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Equilibrium!Jay gets dropped on Sith Dusk
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Yeah, something like that. Sending someone who could sneak around and learn things from other people would make more sense, though - sending you only makes sense if they're targeting me specifically, and if any of my enemies had a way of doing that they could do something much more dangerous with it. She sends the impression of a shrug. You're obviously not complicit, whatever it is, I'm not going to be mad at you for being somebody's pawn without even knowing it.

Anyway - do you know how to read? Or - education in general?

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She drops her head again, staring at the tree trunk. She knows how to do engine repairs and can recognise numbers - and even do fairly complex maths when needed. Reading had not been considered a need.

Limited, she admits, somewhat embarrassed by this fact - which wasn't something that had ever occurred to her to be before.

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I'm sure that's not your fault.

I'll have Daisy bring some things from the library for you to learn with.

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She almost wants to say 'that's not necessary', but...

She's not going to turn down an opportunity, even if she can't, she'll at least try. Thank you, that would be good.

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(Progress!)

Is there anything you want to do first? I'm thinking basic astronomy, maybe - how stars and planets go, what makes sunrises and sunsets - or some biology, how plants and animals work. I'll have her get some engineering things, too, but I do want to wait on that - if they're going to pull you back and make you tell them everything you've learned I'd rather that not give them anything too interesting.

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Astronomy sounds interesting, she says, interesting and useful. Biology as well. She nods. That makes sense, even if there's a slight disappointment, it wouldn't make sense to risk giving away information on tech.

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I'm not going to make you wait very long; I don't think that's likely at all. And if I assume something like that is going on, this seems like a test run, and I'm a little surprised they didn't pull you back right away if they can do it remotely; if you're here more than a couple weeks I think we can assume they'd have to follow, and then they have to deal with me.

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She sort of shrugs. I wasn't exactly with anyone when this happened, she admits, and then wishes she hadn't. But...Ma'am would come looking soon. And if she can find a way to get me back, she will. The time-frame doesn't seem unlikely either. She considers. I- I don't think she'd be able to beat you in a straight fight, though?

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Especially if she's not expecting a Sith, yeah. So, high alert for a couple weeks, and then we can relax.

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Yes, ma'am, she agrees. Then, quieter, an offering, I...haven't seen anything happening over the next day or so? Don't see much further than that normally unless it's big.

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That's good.

What counts as big?

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It...can change. But it normally involves lots of death. She sounds subdued by that.

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Pradnakt's been doing her best to keep the emotional aspect of the channel quiet, but a little wave of sympathy comes through anyway. Okay.

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She's obviously not sure about the sympathy - why it's being offered - but she doesn't say anything, instead, staring at the sky for a few moments longer. Was- Is there something I can do, ma'am? She isn't used to being idle, there was always something that needed doing before she came here, even if that was just finding somewhere secure to hide.

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We can go in, but I don't have anything in particular for you to do; Daisy's probably free to keep working on your language, though. Or draw or something, if you'd like, you don't have to be busy all the time.

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She pauses for a moment, considering the idea of not having to be busy. If Daisy's free I'll do that, ma'am, she says, not entirely sure what she'll do if Daisy isn't free. So, she slithers down the tree again, waiting at the base of the trunk.

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Pradnakt comes around the side of the building after a moment, and gestures the girl in; Daisy is nowhere in evidence. She checks the back room, shaking her head when she returns: "Busy."

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Which...leaves her at a loose end, and she doesn't want to bother Pradnakt by pushing for further suggestions. She looks around for the pad she'd been using earlier. She'll...do something with that if she can find it.

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It's in the cabinet, right where Daisy got it from before.

Pradnakt settles in to fix a machine taken from one of the bins.

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She retrieves it cautiously, finds pencils, and retreats back to the same corner she's been occupying. She watches Pradnakt working out of the corner of her eye, sketching absently on a blank page. At first it's swirls and random patterns, then she starts sketching the engines of Ma'am's ship, but that starts turning into the machine Pradnakt's working on. It's not a perfect artist's impression, looking more like a technical drawing for building the machine in the first place, although it's clear she doesn't know enough about the machine to replicate even that accurately.

She goes back to drawing engines she knows fairly quickly, which she can fill in more details on.

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Pradnakt seems to be ignoring her entirely; she's free to draw whatever she likes.

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She keeps drawing the engines for a while. Then, she starts trying to replicate the flowers she saw on Daisy, rather inexpertly.

She likes this, although it's frustrating when a line doesn't do what she wants it to, becomes more diagram than picture.

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At midmorning, Daisy comes out and asks if she'd like some potatoes or a glass of milk.

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She thinks about that. "Some milk, please?" She's a little hungry, but milk will be easier than cooking. She almost offers to get it herself, but isn't sure whether that's allowed.

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Pradnakt looks up, at that, and signs to Daisy, who nods and pours a glass of milk and sets it on the table for her to come get. "You can get milk for yourself, it's okay. Don't worry about taking too much, we have more than we can use."

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