Bounty hunting is a complicated profession

The Farm

When you made it to the village you were welcomed by a bunch of kids running towards you and laughing. You got down the sled and smiled and waved at them. You liked children, they were so pure and honest that being around them was extremely soothing.

"Well, looks like they are happy to see us." Mando said.

"Looks like." Cara agreed with a smile on her face.

A little girl approached you and greeted you with a shy "hi" and a big smile. You smiled back at her. In seconds you were surrounded by the children, who were extremely excited about having new people on the farm.

Meanwhile, Mando and the farmers were unloading the cargo from the sled.

When they were finished, they showed you to the hut where you were going to stay. You followed Mando into it and saw a woman inside who was opening the blinds.

"Please come in." She said "I hope this is comfortable for you. Sorry that all we have is the barn."

"This will do fine."

"I stacked some blankets over here." She added, then she turned to you and Cara with a smile. "Come, I'll show you two to the other hut."

"Wait," Mando said "she stays with me." he added, pointing at you.

"Ah! Of course..."  the woman was saying, when the little girl from before popped her head through the door.

"This is my daughter Winta. We don't get a lot of visitors around here. She's not used to strangers." She then turned to the girl "These nice people are going to help protect us from the bad ones."

"Thank you." The girl said with a smile.

"Come on, Winta. Let's give our guests some room." The woman left with the girl and Cara.

The hut was small, mostly for two people, but you were glad Mando had chosen to stay with you. Not only because his presence allowed you to sleep without nightmares, but because it meant that he was at ease with having you around again.

You started to unpack the cargo when someone knocked at the door. It was the woman from before. She took the chance to introduce herself, her name was Omera and, by how she behaved and felt, you were quite sure it had been her idea to seek help against the raiders.

"I've brought you these" she said as she handed you some clothes "I noticed you didn't have… your own" she added doubtfully.

You thanked her in signed language.

"She says 'thank you'." Mando told her.

"You can't talk?" Winta appeared on the door frame, looking at you. You shook your head.

"Why?"

"Winta!" Her mum cut her, surely thinking it was a sensitive matter.

"Do you want to come play with us?" Winta asked, then she turned to Mando "can she come play with us?"

He looked at you and nodded. Winta grabbed your hand and took you out. When you reached the rest of the children, she took the translator role, which was very funny for you.

"She can't talk, so don't overwhelm her with questions!" She said overstating the problem.

"Why can't she talk?" A boy asked her.

"Well… I don't know" she admitted, then turned to you and in a whisper — as if she feared her mum would hear her and reprimand her again — she asked "why can't you talk?"

You sat down on the ground with them, and started to play charades, gesturing everything in a very exaggerated way, so they had to try and guess what you meant.