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'cause it's better than nothing

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[He knows this place. He knows it well. For a moment he just looks around it to take it in before he finally moves forward to the objects. All are familiar to him and he ponders what each of these will mean for Ulaz.

Reaching out, he lightly touches the pad with the purple glow. He'll start there.]

[The room shifts to what appears to be a Galra cruiser. Kolivan will recognize it well. It is here we have a younger Ulaz talking to a technician wearing the mask to hide his face, a low ranking Galra officer standing next to them and drone - armed - standing by one wall.

The door opens, in walking a rather tall Galra officer - outranking the first based on the designation on his armor - and the female he had stated was his mother beside him. She was dressed up as well - as an officer's wife, she should have been. This officer speaks first]

So it is good news then. My son is going be enlisting?

[The technician seems to take almost a defensive position behind Ulaz, like he's there to keep his father back. The lower ranking officer continues]

Commander Untox, we have tested your son and while he would make an excellent soldier, he is ranking better on the scale of being a technician. Therefore, myself and technician Hyt are recommending that he not enlisted an-

You are recommending what?!

[The low ranking officer flinched, but neither the technician or Ulaz seem moved by the dramatics. Ulaz's mother seems to understand why the drone was there and began to move further away from Untox. Not towards anyone... just away]

That is my son! Why would you recommend that?!

Because it is what his talents gravitate too and technicians are important.

He has already indicated his preference for that position. As such, unless he recants, he cannot be enlisted.

[Untox glared at the technician who had just spoken and turned to Ulaz now]

Why would you prefer that over the path to become an officer? It's a worthless position.

[The technician's eyes narrowed at that]

You still have the chance to change it. All you have to do is recant it, Ulaz, and you can enlisted. ... Ulaz.

[Ulaz who had been silent until this point spoke]

I don't know what you're expecting. This is what I want.

[Untox practically growled and grabbed Ulaz by the arm]

You can't use force to change his mind.

[And that was when Untox rounded on the technician, punching him hard across the face, hard enough to make him reel and knock the mask from his face. Ulaz's mother immediately grabbed to pull her son out of the way as the technician rounded on Untox, decking him in response.

This clearly had been expected because the door suddenly flew open and a Galra who could really only be described as a tank of a living creature barreled in and slammed Untox against the wall. It was at this point the technician put his mask back on]

You should really leave my technician alone. Besides, you will come to regret this.

[That's when it fades out, back into the Thaldycon Base]

[So this is how Ulaz came to be where he was. Part of him had always wondered but it's always been one of those things where neither of them have asked such things about each other.

He looks to the orange pad and touches it next.]

[The room shifts to now look like a desert like planet. A rather calm and peaceful scene of Galrans going about normal lives in what must be a harsh environment. In the midst of it, Ulaz is still younger Ulaz, perhaps older than the previous one, sitting on a rock reading from the orange electronic pad. Beside him sits the young female Galra from the photo he'd said was his sister, leaning to read over his arm. He's taller than her so it looks like she's struggling with it.

He looks up when a young male Galra practically storms up, stopping directly in front of them. Ulaz sighs]

What to do you want, Krav?

You know its not what Father wants but yet you persist in doing it. And you're corrupting our sister now too.

Reading is hardly corrupting and Mother doesn't want her underfoot. You never want nothing to do with her anymore so I'm doing it.

[The girl glances up at Krav and seeing her attention, Krav holds out his hand to her. She quite clearly jerks away to tell him to back off before resuming trying to read over Ulaz's arm]

Considering how far you've gotten in life, I'm surprised you act like an Aalok at times.

[By now they are attracting an audience and given his nature, there is no only one thing for Krav to do. He growls out what must be an Galran insult because Ulaz is already shoving the device hurriedly into his sister's hands as Krav grabs him. What follows is pretty much a knock down drag out fight between the two of them, their sister leaping up to stand on the rock behind them, clutching Ulaz's device to her. The crowd gathers more, enabling if not outright cheering it on. Finally one of the women to break through the crowd, the same one from before, his mother. When it looks like Ulaz might be on the losing end of the fight, their sister starts to make a move like she might try to intervene]

Nalnear.

