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Anakin is still strangling Gardulla - Hutts don't die quickly - but she isn't drawing it out. She'll be done, soon enough. 

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The newcomer comes to stand behind Anakin - protectively, but also offering a silent support - and eyes Elesse a bit warily.

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"Hello."

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"Hello."

"You're working with that other Jedi, then."

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"I am, yes. I trust things were proceeding acceptably?"

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"More or less, but he wouldn't tell me the plan for getting Gardulla out of the way."

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"There were, shall we say, unpredictably moving parts. This was not precisely what I had intended but... It serves."

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(And Gardulla dies.)

Anakin starts shaking.

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The woman tenses - seems suddenly uncertain what to do with Anakin's upset.

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Elesse crosses the room, crouches to eye-level with her, projecting calm and reassurance. "Anakin," she says softly.

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"Elesse," she says, voice tight. "You - "

"You came."

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"I did," she agrees. "I had to sit and think about it for a while. Not the question of whether I should, but how. But I found my opportunity, and I took my action."

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She starts crying. 

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Elesse reaches out slowly, telegraphing very clearly, to hug her.

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She meets Elesse halfway, burying her face in her shoulder as she sobs.

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Pat pat. Gentle acceptance through the Force, a mirror of the physical embrace.

"It's all right. Let it all out."

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Anger and grief, joy, vicious freedom, fear and uncertainty - a dramatic crash from her high, the after effects of her adrenaline and rage - a trembling, disbelieving it's over, is it over? - a feeling of unreality, shock -

"Everyone's - okay?" she asks, voice breaking a little. 

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"Everyone's okay. We're all leaving this planet."

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Tight hug. "Thank you."

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"You are quite welcome, Anakin."

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Cling. "What's - after that? After leaving."

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"After that... you'll have choices." Sidelong glance at the other woman. "You all will."

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"What are the choices for the two of us?"

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"Let's save that discussion for more... congenial circumstances, shall we? For now, I think it best we ensure you and everyone else makes it out of the palace safely. Do you know the way to the guards' command center?"

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"Yeah. Want me to lead?"

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