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Overheard (400 words) by
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Fandom:
Star Wars: RebelsRating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Hera Syndulla, Ahsoka Tano, CT-7567 | Rex
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Community: genprompt_bingo
Summary:
As Hera settles in with Chopper, she hears words she needed.
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Scrappy Youngling: Overheard
Chopper had proven able to mostly work with Arseven, once they got back to the real ship that Fulcrum usually worked from. The sound of the two droids razzing each other became quite common, but Hera knew Chopper loved having another droid to talk to.
So did Arseven, who was one of those that had never been memory wiped.
Hera knew both of her new friends were veterans of the war, and it sometimes worried her because she'd seen the holonet. She knew what the soldiers had done⦠and if Fulcrum had been at Ryloth, that meant Fulcrum was one of the Jedi.
"He's safe," Fulcrum said, after Leverage had headed to the back of the ship to help the droids with maintenance.
"Did you read my mind?"
"No, your lekku language is not that far from mine." Fulcrum smiled. "Leverage saved me, when things happened. Now, we help others resist the Empire, and steal our men back as we can, because it wasn't their choice."
"How can someone do that without choosing it?" Hera asked.
"By using a chip to control them." Fulcrum stood to go lend a hand, and indicated the instrument display. "Keep an eye on the board, and call back if something changes badly.
"You need to get used to it all if you're going to be our pilot."
Hera's eyes went very large, as she realized Fulcrum meant those words. "I'm going to be the best pilot I can be!"
"I have faith in that, my young friend."
"You know she's Syndulla's biter," Leverage was saying, and Hera froze where she was, rather than get any closer.
"And? I didn't set out to recruit her; she made her own choices. He's never going to look off of Ryloth for his efforts. I don't have to worry about offending him."
Hera's heart hammered to hear Fulcrum say what she felt, and that the woman knew!
"Alright, 'Soka. You will do what you think is best. Still think she's young to make this kind of choice. It's not like when we were younger."
"No, it's worse. And we need strong-willed young minds willing to pick up the fight, keep it strong. I believe in her, and will teach her all I can."
Hera felt the belief and promise in those words. She very carefully took herself back to the cockpit, and vowed to never let Fulcrum down.