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Deline picks up the crate from the table and turns it over. "Oh, yum!"
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How is she so strong?! She's wearing Mandalorian power armor, right?
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She sets it back down with a thud and grins. "Come on, I told the others I'd come back as soon as I found you."
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I wouldn't mind some alone time in my room right now...
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Deline drags her through the doorway into the bright sun and Cady can't suppress a giggle of her own.
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But I guess it's not good to be too much of an introvert!
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The two of them race across the lawn to the forest edge and up the dirt trail where they slow to a walk. Cady looks up at the sunlight dappling through the canopy. Deline forges ahead and after a few minutes they hear someone laughing. Cady follows Deline off the path down into the trees. The two girls walk down the gentle slope into the deeper woods and then they step into a clearing. A group of square stone pillars on the far side lean crookedly in all directions. Past the pillars, a rock-walled ravine bends out of view around a corner.
Triss is the first to see them. "Cady!"
"Princess Sigis!" Lyra waves as she looks up. "Look at what Obi found!"
"Sigis is her home planet, not her family name." Oberon pokes the middle of his optics with one finger. "You really need to pay more attention to detail, Lyra."
Lyra tilts her head sideways and grins up at Oberon as she lunges herself into his chest. "You can handle the details and I'll just pay attention to you!"
"That's where the problem lies..." Oberon mutters. "Princess Omega, Jax was telling us about your shared encounter with pirates. Did you really reflect all their blaster bolts to disarm them while fighting in a smoke-filled room?"
"Um... that makes it sound a lot more impressive than it really was!" Cady holds up her palms and waves them back and forth. "Jax did most of the fighting."
"Are you a real princess?" Lyra's expression is somewhere between incredulous and hopeful.
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I don't know anything about Cady Omega's life beyond the blurb I read on the datapad when I first woke up here! I need to give Lyra some vague noncommittal responses to make sure I don't trip myself up!
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"I guess there are probably lots of princesses, huh?" Lyra pushes forward oblivious to Cady's lack of response. "I've never met a prince before. At least I don't think I have."
Triss giggles. "Maybe Jax could marry Cady and become a prince!"
(Cady just noticed Deline's face.)
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Suddenly she's in murder mode! This is looking like a death flag for Triss!
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"Yeah, Cady!" Lyra squeezes Oberon's arm gleefully. "Jax already likes you, right?"
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This is a death flag for everybody!
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>I don't like Jax that way!
>Don't you think Oberon's a better kisser?
>We should get back to class...
