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"Princess Cady, this way!" Deline's grin is as big as ever.
Cady has to hurry to catch up to her. "You can just call me Cady. It's what I told Ja- I mean, I don't mind."
"It's more fun to call you Princess Cady!"
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So chivalrous!
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Deline stops in front of a door and Cady leans back and squints over the other girl's shoulder at which button she's supposed to push. The door slides open silently and Deline steps inside without waiting. "It looks like you got one of the small rooms."
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This room is bigger than my apartment!
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Cady steps inside and looks around the high-ceiling room before she's drawn to the windows overlooking the forest beyond Calor.
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What a view! Is this really where I get to live? I can't imagine what the big rooms look like!
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"Deline, is your... huh?" She turns around expecting the other girl and the sudden solitude is unnerving. "Deline?" Cady takes a step toward the doorway and puts one hand on her lightsaber as she steps into the hall.
"Here it is!" Deline's voice behind her makes Cady squeak. "This is my helmet! Every Mandalorian has one... you probably already know that! And this is my birthday rifle! Isn't it amazing? It's my favorite blaster even though I've only had it for a few months! Do you like blasters, Princess Cady? We should go out to the scrap fields by the spaceport sometime and shoot at targets! You can borrow one of mine! It'll be fun to figure out which one suits you the most!"
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She's a blaster otaku!
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"Do you have any interests, Princess Cady?"
"Me? Oh, um..."
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Is there anything I'm good at that Deline will understand? Most of my knowledge is based on Earth, after all!
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(She just remembered something.)
"...Meal preparation?"
"Really?" Deline sets her helmet and blaster rifle on the bed. "Maybe we should go for a walk into town! There are lots of shops in the market! I'm sure you can find lots of ingredients."
"Um, well, you know, it's already late in the day..."
"Oh!" Deline claps her hands. "I should sleep here in your room with you tonight! Then we can keep chatting all through the night!"
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We've gone from high school to middle school!
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"I never got to see you use your lightsaber." Deline pouts for a moment and then she grins. "We should trade lightsabers!"
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Are we going to make friendship bracelets too?!
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"Maybe!" Cady looks around the room and back toward Deline grinning at her. "Um, you know, I've never slept well on a spaceship."
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Technically not a lie!
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"Oh! You're probably tired from your trip!" Deline scoops up her blaster rifle and juggles it against her arm as she grabs the helmet. "My room is just down the hall. I'll come get you tomorrow morning!"
Cady drops back on the bed, too exhausted to keep her eyes open.
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I wonder if I'll wake up in my hotel room at the con...
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