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March 24 - March 27, 2021
Why would now be any different?
You’re hurt. Maybe you’re dying. We need to assess your wounds and discuss what to do if you can’t keep walking. Whether I should leave you behind.
He would slip away if she didn’t act. Is that what you want?
“You get us killed,” Nath said, “you and I are going to have a talk.”
“Well, that boy of yours will be annoyed if you come back without me.”
Be careful. You’re getting used to the attention.
What did Grandmother do to you? he wondered. What did I do when I left you behind? What have you seen since the Empire died?
I saw Major Keize, she thought. My mentor shot us down. There’s no one else it could have been.
This was the legacy of Yrica Quell, and nothing she could ever do would change it.
The only true peace is found in the Force, and the Force is cultivated through harmony and community and the vision of blessed individuals.”
You’re here for a reason, she told herself. You’re not one of them.
Of course the cult wouldn’t destroy the weapons when it could stockpile them instead. The guns’ destruction—like everything else in the palace—was a lie.
She had a gun now. She could always shoot him later.
all he could think of was: I’m not planning to die. I’m not planning to let any of you die.
What the hell was that? Chass thought, though she had a good guess.
What if Shadow Wing had killed them both? What did he owe them?
Queen of Starfighters. She’d taken joy in that event; yet that joy seemed faint and gray compared with what she felt among the Children of the Empty Sun.
“Screw you,” Chass said, and ran for her ship, turning only to say: “And my name isn’t Maya.”
Could be our last run together, he thought, and skimmed gloved fingers over the console. Let’s make it a good one.
This is the plan, he reminded himself. This is exactly how it’s supposed to go.
Who are you? Char? Blink? Do you know me from Pandem Nai?
Who were you? The first Imperial kill was his. If he opened a comm channel, what could he say now?
You’ll have to save yourself.
The Empire, like Troithe, is already lost. You needn’t go with it.
The voice through his comm was clear and self-assured. “This is General Syndulla to all New Republic forces. Vanguard Squadron is here.”
Focus on the damn fight!
He cursed and tried to peer through the clouds in the direction of the missile. Luke Skywalker shot down the Death Star without a targeting computer, he thought. But Luke Skywalker hadn’t been blind when he’d done it.
“We’re going to get a medal for this.” T5 squealed through the comm. “I said we. Your boy better be happy,” Nath growled, and concentrated on saving the world.
What more could she have expected?
She wasn’t ready for her existence to end.
You did everything you could for these people, she told herself. No victory comes without cost.
We’re not ready to talk about the ones we lost.
“So far as I’m concerned, you may have made tactical errors here and there—but you made good calls, Mister Lark.”
Wyl of Polyneus closed his eyes and dreamed of flying. He vowed to find his way back.
Star Wars: The Old Republic: The Lost Suns
Either the attacker had misjudged badly, or else he’d achieved a more subtle goal. What could such a goal look like?
