The Mandalorian and the Princess [Kaleb, Reine, and Ava] (Closed)

[rythmicjea]

Ava Forma — 05/28/2021
"Reine" Ava spoke trying to keep her words soft. "I wanted to speak with you cause you are so important to our mission." As she softly spoke.

"Can we speak?" She looked at Kaleb "you can stay, I don't mind"

Reine — 05/28/2021
Reine stood and moved closer to the window, keeping distance between her and Ava. But, she nodded at Kaleb indicating that it was okay for her to come in. "Oui?"

Ava Forma — 05/28/2021
Ava nodded with a smile, "you know we are not too different. We were both born into wonderful and strong households." She is trying to be friendly. "Did you know my father was a great war hero. He even met the Emperor." She looked down, "its kind of hard growing up in that shadow and that isn't even speaking about my mother."

She looked up to Reine, "I know you didn't care how I felt when you called me incompetent. But it hurt and no its not the truth." She moved slightly to be more comfortable. "And what I have said was wrong too. But we need to work together if we are to save this little boy. I can't do this without you. And we all have our parts to play. Tesara, Nova, even me. Tonight you will hear me say things and act in ways that are not me. Like you saw at the mall, this isn't who I really am." Hoping Reine would understand.

Reine — 05/28/2021
Reine held her head high and held her hands together in front of her. She was poised and picturesque, even in the terrible garb they had put her in. Though she did not have Ava's height, the distance allowed them to look one another in the eye. Ava was right about the little boy. A child should not have to suffer - not at anyone's expense. Ava was right, she didn't care that her insult had hurt her. It was the truth for as far as she could see and the actions of that day only solidified this belief. She let Ava say her piece without interruption and mulled over her words. She let the silence linger almost too long. "You say that I do not know you. But you have not showed me the person you believe yourself to be. From the moment that we met you have seen me as competition. I do not know why. I could have been anyone."

Her speech was more direct, aristocratic. It was practiced and even and her words were well thought out. She took great care in what she said. "You say that we are not so dissimilar. But, you have taken my incomprehension of a local colloquialism as an opportunity to treat me as a child who knows nothing of the world that she lives. You are upset that I called you incompetent. If I were in your shoes, I would be as well and rightfully so. But I would also take it as an opportunity to understand why someone would hurl such insults. What were my actions to cause such vitriol against me? You ask for my repentance but offer none for yourself. I can only imagine it is because you do not know what you have done that would require you to offer such a sacrifice. And that is where the problem between us lies."

The sun shifted behind her from midday to afternoon haloing her blonde hair. "You make such claims about your family. With that I can empathize. However, you mention an Emperor? I know of no Emperor. Your name carries weight but it is within circles that I am unfamiliar and you seem to have appeared out of thin air. These are all things that must be discussed if we are to find common ground. But, you are correct, there is a little boy that needs our help. I have offered myself to aid you in this task and I am not one to... how you say? Reneg on a commitment. So I will help you.

"But I wish to make one thing very clear. I never intended to bring you any harm until it seemed like it was my only recourse. I only had the utmost respect for one of the women who aided in trying to save my life, until she did her best to show me that it was not warranted. I do not say these things to cause you pain. But you are not innocent. And it is only when you accept this truth that we can work on mending the bridge between us." Her voice held no malice or anger, it did not rise with the emotions welling within her, and her misty eyes had gone dry with a practiced strength. It would be easy to pretend that the events of the day had happened weeks or months ago instead of hours. But the damage that had been done would need to be mended before any healing could occur and it would need to be a conscientious effort on all parties involved to salvage the destruction.