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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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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."

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Axis looks over to her. "Someone you knew?" he asks, a little curiosity leaking into his voice. Something else that Revan gets from him.

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"She was a friend of Calenvir's," she said. "They were at the Temple together."

She looked over at Trever, worried.

"She was one of the few who he kept in contact with."

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Axis knits his hands together, thoughtful. "She's just sticking her hands all in your businesses, isn't she?" He thinks someone needs to get rid of that woman, but he could hardly do that in this body.

John straightens a little, turning away from the paintings. "We came here to try to find your husband, and that's possibly the most useful piece of information you could have given us, ma'am."

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"Find him? You think he might still be alive?" she asks cautiously, obviously not wanting to hope, least it gets dashed.

"But Kalntrev said they couldn't sense him any more," Naldin said, speaking up for the first time.

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"We hope. It's my experience that Sith don't kill the valuable Jedi, and considering how much they want your sons..." Axis shrugs. "If not that, then to bring his body back, for absolution and a proper burial."

John looks over to Naldin. "Doesn't necessarily mean he's dead. It could just be difficult to sense him."
"Or he could have been trying to protect you all by disappearing from all spectrums," Axis adds.

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Talia studies Trever who is staring down at his shoes. It's amazing how quickly a person can be reduced to a ten year old when faced with their mother. "That is odd... that they want them so much. Usually they just kill them if they can't convert them. And yet they've been trying to capture them."

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Axis totally sympathizes; moms are scary people, yo. "That bond of theirs... That level of connection would be an incredible boon to the Sith, whether they're used in battle or in interrogation. My son calls it unnatural." He pauses for a few moments, turning the gold band on his ring finger slowly. "However, there was a complication..." It's putting it mildly, he knows, but he doesn't want to get into a 'whodunnit' match with these people when he tells them what happened.

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"A complication..." Talia says, that commander's tone creeping back into her voice saying 'this better be good or else'. "What sort of complication?"

Both her sons squirm at this voice. They've obviously been had it inflicted upon them before.

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Axis is unaffected by that tone; he's gotten it a million times from his commanding officers and has learned to take it in stride. John, however, twitches slightly. "There was an incident involving his psychometry, and he was severed from the Force. Which is why we were unable to bring him," the Mandalorian says calmly.

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Talia frowns for a moment, trying to recall everything that she's heard about the Force. Her husband didn't talk much about it once the twins were born, so it's been a while. Finally she says, "There must be something more to it than just a severing. Calenvir has mentioned that it's happened before, but nothing dangerous..."

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Axis sighs lightly, pinching the bridge of his nose. "When he was severed, it was so utter that it... how did the Exile put it... it left a wound in the Force. Like... a black hole."

"If he was trained, he would be capable of sucking the Force out of other sentients," John explains quietly, finally sitting down on the arm of Axis's chair.

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Lips thin as Talia looks at Trever for conformation. He nods hesitantly.

"Wonderful... just... I have a thing or two to say to whoever did it." By her hand on the rifle, they may not be actual verbal words. "But that is not here nor there. You want to know about my husband?"

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"I don't think there's anything you could do to him that would hurt him more than he has been already, ma'am," John says.

Axis nods. "Whatever you could tell us about his past associations and the time before he disappeared would be extremely helpful."