Ducem Mortis | The Mandalorian

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"All right, let's try this again. Okay did...do you have the wire?" Din asked as we both stood at the opening of the vent that the child was in. I held a flashlight as we looked into the vent, Din was trying to direct the child what to do but then again....he was a child.

"I don't think this is a good idea." I said as I looked at Din causing him to shake his head, "He'll be fine." I shook my head at the man as I looked back down into the vent. "Okay. Did you get the wire out? The red wire?" He asked the child causing him to 'huh' in confusion.

We definitely needed to work on colors after this.

The child held up the blue wire confirming that we did need to work on colors after this was all over. "No, no, no. No, the red one. Show me the red wire. The red one." Din said causing the child to put the Mandalorian's 'no' as to hold up the other wire he was holding. "Good job." I said softly towards the child. He cooed at the attention I was giving him causing Din to interrupt, "Alright focus. You're going to plug that red wire where the blue wire goes in the board." The child looked down confused as he looked at both of the wires.

"Do you think he's color blind?" I asked causing Din to speak, "Don't start Astraea." I raised my hand that wasn't holding the lightsaber up. "Put the red wire where the blue wire goes in the board, okay? But don't let them touch." He said causing both the child and I to look at him. "What happens if they touch." I asked concerned.

"They're oppositely charge."

"Shit." I muttered knowing that the child was going to be shocked. "You see where you took the blue one off? Yes, now put the red one..." Din started only to stop when the child put the blue wire back into the hole it was before. I could tell he was getting frustrated with Din's directions. "No, don't put the blue one back. Put the red one where the blue one was. And put the blue one where the red one was." The child pulled the blue wire back out in confusion and frustration.

"Can we get him out?" I asked only for Din to tell me he was almost there. "They're oppositely charged, so keep them away from each other. Make sure you hold them apart from... No, hold them apart." However Din couldn't speak fast enough and the child brought the wires together. My eyes widen as electricity crackled and the child shook. Smoke started to come out from the vent causing me to wave my hand, trying to clear it out.

"Are you okay?" Din asked as the child coughed from the smoke. "Okay, no more messing with wires." I said as I held my hands into the vent. The child started to crawl out, happy to no longer being in the vents. The child whined as I tried to calm him down. Eventually we all went down to the lower deck to drink some leftover bone broth that Din had stashed around. I could hear the sound of Din releasing the lock on his helmet causing me to look away.

"I can't believe you spent a thousand credits for this." I said as the ship still looked like a wreck. "At least we can still use the lower deck," I said trying to find the silver lining.

"How would you like to go to Nevarro?" He asked the child. The child cooed in interest causing me to roll my eyes, not in a serious manner. I wasn't exactly sold on going to Nevarro but it's not like there was an alternative.

Din set the coordinates for the Nevarro after we finished our bone broth. It seemed like it took little to no time getting to the planet. Call it what you want but my stomach started to hurt once I saw the familiar faces of Cara and Greef.

It was guilt. Deep down I was still feeling guilty after what happened last time we were all on this planet. "Relax." Said Din next to me causing me to look at the man. "Who said I was nervous?" I questioned causing the man to look at me before turning his attention back towards the front. A second or two had past before he spoke up, "Your leg the bouncing." I looked down and sure enough my left leg was bouncing. I frowned slighted before stopping it and looking back out the window. Cara and Greef were waiting for us to join them on the ground.