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[ She'll break her month long network radio silence today, though it was never radio silence as she'd been lurking and responding through private conversations. Now she'll address the network as a whole, prepared or not for who might respond. ]

This is a question for everyone, the only exception being those who share with me the same galaxy.

Where you're from, what did you do? Did you live your life freely? Were you in charge of anything or anyone?

For me, there has been nothing but a war. It was all I knew. And now that I'm here, I admit I'm at a loss on what I should do with myself. I feel as though I'm living a quiet life, something I never thought possible. But it feels like a life without direction.

Should I take this time to reflect and relax? How?

It's a difficult concept to grasp when I've been at the front for so long, leading and guiding teams and missions.

[ If this outs her then Leia won't care so much. It's obvious by her involvement back home that she's at the head of the Rebellion. Nothing can come of it here and nothing can come of it back home, from what she's been told. ]

This isn't about being bored. I'm not. I'm simply not used to sitting around as often as I am now. Being left to your thoughts for so long, your thoughts can quicky become your enemy.

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Yes. There's a war. I hide. I'm not allowed to go outside.
Do you live in De Chima 006?

Hiding is smart, if you're unable to fight. But it's also dangerous.

I do, yes. Where do you live?

I kind of felt the same way...
But we're very different.
At home... well, I was an older brother. I guess you could say I was in "charge" of my little brother and sister... I've always taken care of them.
So it's a little strange to not have to take care of anyone here. I feel a little listless...
But, I was also a singer back home. We were starting to get popular... so being away from my group hurts, too. I feel like I've kind of stopped where I should still be growing.
Becoming a singer was supposed to be the way to support my family... so without my family here and without my group, it feels like I don't have much of a purpose. I don't have anyone to support here except myself.

It's hard to find out what you want to do, I think. You're stuck thinking and being alone a lot...
Is there anything you like to do? Maybe there's something about this world you want to change?

[This is the only way h can have a private conversation, right now - accessing the network through the mental link and sending text. But he couldn't ignore Leia's message, even if it specifically wasn't directed to him.]

makes me feel like a rodent in a garbage compactor set to crush half the time You okay? Did something happen?

[ Actually... Kanan might have a suggestion or two. ]

Have you... thought about politics? I can understand if you wouldn't want to, but there definitely seem to be some ImPorts here getting involved that way. [ LIKE DOOKU. ] Just because there's no Empire to fight here, doesn't mean there aren't problems you could help solve.

[ And then he clears his throat. ]

And I don't want to pry into your personal life or anything - [ Hera definitely mentioned receiving a memory of kissing a certain Corellian smuggler, which he is absolutely not going to mention, ever, but - ] but you could... try going on a date? With someone. [ Anyone! ]

I can fight, but I'm not supposed to.
I live there too.

I am the king of my species in the country I live in. We aren't liked neither allowed to live freely, though. There is much you can here. You can indeed try to live a quiet life while going through what most imPorts to, you can perhaps aid the military if that is your wish, you can turn to politics like many have done.

Who said that? Is fighting something YOU want to do?

You do? I'm sorry if I missed your arrival and we've yet to cross paths. I'm Leia.

Supporting yourself should be enough. Why don't you continue to sing here, but on your own? Is it something you enjoy doing?

Being left alone was my own doing. I needed it. There was too much going on at once that I didn't know where to start. It got to the point that I wished it would all go away.

And if I return home and there's no one here to ensure the changes I made are kept in place? It would be for nothing. I'm not completely familiar yet with this world to understand what changes would be needed.

I hope you don’t mind further opinions from those from your galaxy, but I can certainly relate.

With the Jedi being fugitives in my time, I am unable to do what I once did. To be the Jedi I always have been. And the desert is a very lonely place you know. Sitting still is something I never have had to do until my exile. Here I actually have a bit of a reprieve.

Have you ever considered meditation?

That's one way of putting it.

I'm alright. For now. Nothing has happened so far other than Han and Padmé showing up on my doorstep. Also a message received from Vader.

Are you alright up there?

