"

She hums. "I'll join you, if you don't mind. Leya should be able to handle herself, with or without Luka's help, and it's - good for them to have their own successes."

"I will be glad of the company, then."

She smiles back. "Good. I'm ready to set out when you are, then."

Which will be soon enough.

It's too far for even Ashes to fly the whole way, and - she prefers getting at least a pulse of the places in their path. They can zoom over the wilderness in between settlements, though, narrowing in if they see problems.

That suits Elesse fine. It's similar to how she would travel in her native universe, in fact. If one substitutes 'planet' for 'settlement' and 'the cold blackness of the interstellar void' for 'wilderness'. And there would be a spaceship involved.

She grins. "Spaceships... That sounds exciting."

"Anakin thought so as well."

She hums. "I always wanted to visit the stars, especially when I was a kid..." And, a small smile. "Perhaps once we get you back to your universe you can show me around."

"I would be pleased to do so."

She smiles and lifts them both into the air.

Ashes very clearly enjoys flying under her own power, zooming through the air.

The first place she stops them is a mid-sized (for the local region) town. The atmosphere's tense, but people don't look too wildly impoverished or beaten down. More angry than anything.

Is there a noticeable cause for their anger?

There seem to be at least two factions of people who are angry at each other - there seem to have been some escalating incidents lately, starting with thefts and recently escalating to violence, feeding into what sounds like an old feud.

Ah. Messy.

"Well, we won't have a boring rest stop." She glances out at the crowds, eyes scanning people, mentally taking the pulse of who's who. "An inn would probably be a good place to get gossip... Find out who's neutral in all this - and I don't think either faction's in charge. The anger'd be different in that case..."

"I agree, though I am not sure how amenable this will be to a quick resolution. This sort of problem tends to... fester."

She nods. "We might be able to diffuse some of it - towns like this often lack a judge, and will often call on outsiders to settle disputes - but that's a patch, not a cure."

"Perhaps there will be a pair of star-crossed lovers to unite. That is how the tale usually goes."

She laughs. "It'll give them a motive to fix this themselves, at least; I'd rather not hold their hands through every bit of healing anyways..."

"That would likely take longer than we have to spare."

"That, too. But even if it was fast..." She shrugs.

"Fair enough."

To the inn.

She charms the bar keeper and a few others, idly getting a better idea of what's doing on. The feud's not flared up enough to threaten them while they stay the night, and there is in fact a local mayor trying to broker peace who's been looking for trustworthy-seeming outsiders to help defray the situation a bit. Two Great people are more than they could've hoped for; the innkeeper's cautiously optimistic people would keep to whatever judgement at least for a while.

Ashes has a good bit of insight into local culture - they won't be able to magically fix things, and proper trials would take forever and haven't been going anywhere anyways given a lack of proof, but Ashes's suggestion that both groups help each other out "charitably" for damages each side's taken goes over decently enough.

They're able to keep moving the next day, and Ashes picks up the pace enough to make up for any time lost; she seems well rested, at least.

Being asked to sit in judgement seems pretty common, actually, though most arguments they're asked to hear are less tense (and one, a building war centered around a prince accused of murdering the other side's princess, is more tense; Ashes manages to prove to both sides that they're being played by a third, an arms dealer, convincing them to ally, and mentions off-handedly to Elesse having once fought both groups in separate battles, long ago, though they clearly don't recognize her). Ashes tells stories about the peoples and landmarks they pass as they go.

There's a few tombs that've surged that they end up called on to fight, too - more than is typical, apparently, enough so that Ashes is quietly concerned. Several are powerful enough to actually seriously challenge them, too - one big enough that when they get to their destination the local King is willing to give them several concessions if they'll deal with it, as all of his loyal knights and even Great mercenaries who have drifted through have failed.

They're able to clear it out without significant injury. Ashes shows off more than she has before - she's an immensely talented fighter, and clearly enjoys the fights.

And then Ashes lays the tomb to rest as she has all the others, staggering as she finishes.

Elesse is there to catch her, wrapping an arm behind her back.