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[detectivedwloki]

What do you do to keep yourself awake or alert?

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[detectivedwloki]

I'm a detective. Often, time is of the essence on a case and I need to stay alert and awake to get it solved as quickly as possible.

[Also avoiding restless sleep with disturbing nightmares.]

[kraythero]

Oh. Yeah that would be a good reason. My master and I did investigations over the years and sleep wasn't something we had a lot of.

Usually he'd let me fly us back, because I was the better pilot, even on no sleep.

[detectivedwloki]

That sounds dangerous.

[kraythero]

I've been a pilot literally all my life. Including about to fly in races humans almost never can.

[detectivedwloki]

What's your name?

[kraythero]

Anakin. What's yours?

[detectivedwloki]

I'm Detective Loki.

[kraythero]

It's a honor to meet you Detective.

[detectivedwloki]

So you were very young when you trained to be a pilot?

[kraythero]

Five I think.

[detectivedwloki]

And somebody actually let you fly at that age?

[kraythero]

Yeah? I was flying in races when I was six. Kriff, I flew my first combat mission when I was ten. Although I got scolded for that one.

[detectivedwloki]

.... You mentioned having a master? What about your parents?

[He's not liking the sound of any of this.]

[kraythero]

It was just me and Mom when I was little, she always said I didn't have a father. Master Obi-Wan is the knight who trained me, I was his apprentice for the last ten years.

[ There is roughly the same amount of live in his voice when tasks about both them. ]

Mom hated it when I had to race, but I loved it. Not that how we felt about it mattered.

[detectivedwloki]

What do you mean, when you had to race? Was somebody forcing you?

[kraythero]

[ Anakin looks away, the friendly look on his face fading some. ]

I mean, I could have refused, but Watto would have probably punched me in the head and refused to feed us or give us any water for a while.

[detectivedwloki]

When you were six?

... How old are you now?

[kraythero]

Twenty. And yeah. Well. He tended to kick me when I was that little, since it was easier for him. He wasn't that bad honestly, Mom and I could've had it a lot worse.

cw: could get into talk of slavery and child abuse

[detectivedwloki]

How could it have been worse?

[kraythero]

[ Anakin just gave him a flat look, one that's both distant - looking far off and radiating a murderous rage. ]

We could have been in the mines on Kessel. Or ANY mine. We could have belonged to the Hutts, because some of them ate sentient beings. We could have been separated, and my last memory of my mother being torn from her arms and breast. Watto gave us water ever day and food most days and never beat us we couldn't work. It could have been so much worse.

[detectivedwloki]

[Loki frowns. He doesn't like the sound of any of this.]

Are you saying you were a slave as a child to this 'Watto' and then you went to a new 'master'?

[kraythero]

I was person who was enslaved. I was not a slave.

[ He was not a THING. ]

Master Qui-Gon freed me. The Jedi Order uses the term 'Master' as 'teacher'. I was to become his apprentice, his Padawan learner when Master Obi-Wan - the Padawan Obi-Wan - was knighted. But Master Qui-Gon was killed, in the same combat I flew in. So Master Obi-Wan became my guardian and my teacher.

[ He doesn't hate Watto. He doesn't like him, he doesn't want anything more to do with him, he resents him, but he doesn't hate him. And his voice is distant and brittle when he speaks of him. But when he speaks of the two Jedi, it's much warmer, loving. Almost worshipful of Qui-Gon. ]

[detectivedwloki]

[He continues to frown.]

And now you're a child soldier...

[kraythero]

[ There is a minute there where Anakin looks so very unsure of himself. Being knighted has helped but he still lacks confidence really. ]

I'm not a child. The Jedi Order do become involved in combat and conflict but until the last few months, and previously thousands of years before, we have been peacekeepers, diplomats, and guardians of the Republic. This war isn't what we would like but given the leader of the Separatists is a Sith Lord, we are uniquely qualified to handle him and the tactics he'll employ. We want a swift resolution, and one as peaceful as possible.

[ It's firm but honestly? He's parroting. Other's words in his mouth, they fit smoothly by practice but they don't, entirely, fit. ]

[detectivedwloki]

[And the detective does notice this. He's seen this kind of thing before.]

It sounds like you've been indoctrinated.

And no you're no longer a child but you're also now in another world entirely. Whatever was going on in your world, I'm told it will be on hold until you return.

Here, you can have a different life.