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Fulcrum
1015
You are human right?
That is a fair assumption.
Yes.
It’s not like any other species could fit under those stormtrooper helmets
I believe that is by design.
what do you mean?
Xenophobic values are part of Imperial training.
And I’m not a Stormtrooper.
that checks out
you know i’m not human, right?
I am aware.
I cannot say it’s been like this all my life but as of now I reject those and any other Imperial values.
don’t worry, mate
I don’t blame people for falling for the empire’s lies
happens a lot
happened to Sabine too and she’s like a sister to me now
important thing is you changed
sorry if it seems like i’m repeating myself
i just really mean what I say
I’m also bad at mushy conversation
anyway i have a question about humans and their bodies that’s why i asked you
Aren’t there three humans on your crew?
well, yes… but it is about Kanan so i can’t ask him and i’m not gonna ask some teenagers about their bodies
Fair enough.
What is your question?
What does it mean when your face turns into that red-ish color??
It happens a lot to Kanan when he talks to Hera
I’ve seen it before happen to a human but it was really cold
i mean reeeaaally cold
so i just assumed it’s because of that
but it’s not cold on board our ship
I believe what you are referring to is blushing.
Humans blush for various reasons and yes, being exposed to extreme temperatures is one of them.
Different emotions such as anger, embarrassment, shyness or romantic feelings can also cause humans to blush.
you sound like the holonet
Why didn’t you look it up yourself then?
does the empire trace holonot interactions from unlicensed space vehicles???
… touché
imagine after all the trouble Agent Kallus went through to capture us, he finds us because i looked up why humans blush on the holonet
kinda embarrassing
we gotta make the man work for it
0931
There was another attack.
This time on the Junior Academy.
I hope that wasn’t you and your crew.
no
we’re near lothal though if you want us to pick you up and bring you to safety
No, there’s no need for that.
Are you sure it wasn’t a rebel cell?
i could ask command if you want
Please do.
I need to know if I can actually investigate these attacks or if I have to alter some evidence.
2245
command says that there were no orders for either attacks
Good, thank you.
Some of the children got hurt. Most of them join the academy to support their families or to get off the streets. They’re not Imperials. At least not yet.
if there’s anything we can do let me know
as you probably know, we’re quite fond of lothal and its people
I am aware. I’ll keep you updated.
0512
why did you join the republic academy?
was it to get off the streets?
Not exactly.
so?
My father was fascinated by the Jedi and later the clones and I suppose by telling me and my siblings stories about war and comradery, it rubbed off on me.
He worked at the Jedi temple and had some connection which eventually let me join the academy.
So to answer your question, it was my father’s dream for me to fight alongside Jedi and clones. And I wanted to make him proud.
someone once told me that I shouldn’t judge all imperials as the same
i think i’m starting to understand what he meant by that
thank you for sharing that with me
when this is all over i’ll buy you a beer
or whiskey
or whatever drink you prefer
I’d like that.
1015
did your father witness the attack on the jedi temple?
Kanan told me about it
He died during a terrorist attack a few months prior. It was a bomb with nano-droids.
sorry about that
In retrospective, I’m glad he didn’t have to see the Jedi and the Republic fall.
and you never got to fight alongside Jedi and clones, right?
No, I didn’t.
well our crew got both of those ;)
if you ever decide to leave the fulcrum life behind and become a fulltime rebel, maybe you can fight with us
clones snore though
so be warned
1543
articles about the attack are all over the holonet
why is the empire blaming us?
they can’t have any evidence
Any attack on Imperial facilities is categorized as rebel activity. And any rebel activity on Lothal will fall back on your crew.
i didn’t know we were that famous
I thought you couldn’t access the holonet?
not from our ship
we’re at the market
and every single holoprojector here shows reports from the attack
It is incredibly dangerous for you to be on Lothal right now.
yeah we know
1628
Is it the market in Kothal?
Because we just received intel from a civilian that he’s seen a Twi’lek and a “purple Wookiee”
Agent Kallus is heading there right now so you better leave. I got an assignment too and cannot be of further assistance without blowing my cover.
1754
we made it out
thanks for the heads up
we did have a small encounter with Agent Kallus
we were already running and got picked up by Kanan
Kallus used to be faster than this
i guess he’s either getting old or tired of chasing us
not as much fun as he use to be
2143
He’s suffering a leg injury.
oh yeah i might have something to do with that
i mean i didn’t cause it
not directly
that is another story for whenever i get to buy you a drink
I’m glad you and Hera are okay.
:)
2316
and just so you know purple wookiee is a little insulting
if anything wookiees are brown lasats
I was just quoting the informant in hopes you’d understand the danger you were in.
don’t worry
i’m not really insulted
it’s not like you called me a Parwan
those things are nasty
why do they need four legs??
I believe those are tentacles.
call it whatever you want
it’s excessive!
2245
any updates on the attack?
Not yet.
0329
by the way
purple wookiees are actually a thing
or used to be
i once knew a wookiee-lasat hybrid and we called her purple wookiee for fun
i don’t know if you know this but i was captain of the honor guard back on lasan
and she was one of my lieutenants
her name was Kryyth
What was she like?
she was a very capable warrior
and really funny
and overall just a delight
she suspected that our other lieutenant Auran had a crush on the eldest son of the royal family so she would find hundreds of different reasons why the two should spend time together.
That is wholesome.
I suppose in the Empire no one cares that much about their co-workers.
Did they end up together?
yesss
Kryyth made sure that Auran was his personal body guard during the Thousand Lights Festival and they mysteriously went missing at the end of the celebration…
What is the Thousand Lights Festival?
it’s a very old tradition
lasan used to be split into three kingdoms and they were always at war
so after what dramatic storyteller’s called the “bloodiest battle of the history of lasan” on kingdom began to release floating lanterns for every fallen lasat
the other two kingdoms saw their tribute and did the same
with all those lanterns in the sky they all realized that so many lives or not worth whatever they were fighting about and they united into one kingdom
the story sounds too much like a fairy tale to me
who knows what is actually historically accurate
I like it nonetheless.
Thank you for sharing that with me.
thank you for listening
you know i stopped talking about lasan many months ago
sure sometimes it’s hard to think about it but the worst thing is the look on other people’s faces
i could tell them about my happiest memories and they’d still look at me in pity
i mean i get why they do
but
i don’t know
sorry i’m rambling
No worries.
I can only imagine how hard it must be to express emotions about a topic as deep as this.
2351
I know your crew still hasn’t left Lothal
I left something for you in comm tower E-272
0954
just picked it up
thank you :D!