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"You sure you're going to be okay?" Trever asked Kale. He wanted to reach up and brush some hair from his twin's face... but that would have been wrong. They were trying to be separate.

"I'll be fine, promise. I'm not going to leave the house. Tobias and I'll be fine. I promise," Kale said, looking a bit wistful. He wanted to go too. But... he couldn't. Too dangerous. The last thing they needed was for something to trigger off Kale turning into something like Nihilus.

Trever hesitated and then gave Kale a hug. Hugs were safe. Kale hugged him back. "I'll miss you."

"Me too."

"Right, okay. I'll try and keep you updated as often as possible."

"Good. Now go on. Shoo."

Trever stuck his tongue out, but left to find Axis. It felt weird going to find their father body or alive. He didn't know which would be worse.

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"I have no idea what he was thinking at the time. I just needed to get Kale back."

Trever laughs at that. "No, we're not. The Empire holds the planet... but I know the codes to get through."

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Axis grins. "Well thank the Mandalore for small favors. You get to entering those codes, I'll take her in."

He mutters something to John, who nods and slinks off again.

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Trever rattles off the coordinates for his family's farm, as he starts entering the codes. Finished, he gave a satisfied smile. "There and they won't have any record of us either."

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Axis glances over to him for a moment before focusing back on heading for about a half-mile outside the farm. "Really? Well, I'm glad of that."

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His time with the Sith was handy for getting access to codes that let them slip unnoticed. Trever had sent in a "Very Secret Tell Anyone We're Here and You'll Die" code to the airspace command.

He watches the scenery with a bit of a smile, resisting the urge to point out places he recognizes.

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Oh, that's verrah nice. Axis likes.

He sets the Ebon Hawk down once he finds a good spot. "You ready for this?"

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Kree'sha didn't even know he found those.

He takes a deep breath and nods. "Ready as I'll ever be."

Though there's a twitch of a smile on his face, as though he knows something Axis doesn't.

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The twitch of the smile bothers him; it makes him feel like he's walking into something bad or that he's not part of the joke or something.

He finishes locking down the ship, going so far as to lock down the star charts and everything else, before getting up. "Let's get going, then."

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Oh yes. You should be bothered Axis, you should.

Trever stretches a bit before getting out of the seat to walk out of the ship. He'll wait for Axis and John (if he's coming) to catch up before setting out towards the farm, hands in his pockets, that smile on his face.

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Oh, he is. He is.

Axis does catch up, talking quietly with John (possibly even finalizing battle/retreat plans based on the landscape) as they walk. John changed into a breastplate, shinguards, and gauntlets, with a pair of blaster pistols at his side. He almost looks like he belongs here.

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It's rather boring and flat farmland really. Not very good for those sort of things. They're rather out in the open. Behind the farmstead however, are dark hills that over shadow the land.

Trever only half listens to what Axis and John are talking about, apparently not at all worried about what's up ahead. It doesn't take long before the buildings are in sight.

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Open land is bad. Axis nudges John gently and says something in that language from earlier, to which John nods.

Axis is just paranoid and stuff and- oh, buildings. That's good.

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Trever is mildly annoyed at that, but he suppose it's only fair since he and Kale go off in their own language and no one can understand them.

As they walk, he drops a bit next to Axis, hands in his pockets, taking in the familiar scenery.

The reason for this becomes clear as soon as they reach the gates of the farmstead. A shot from a heavy blaster rifle hits the earth just in front of the three of them, sending up large clods of dirt.

A woman, who was very obviously Trever's mother was standing with the rifle held up like she had known how to use one her whole life. In perfect Mando'a she said to Axis, "Step away from my son, now."

Trever looks not at all surprised at this.

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John lets out a startled noise, hand flinching toward the pistols on his hips. Axis grabs the boy's wrist, then jerks his chin. John reluctantly backs up while Axis busies himself with giving Trever the stink-eye.

He gives Trever a light shove toward the farmstead before backing up himself. "Here I thought all of the Mando'ade were dead, save one of clan Fett," he says in Basic, tone amiable. "In any case, we were bringing him back and had some questions about his Jetii father." He's thinking up a plan on the fly here; Revan hadn't mentioned this.

