"Though we'll still need to buy the patches. Just to keep up appearances."

"Don't want to heal suspiciously fast."

"Just enough to keep you up and kicking."

"Think I should keep some injuries, then?"

"Just the cosmetic damage, perhaps."

"A good balance between function and appearance."

"Just so, padawan."

Wiggle, then: "Might need to pick a bit carefully what I leave visible."

"Things that are more dramatic than debilitating. Shallow cuts, bruises in places you don't bend often..."

"Injuries my clothes won't cover, too..."

"Wear them like a badge."

"I do like them, after all."

Smile.

Giggle blush!

And then they should face the day ahead of them.

Ani takes on her challenges with an intense fervor; she is, in fact, scheduled for an endurance fight in one of the rings - there's multiple fights ongoing today, and Ani's moved to one of the side rings. These are a bit more popular with the wealthier clients, or those demanding discretion, though, and Elesse's able to get quite a lot through gossiping with the flow of people moving in and out of the audience.

Ani's breathing hard and decently injured, covered in sweat and streaks of dirt and blood, when her fight's finally called. She's gone through a somewhat ridiculous number of enemies without a single break. She doesn't have as far to go this time before Elesse can meet her.

She takes her by the shoulders. "Well done, Ani."

She leans into her Master's touch a bit. "Thank you, Master."

"A good girl deserves a reward. Let's go get you cleaned up."

Shiver! "Yes Master!"

She very eagerly lets herself be led away.

Then back to their room.

Elesse will help Anakin apply a combination of bacta and Jedi healing techniques.

Definitely a good reward. (She successfully doesn't wiggle, but does shiver whenever Elesse touches her near her wounds.)

"Now... which ones to keep?"

"This one, definitely," she says, brushing her fingers against the now faint mark of a wound Elesse gave her last night.

Elesse traces its outline. "It's fading already.."