video/action;

[firstrebel]

Who: Hera and YOU!
Broadcast: Video; fleetwide.
Action: The Marsiva hospitality deck.
When: January 4

[ Well, this is clearly a ship, in space, but it's not the Ghost, or any other ship she might be familiar with. It also clearly isn't an Imperial Star Destroyer - if Hera had been captured by the Empire, she'd be really obviously in a prison cell, or worse. Plus, there are no stormtroopers in sight. So, probably not Empire, but probably not the rebellion, either.

Other than that, it could be just about anyone holding her. And she needs to get more information on the situation. A number of possibilities present themselves - she could keep her head down, sneak around, and see if she can eavesdrop it. Or she could play the wide-eyed innocent, and use this handy-dandy video link she seems to be equipped with (seriously, who gives a captive a comm link anyway?)

The comm could be some kind of trick or trap, but Hera trusts her own resourcefulness, so eventually, she flips it on. ]

Uh, hello? I think there might've been a misunderstanding of some sort, here. I've lost track of my ship - were we supposed to go through some kind of inspection?

[ Hera Syndulla: Totally Innocent Freighter Pilot. ]

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[beardstrokes]

[ Palpatine. He had never liked the man, not then and certainly not now. However, Anakin was close to the Chancellor. Suddenly, a lot of loose ends made much more sense. ]

I see. Thank you for telling me. I cannot imagine it was easy, living in such times.

[firstrebel]

I'm sorry. [ Sorry - that it happened, that she is the one who's telling him this, that he has to find out about it, all of it. Maybe she has an inkling what he's going through - if nothing else, she feels compassion for the man. The same way she feels for Kanan, who's told her the story in a general kind of way. Even though she knows he's a grown man who can - has - dealt with it on his own, she still sometimes wants to take him in her arms, hold him, protect him, heal the great big gaping wound that Depa Billaba's death so obviously left on his heart. Make everything right, somehow, for him and for everyone who's lost so much to the Empire.

It should be obvious to the General that Hera doesn't buy the official story, that she doesn't believe the Jedi to be traitors - her tone of voice should confirm that, the way she spits the name Palpatine like it's a curse. But so far as she knows, the Empire isn't yet arresting people for seditious tone of voice, so she lets it be. ]

Something tells me it's not over just yet.

[ But what does she know? She's only a pilot. ]

Anyway, I shouldn't take up any more of your time - that's a lot to digest, I know. Thank you for answering my questions.

[beardstrokes]

[ He is aware that she does not hate the Jedi or believe the story, though there's scant comfort he can offer her right now, when his own feelings are in turmoil. ]

Of course. Feel free to seek me out should you require assistance.

[ His tone is slightly dismissive, but he finds a deep-seated urge to be alone, to ponder this new information. In a way, Anakin's family . . . even Anakin seeking things outside the Order was not as much as a surprise as this. ]

[firstrebel]

I will.

[ But, probably not for a while. Because this guy? Clearly needs some space. With that, she'll end her transmission with him. ]