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Trever walks over to his mother, grinning madly. When he gets up to her, he says something quietly which results in him getting cuffed in the head and a finger shaking. But mother puts the blaster down and address Axis and John almost apologetically in Basic. "You must forgive me, my son has a rather ... obnoxious streak sometimes." There's a glare at Trever. "And I'm not Mando'ade, I merely traveled with some for a while. But I'll take that as a compliment."

Revan didn't know about this. The twins never mentioned it. Bad boys.

"And you, get back to the house and tell Naldin that we have guests, and I'm going to be wanting a full account of what's happened and where Kale is."

"Kale's safe, promise."

"GO."

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Okay, now that? Gets a twitch of a grin out of Axis. John mutters under his breath to Axis, who grins and scrubs the kid's shaved head. "Boys will be boys, ma'am. At least he's not trying to take over the planet or something." He strides in closer to offer his hand for a shake. "Allow me to introduce myself. I am Axis of clan Mereel, and that," he motions to John, "is my compatriate Jast."

John inclines his head politely. "Ma'am." Obviously he has no compunctions about fibbing in this little matter.

"Even if your son's rather..." he tries to think of a word, "well, rambunctious... he is telling the truth. Kale is perfectly safe."

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No, that would be Axis' son. XD

She nods her head, shouldering the blaster rifle before giving the hand a shake, "Talia Delvar."

It's a small fib.

"I find that hard to believe. The two of them are practically inseparable. Something must have happened to Kale since he's not here." Talia starts walking to the house, with a wave that they should join her.

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Axis trots until he's side-by-side with her, John bringing up the rear. "Talia. Name of an Onderonian empress. Strong leader."

"It'd be best if we talked about your sons inside," 'Jast' murmurs. "Less chance of prying ears."

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She smiles a bit at that, "Thank you. I rather liked to think I was too."

But at 'Jast's' comment she gets a worried mother look on her face, the soldier's mask slipping. "I knew there was something wrong."

The inside of the house is clean and spacious with lots of light. Actual paintings of various landscapes -space to sea- hang on the wall. There's a hologram photo of the family when the twin's must have been around five. Talia is there holding one twin, a man -tall with red hair and a kind smile holds the other, and finally there's a third older boy standing between the two adults.

Trever is inside the living area chatting with his brother (also a red-head, the family is leaking with them) Naldin. When they see their mother, they both scurry off into the kitchen.

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"There always is, it seems," Axis says, shooting a glare at John. "But Trever will have to explain part of it." Read: I'm going to make him own up to it to his mom.

John splits off from the older pair to examine the house, stopping in front of the holo to look at everyone. He points to the tall man. "Your husband?" He asks. "I see where they get their hair."

"Like my family and technopathy," Axis mutters under his breath.

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Talia gives a slight smile. "Delvars tended towards red hair and Force Sensitivity. Calenvir said that at one point you couldn't swing a lightsaber without hitting one. But he was joking."

She then turns and yells off towards the kitchen, "Trever! Get in here now!"

Trever comes back in reluctantly and sits on one of the couches. Talia sits across from him, the heavy blaster rifle next to her and stares at him.

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"In the long ago, he might not have been joking," John replies, moving on to the actual pictures.

Axis leans on the back of the couch, next to Trever. "You need to tell her what you've been up to while you were gone."

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Talia gives John an odd look before looking at Trever. Or it could be fixing a dead eye look at Trever that said, "Spill".

Trever spills. Every little bit.

Her expression doesn't change a bit through the entire story.

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Axis and John are both listening, the latter more intently though he doesn't show it. He also didn't seem to notice the look Talia gave him.

Axis eventually settles into a chair carefully as he half-listens to the story; he'd gotten various bits and pieces from Revan and Tobias, so Trever's just basically filling in with his side.

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When Trever's done, Naldin has joined them with a tray of cookies. He's sat himself down on the edge of the couch, a frown on his face.

Talia taps her finger on her knee when he's done. "Kree'sha? Huh. Never thought her to be the type."