[She stops hearing her mother's voice and the older female shakes her head, telling her not to.

Finally though, Ulaz gets the upper hand and pins Krav to the ground, both of them bruised and bloody. That seems to signify he has won since the crowd starts to break up, Ulaz still holding him down. A male Galra from the crowd turned to their mother before departing]

Untox would be proud of them, Maz.

[She just nods, but didn't answer. As soon as the crowd dispersed enough, she storms over, pushing Ulaz off Krav and grabbing Krav by the collar, not allowing him to get up from a sitting position just yet as Ulaz returns to the rock, sitting down again beside where Nalnear is standing. He makes no move for the device and she doesn't offer it]

Untox is a fool, leaving me to deal with you. He can say what he wants, but he's not here to stop you.

He wouldn't like what he's doing. He would agree with me.

You are a fool. Who do you think patches him up when he behaves like a Qivark?

Don't talk about Father like that!

You! Get back inside. I'm not done with you.

[She releases Krav and he jumps up, glaring at Ulaz once more before stomping off]

And you!

[Their mother glares at Ulaz, but aside from standing stock still in front of him for a long moment, says nothing else. She turns and heads off after Krav. As she walks away, Nalnear sits back down next to Ulaz, lacing one arm protectively around his before offering him the device back]

[All names he knows and has even had faces for. He knows the histories of all his Blades. Every single one of them. However, to something like this is another matter. He lets out a breath and shakes his head.

Fool. A little fool. He knows the outcome of this story too so he sets the tablet down rather than see if it has more to say.]

So the orange came before the purple?

[Who better to ask than Ulaz who is there.]

[He would know that Kolivan would recognize nearly everyone in that last memory. Maz - his mother - might have been a stretch, but the others were easy enough to have been looked up or seen. It's not like the technician, the lower ranking commander, the warlord, or his father Untox were any secrets in the Galra Empire. If someone looked them up, they'd be there.

Ulaz, who is indeed there, nods]

Yes. Not much time passed between the two.

What became of your sister?

[Perhaps he knows himself. Perhaps not. He refuses to reveal either way and wants to hear it entirely from Ulaz's mouth.]

I don't know for sure. I was not able to keep track of her for too long. I was never able to find her name mentioned in the Empire's databases so it doesn't look like she was forced into it or enlisted on her own.

[There's a long moment of silence as he seems to look at nothing at all. And then...]

Do you want me to look for her when the fighting is done?

[There is a pause from Ulaz as well]

I would appreciate that. If she’s still alive she deserves to know what happened.

Then when everything is done, I will look for her and let her know.

[To honor the request of his fallen friend. Even if matters of his death are complicated in this place.]

Thank you. I regret never being able to tell her myself.

[Never being able to put more effort into finding her]

I will do what I can for her after I find her.

[It seems the least that he can do. There are so many of his Blades he'll never be able to do anything for after they've given up their lives for a cause he started. But Ulaz? He can do something here for him.]

[He nods. There were things that they all probably wished they were able to do from their time as Blades, but hopefully Kolivan could be successful]

If we remember this after this is over, I will give more information about her in case it is something you can look into at home.

Whatever you recall, I will take note of for later. Your sister should know.

Her name is Nalnear. I doubt many others would have our names, but in case I am wrong, our parents were Untox and Maz. In case you should find her, but further verification is required.

It shouldn't be difficult to find her.

[For a change he will actually tell someone that Ulaz died a brave warrior. Because that's honestly what he views him as even if he never says so much of the time.]

I suspect not. "Nalnear" was not a name I heard often so she might well be the only one.

[Given that he has entrusted Kolivan to tell her, it speaks to his trust in Kolivan that he's not going to tell her that her eldest brother was a fool. He knows what Kolivan says about him]

It is not a common name for the Galra. It was a unique decision to name her such a thing.

I was not included as to the reason why. It seems though that the only one with a more conventional name was our brother Krav.

I noticed this when I researched your family upon your joining.

[Because of course he did.]

Did you now?

[Why is he not surprised in the least that Kolivan had researched him]

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