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Equilibrium!Jay gets dropped on Sith Dusk
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"You..." pauses, thinks through words, "make, grow your own?"

She's never seen food in this state before, hadn't thought of where the non-nutrient paste the rest of the crew sometimes got came from. She almost asks how it's done, but doubts what she's managed to tell Daisy so far will have the words to describe it.

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"Yes." The droid seems to have picked up on her curiosity; she picks a tiny red growth from one of the plants, squishes it, and retrieves a small object from inside. "Seed," she says, again in Basic, showing it to the girl, and then bends to dig a small hole in the ground and cover it with soil. "Needs sun," she points, "and water, grows, makes more."

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There is something somewhat satisfying about that idea, and she watches closely (quietly sounding out any unfamiliar words).

This is something she could probably help with. "I...can help?" she offers.

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The droid's body language shifts; she seems pleased. "Yes. Not now, the sun takes too much water now."

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"Thank you," she says, lips shifting into a very unpracticed smile. Then she half gestures towards the building to suggest they carry on.

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And in they can go.

This building is small, dim, and a bit smelly. One wall is dedicated to a large cage; obviously not meant for humans, as it would be easy enough to dismantle the wire enclosing it, even with bare hands, and the door leading into it is held shut with a simple latch that would be relatively easy to reach from inside. Two squat fat birds are scratching around inside, while a third dozes on a bar near the back. "Chickens," explains the droid.

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She stares at the birds, repeats 'chickens' thoughtfully. "What's their use?"

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"Food. Eggs." She goes into the cage and checks the nest boxes, and brings one out to show her. "Makes what you ate."

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"Oh," she says, looking at the egg curiously. "It was...good. That is useful."

She looks around the rest of the building.

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The other side of the building is a large pen, with another chicken poking around inside and two troughs by the fence; one is empty and the other is half full of water. "For the goat," Daisy says, and then goes to open the door on the back wall.

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After a moment, curiosity encourages her to follow, at the same careful distance she's been maintaining.

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The door opens onto a staging area, which opens onto a larger pen, half shaded by the building, containing two more chickens and a larger short-furred brown animal with small horns and strange-looking eyes that comes trotting over when it sees the droid. "The goat makes milk - like water but food." She reaches over the fence to scratch behind the creature's ear and feed her the remains of the cherry tomato from the garden.

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She hangs back, but nods at the explanation, and watches the interaction curiously. These are the first animals she's encountered, they're not a common thing off-planet, and she hasn't spent any time on-planet. (And she's not sure what to make of those eyes.) She expects that they take at least some caring for, but she's far less confident offering help here.

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The droid gives the goat another pat and turns her attention back to the girl. "Any questions?"

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It takes her a little while to respond to that. Part of it is figuring out if she does have any questions. The second is actually asking them.

"What can I help with?" she asks eventually, and then hazards the one that might get a bad reaction. "Would it be bad if I climbed the tree?"

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"You can help with the food, and ask Pradnakt about other things. You can climb the tree, but -" She gestures for the girl to follow her and heads back out through the barn and around to the other side of the house, where there's a ladder bolted to the wall. She points up to the top of it. "This is Pradnakt's. Don't go to it unless she says you can."

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She nods rapidly. "I won't," she promises. Angering the woman - Pradnakt? - is very obviously a bad idea. "Um. Is there...anything else I should avoid doing? Rules?"

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The droid considers, and then shakes her head. "The rule for most people is to not come here. I don't know what the rules will be for you."

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"Oh. Okay." She's pretty obviously uncomfortable with not knowing the rules, but she doesn't push any further. "Is there...anything you need me to do now?"

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"No. We can go inside, or go look at some sculptures. Or you can climb the tree."

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She considers it, but... she doesn't understand the sculptures. They're pretty to look at, but... she doesn't understand their purpose, not really. Going inside means being quiet and trying not to disturb Pradnakt - which she can do, but she normally messes up some time.

"I'll...climb the tree," she says, more so that Daisy knows what she's going to do.

And she goes and does that, before settling in the higher branches, content to just watch her surroundings from here.

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Daisy waits for her to settle, and then goes back in.

The surroundings here are largely the same as where she appeared; rockier, and with more glints of metal on the stone, but otherwise the same mix of scrub and dirt. She can see the roof, though, and the raised wooden platform at the top of the ladder. It doesn't look like much; there's nothing there but a single cushion.

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Well, it's still Pradnakt's space, and she's not going to invade that - she understands liking high spaces though. Better vantage points. Harder for others to sneak up on you.

She spends some time contemplating the sculpture in front of the buildings, and squinting at the glints of metal that she guesses are other sculptures - is their purpose just to be pretty? That seems...like a waste of materials. But...this isn't a ship, or a Waystation. Maybe materials aren't as hard to come by?

Either way, she's happy to sit up here until someone tells her she can't.

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The sun gets low in the sky, and Pradnakt comes out and climbs to her perch. She catches the girl's eye and nods companionably, once, and then ignores her, just enjoying the evening.

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She nods back after a second of hesitation, and then relaxes back into her perch, half watching Pradnakt, half watching the sky. This is a new experience for her. Almost everywhere she's ever been doesn't really have changes in light like this - it's normally on or off.

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