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[unjedi]

So I was thinking for all of us that are new here, maybe we could all share our skills and expertise. Just so we know who to go to and who to ask for help. I imagine asking for help and knowing where to turn is essential on these missions. Or so I've read.

I'll start off. My name is Ahsoka. I . . . was a commander in an army. I've done strategy, tactics, guerilla warfare. I'm also trained in martial arts and swordsmanship.

Also, I'm a decent mechanic. For people who seem to be at odds with the technology here, I can give you a run through. I'm from space, if that helps.

And this is what I really look like. No staring or touching, please.

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[unjedi]

[ she sighs, collecting her own feelings. trying to keep some distance between them. ]

Before the Empire. There were hundreds of them, wielding lightsabers. Peacekeepers.

Then they were wiped out.

[cruelyethuman]

Finn was-- special. [It is not his secret to tell, but the Force that Finn told him about was so closely related to his own Small Science and he has to ask-] Was that why they were murdered?

[unjedi]

That. And they were peacekeepers. They helped people. They . . . They cared.

Empires aren't big on caring.

[cruelyethuman]

In my general experience, no. They are not.

[And then-]

But you care. Is that correct?

[unjedi]

[ her expression droops, saddened. ]

I was taught to care. It's how I was raised.

Even now, I — Yes, I care.

[cruelyethuman]

That is not always a bad thing, Ahsoka.

[But it is a weakness...]

I hope you find what you are looking for here.

[unjedi]

No. But it is a painful thing.

And thank you. Perhaps, someday. I will.

[cruelyethuman]

Life is painful.

[Wasn't it always? New ways to suffer and the depths of depravity that those in power would sink to, were bottomless.

But still, Aleksander listened. And learned, however slowly]

It is possible to find something that soothes it, for a little while. Here.

[unjedi]

[ what a curious conversation. ]

Life is never one thing.

But I'm not sure I'm up for it. Yet. To be soothed.