"It's a pretty good rush, yeah."

She grins. "Master Anakin doesn't talk much about the, like, non-sucky parts of the wars she's been in... - I don't wanna say it sounds fun, but."

"It's excitement you can't really get in other places."

"Yeah."

"I don't really get to like. Compete against other people much, either."

"Might want to ease into that, though."

"Probably. Master Anakin would get upset if I got shot at a bunch, anyways."

"Best part about a starfighter, you've got the guns to shoot back."

Grin. "Yeah!"

"Usually need to be a little taller to be an official pilot."

Shrug. "Master Anakin stole a whole big ship and flew it to another planet by herself when she was younger than me with the Force. Though I've got a lot to learn still..."

"Official, key word. You can steal and fly anything you want if you can get away with it."

She laughs. "Master Anakin would catch me and make me go back and return it or pay, I guess unless I was stealing from slavers."

"You'll need to try harder than average, then."

"To steal or to get allowed to be an official pilot?"

"Both."

"Problem with stealing is - I'm really not supposed to do it, 'cause it can really hurt people, especially out here - people can die if you take even something small from them, 'cause a lot of people are really surviving only marginally."

"Master Anakin says sometimes stealing is okay, but as long as I don't really have to to stay safe or keep someone else safe I shouldn't, and if I've gotten to where stealing's my only option I probably did something wrong earlier. And she still wants me to prove that I really understand when I shouldn't steal and who doesn't deserve it before she's okay with me trying to steal from people who deserve it."

"And she's really not sure about that 'cause I just really recently figured out how not to steal stuff just, impulsively? Used to just - take things or hurt people as soon as it crossed my mind to, and we've been working on not doing that."

"You should probably listen to her, then."

"Yeah. She's really smart. And - she gets it? About why it's sometimes hard to not hurt people."

"Though I've been good at doing compensation payments on my own lately, longer than I've been decent at not doing impulsive stuff... Master Anakin hasn't had to really make me apologize in, like, six years I think? She just reminds me to, or for a bit I'd ask her for help..."

"That's good."

Nod. 

"We're gonna buy whatever ship we're getting now. There's a guy in the town we're going to who owes us credit - he fixes ships, and sometimes gets ones that people think're just junk that he fixes up to sell, and I've helped him with that a lot. He pays me, but... There's not always that much of an economy to pay people in, y'know? So we talked to him about paying any extra in like shares toward a ship or just favors. And Master Anakin thinks maybe he has a good ship for us or can help us get one."

"Cool."

They pull close to town soon enough. It's past midnight and pretty cold. Anakin manifests, her blue glow suppressed, and has Ellaita stop on the outskirts of town - 

And then develops a look of concentration, and she fades more into reality. She looks alive... Mostly. There's something intensely unsettling about her, at least to Ellaita. She moves to perch next to Lily, and gives Ellaita directions to the repair yard Lily had mentioned. 

That explains how she interacts with normal people, then.

Hopefully the man they're seeing is in.

He is. He does in fact seem pretty familiar with both - he calls Anakin 'Miss Vendar,' teases Lily some, expresses he's sad to see them go but wishes them well...

And shows them his ships. There's a small, incredibly eclectic collection. Many of them are in fact currently junk - some likely to be just salvaged for parts - but there's a few in good condition, some of them that'll be in even better condition with minor work. 

Pass on the rusty YT-1300, pass on the Skipray, pass on the... TIE cockpit welded to a pair of Y-wing engines? Yeah, definite pass.

This Kuati VT-49, though... Looks like exactly what they need.