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[ Hera feels, for lack of a better term, detached from everything that's going on around her. It's not really her fault, given all she's been through lately. It might be for the best, though, because at least she's not panicking. No, in general she's feeling mostly numb. So she seemingly takes her arrival, and the infodump provided, in stride, and before she knows it, she's wandering the streets of this strange city that seems to be nowhere near Lothal or any other place she's familiar with in the galaxy.

She's stuck. Grounded. And people are staring at her like - like she's some kind of freak. Have none of them ever seen a Twi'lek before? ]

What are you looking at?

[ Her voice isn't defensive, it's mostly - dull. But there's an underlying hardness, as well. A certain amount of suspicion, like she doesn't trust anyone here.

Eventually, she finds her way to a series of shops and small cafes, and when she gets a whiff of something - baking bread or a pastry of some sort - she makes a nauseated face and turns away from the smell, her brow furrowing a little. There must be somewhere to sit down, right? Maybe she just needs to sit down. ]

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I need the services of a medical doctor familiar with non-human biology. I'll come to you.

- H. Syndulla

[ ooc note: please see my ooc intro and Hera's permissions post for more info and opt-out stuff if necessary. ]

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[ She is not the "hero of Lothal". She would never, ever take that title for herself. Kanan, Ezra, the people of Lothal, are its heroes. But there's no point arguing that, here and now, with him. ]

Yes, that's fine. If my own droid was here, I'd feel the same way.

[ He hesitates, just short of explaining that Kay is more than a droid to him. In the end, he snaps his mouth shut again. ]

Thank you, sir. We're in Attleton, when you have time you should visit us. Our house is a safe retreat for all rebels, and you could meet Demyx, one of those we can rely on if it ever comes to that.

[ Hera would likely say the same of Chopper - he's been her best friend since she salvaged him when she was eight years old. But not everyone gets that, and she long ago learned how pointless it is to try and explain it to people. So "my droid" is what she defaults to. ]

Thanks - I'll be sure to do that. People keep telling me this place is safe and the Empire isn't here, but it's easier said than done.

[ It's hard to make people understand that you have a droid as your best friend, harder even to make them understand when you are more than friends. In the year here Cassian's gotten used to the easy acceptance by people from other worlds, who have no other baseline than Kay and him. But in some ways that's only made him more cagey around people from his galaxy. ]

That's fine. Take your time. It took me weeks until I was convinced this place isn't an Imperial attempt to brainwash me. [ After a heartbeat he adds ] And it's not safe. It's just dangerous in different ways. But life can be good here.

I suppose there's no such thing as a really safe place. But compared to where I come from - it seems relatively quiet here.

That's true. And this place needs us... maybe not us as people but the Rebel Alliance's values we fight for. The future we are trying to build. That is a future we are fighting for here, too.

[And what an ugly lesson it has been, that getting rid off the Imperials is only the beginning of the struggle.]

A future. I've always been fighting for a future - for other people, not so much for myself.

Me, too. I never expected I would live to see the peace after the war. Never thought about what I'd want to do with my life. That made ot hard to settle in here.

I imagine it did.

[ Hera is already having similar problems. Mostly along the lines of "what do I even do here?" ]

It took me months to find my purpose. You will find yours in time, too.

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