--- {A prison with no name} ---

꧁•⊹٭𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝟹: 𝙹𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚃𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚝٭⊹•꧂

After the crash landing...

The exit opens as Ashoka holds on to Rotta while staring at the sand hills, "Welcome home, Stinky."

She smiles; Elisa, on the other hand, gasps in awe at the sand since she has never seen sand before. She jumps off the edge of the crashed vessel and runs around before she collapses backward by making some snow angels. 

This makes Rotta and Ashoka giggle more. She laughs at Elisa's laughter, understanding that she is acting like a youngling who loves playing around, which makes Anakin turn around to see her rolling around.

Who, on the other hand, was relieved to know that she was still intact but frowned upon seeing her injuries reopen through her clean clothes: "Elisa, if you move too much, your injuries will worsen." Anakin jumps down with Rotta now on his backpack and sees her smile falter. He looks down in guilt as he places a hand on Elisa's shoulder and tells her, "When we get you healed up, you can play on the sand, okay?"

Elisa's smile returns before she touches the sand, giving her an idea of how to communicate and ask them; she lifts herself off the sand by kneeling and draws Count Dooku's face in reasonable detail.

Also, putting a question mark next to the drawing, "Yeah, I think it was Count Dooku, Elisa." Anakin affirmed it by gripping his hand into a ball before he calmed down and walked ahead.

Hours of walking...

Anakin, with baby Rotta in his backpack, led Ashoka and Elisa on a trail in the desert non-stop until she (Elisa) felt dizzy by the heat and was sweating a lot when she gave up by collapsing on the sand.

The Jedi and his padawan came to her aid as Ashoka asked: "Elisa, are you ok?" Elisa's response was heavy breathing and burning up; Anakin noticed the symptoms that she was experiencing and said, "She's never been outside. Therefore, she's experiencing her first heat stroke." He was about to lift her, but Ashoka did it by helping Elisa, who weakly whines. Of course, it was going to be a problem for the journey.

So, to pass the time, Ashoka decides to tell Anakin what Master Yoda told her, "Master Yoda has a saying: 'Old sins cast a long shadow.' Do you know what he means by that?" 

Of course, the mention of Yoda's words got Elisa so curious that it encouraged her to stand up and continue walking, "It means 'Your past can ruin your future if you allow it.' " Anakin explained: "But you forget that it was Master Skywalker who said, 'I don't want to talk about my past.' " 

Ashoka sighed, "Okay, fine." She continues: "There is so much we could discuss here. Like the Sand." Anakin could tell his padawan was trying to improve her boring mode by conversing with him. 

Not knowing that Elisa had thought about the word "Sand" until she noticed her feet touched the soft sand, she was intrigued. 

She tapped his shoulder, caught his attention, and asked: "Sand...bad?" Her gentle voice showed signs of her shyness because she was an ex-prisoner of Count Dooku; Elisa was curious about the world around her, to which Anakin softened his tone for her sake.

"You could say that." He starts again, "The desert is merciless, Elisa. It takes everything from you." Elisa frowns slightly before gently holding Anakin's gloved hand, making him widen his eyes. He slowly earns her faint smile and returns the gesture softly.

Ashoka comments, "We'll that's a happy thought," She continues, "It won't take us, Master. Right R-2 and Elisa?" As they continue on foot, Elisa starts to feel hungry and a growling sound escaped her stomach, making the Jedi, his padawan, and the droid look at her.

"...hm?"

Anakin chuckled softly, glancing down at Elisa as her cheeks flushed with embarrassment. "Looks like someone is ready for a snack," he teased gently, kneeling to her level. "Do you have any food with you, Ashoka?"