Ducem Mortis | The Mandalorian

IV

"I thought I told you to leave." I almost jumped at the new voice that came from behind me. I was now back in the village. Omera had somewhat filled me in as we walked back to the village. However from the looks of it Omera must've not told a certain Mandalorian that I was coming back.

"Omera asked me to come back. She said you guys needed my help." I said turning around towards him.  "I see you got you sword back." I had at bite my tongue at his words.

"Katana Mando, it's a katana." I said putting a hand on handle. "I didn't steal it if that's what you think."

"I know you didn't steal it." He said causing me to raise my eyebrows. I had assume he would've thought I stole it back before I left. "I saw Omera take it when she thought I was sleeping." I nodded my head, taking in all the information. "You knew she was going to come and find me. If you didn't want me here then why didn't you stop her."

The Mandalorian continued to stare at me making me realize that he wasn't going to answer my question. I shook my head at him before turning back around to unpack my stuff, "Good talk."

"Astraea." Hearing the Mandalorian say my name caused shivers to run down my spin. This was in fact the first time he has said my name. I turned my head to the side, giving him a glance. "Have you ever fought in a battle?" He asked causing me to shake my head. "No, I've had no need to." I spoke as I folded some clothes into a drawer.

"Then why should we need your help." I abruptly closed the drawer at his words. "You of anyone should know that it's not about how many battles you've been in, but rather how much of a warrior you are." I spoke taking a couple of steps closer to him. "You might not like me and that's fine. But I didn't come back for you. I came back because I owed Omera after she helped me. If you have an comments of me being here then you can take it up with her."

I bumped shoulders with him as I walked past him and out the door. I knew I had a scowl on my face as I walk around the village. It frustrates me how quickly the Mandalorian was able to get under my skin. I kneeled down in front of a small pond off in the distance. I ran my hand in the water before running my fingers back and forth, allowing the water to ripple at my touch. I knew there was nothing in here but krill so I wasn't worried about anything bitting me.

You like the water." I picked my head up, looking at the source of the voice. However I already knew that it was Omera, the light from the nearest star was shinning in my eyes causing me to a raise a hand up, covering the glare so I could see clearly. As expected there was Omera but she had a plus one with her, she had the child. He was in her arms observing me as I was crouched in front of the pond. I nodded my head before looking back at the pond, "It reminds me of home."

"Where are you from?" Omera asked as a smile came across her face. "Aw come on. You know I can't tell you all of my secrets." Omera hummed at my words before sitting down next to me, "I wanna thank you for coming back." I shrugged my shoulders before I looked off to where the children were running. "We had a deal." She shook her head causing me to look at her, "Yes but I am well aware that if you wanted to kill me you could've. Especially after I had given you your katana back." She wasn't wrong, the second I got my katana back I could've slice just the smallest amount of skin from her and it would've been game over.

But I don't kill without reason. Someone having a katana like I had without having a sense of control could be scary.

"Do you want to hold him?" She said holding him out towards me. I shook my head quickly, leaning back a bit at the same time. "Oh, come on. He doesn't bite." I gave her a look that said 'are you sure about that' causing her to clarify. "He hasn't bitten me or anyone else in the village, so you'll be fine." She said bring him closer to me. I looked at the child noticing that he did in fact have his hands out, reaching for me. I looked at Omera before looking at the child one more time, once the child knew that I caught his attention he started to coo causing my nerves to calm slightly. I reached forward causing Omera to hand him into my arms.