"It'd be extremely useful for the recon."

"Yeah."

"I can explain it to you, too, if you wanna try to learn?"

That'd make teaching Anathema feel less - bizarrely awkward and surreal.

Mrr.

"Suppose it can't hurt to try."

"It's really unlikely to."

Sigh. "Yeah."

"Do we need to decide anything else?"

"Not for now, I think."

Jaina nods. "Right now it's just exchanging information in full, and scouting more or less concurrently with that. It'll probably take a little bit - I'm not sure how long - before we're actually ready for the assault."

Lily nods, slowly. (She's really not happy to have any delay. But... Master Anakin's talked with her a lot about the importance of patience, and normally Lily's really good at it...)

"Okay," is all she says, glancing at Ellaita.

Nod.

"Ellaita, can you help Lily get settled in the base while I talk to Anathema? Get her somewhere to sleep, show her where the cafeteria is - probably the commander's going to want paperwork for her..."

"Sure."

"Come on, kid. Time to see what living around other people is really like."

"Okay." She steps closer to Ellaita, following her out.

The cafeteria is on the way to the main office, so they can get that noted.

Does Lily actually want to join up with the resistance or should they make up some other story?

"...I don't know what Master Anakin's gonna want, and I'll follow her. But - it sounded like she wanted to help you guys."

"...Just something temporary, then."

"I guess so, yeah."

Nod.

Off to the desk. Ellaita bullies the paperwork officers into marking Lily down as a resident freelance contractor assigned to Ellaita's unit, getting her a billet number and meal pass.

She hesitates a bit over some of the fields - her name the longest, before writing down 'Lily Vendar', with 'Anakin Vendar' as next of kin.

"What's a billet?"

"Bunk to sleep in while you're here."

She nods.

"Okay. Is it around other people?"

"Three to a room, usually."

"Oh. I've never slept around other people... Master Anakin's there a lot, but - she doesn't make any noise if she doesn't want to, and I can feel her no matter where she is..."

A quiet pause.

"...Or. Used to."

"It's a useful skill to have. Sleeping around other people."

She nods. "I'll try to get used to it."