I lived pretty freely back home, yeah. i went to school and worked in my parents' restaurant, but dad made sure we had free time, too. i'm too young to be in charge of much unless you count me watching my siblings when my parents went out every now and then.

but i do like to be kept busy. i'm so used to work and school taking up most of my time I always feel like a lump when I'm not doing something for too long

Mm, but that's nothing at all. I'm very frugal... so I wouldn't spend much time here doing much.
That is what I decided to do, though. I do love singing... so in the end, I decided I'd try to see how good I could be. So I have a plan now, but it took me most of the month... and a lot of thinking.
I understand... I was wishing that too, a little while ago.
I don't think any of us can say that the changes we've made... if we've made any, can always be kept in place. If you want to change something, I think you need more than yourself to do it... maybe it's a little different for you and me. This world is really similar to mine, so I can see the changes that should be made... but I'm pretty powerless to do it, you know? But I'm going to try to do it with my own kind of power.
That's why I don't think it's useless to try and change things. I think a lot of us, not just imPorts but the citizens too, want to see things change. It just depends on what you want to see.
Ah, but I'm rambling.
I don't know much about war... but since we're brought in to be "heroes", I immediately thought to what you might want to change.
Maybe it'd be better to think of what you like doing instead? Or finding that.

I suppose I do have the time to read up on everything that has been going on here. After all, we aren't going anywhere anytime soon. I guess I haven't thought much of getting involved here because, back home, I was involved through the connections of my family at first before getting myself in deeper the older I got.

[ It's something to think about. ]

A date, huh? I didn't think you would offer, Kanan.

What, together? [He doesn't know what to say about the Anakin thing because - he has mixed feelings, now, about it, and yet loyalty to Leia is 200% more important so he just... is going to let her talk about it if she needs and not actually make any judgement calls.]

Hah. Do me a favour and maybe just - don't watch the show for a while. Or any of the internet memes about it. [Not misleading at all, there, Poe.]

I'll say this-- your nature is your nature. If you're used to being at the front and leading, stopping cold turkey is going to hurt. Withdrawal's a bitch.

Someone as smart and assertive as you? You'd be a shoe-in. I'd vote for you.

[ Her comment startles him into a laugh. ]

Okay, I walked right into that one. Wacky timelines aside, you're a little young for me. [ Even if he wasn't, you know - already taken. ] But in my limited experience, there's no better way to pass some time than in the company of someone you really like.

May I ask what your species is called? Do people here know you're a king? I mean I'm a princess but only those who know me here still call me by my title.

Why aren't you allowed to live freely? Is it because you're not liked?

My skills do lie in politics and military. I could turn my focus there rather than what the government has me doing now.

General Kenobi. No, I don't mind at all.

We've both fought our wars, though I suppose the war now is the very same you fought decades ago.

[ Sad to believe it's still on going. ]

Here you're able to move more freely? No longer sitting idle on your hands?

Not until recently. It's been an option that I've been entertaining. Kanan agreed to help me. And you... I would ask for assistance of you as well, if you don't mind?

I would hope that, one day, I can also learn to use a lightsaber. Like my brother.

How old are you? You must be young if you're talking about school.

What are you doing here?

I'm aware. I've basically been sitting on my hands for the last month unsure what to do with myself. I do the work the government has assigned to me, but there has to be more.

I never had freedom where I'm from. I wasn't in charge of anything, not even my own life.

You could take the time to reflect on the fact that you're safer here. Let it sink in that you don't have to be afraid all the time. Or at least, I'm guessing it was scary to be in a war. I was scared too, for different reasons.

For me, I think about all things I can do here that I couldn't do before. I try not to think about the bad stuff in my past, but I still do think about it too.

Even if you're not bored, you could try something you haven't done before. Something new to think about, you know?

Ah, the government. No wonder. Sure-fire way to feel like a tiny cog trapped in the middle of other tiny cogs.

What kind of missions did you lead? Back where you came from.

This world is very different from mine. The politics, as I understand them, hold some resemblance but they're tailored to fit this world and the problems that plague it. I'd have to spend the next while researching if I'm to work my way in.

War is never a good thing, that's all you need to know. It's dangerous and it can be lonely with the friends you make, the risks you take, the losses you suffer through.

Together, yes. I only answered the door because she revealed that she'd shared in the memory of Alderaan. The loss of it.

Oh, the show where you're in space? Too late for that.

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