"What happened?" Din asks after waking up. He keeps his head in Cordelia's lap, looking around and spotting Bo-Katan and Grogu near the fire, Pandora sleeping in the pram next to her parents.
"I saved your lives." She replies. Cordelia helps Din sit up and he leans into her side, still weak from the blood taken from him. She gently presses her fingers along the gaps in his armor, wanting to double check that he's uninjured. Finding none, she wraps her arm around him, happy he's awake and all right.
"How did you find us?" He asks.
"Your kid. He's tougher than he looks. And he's quite the navigator." Bo-Katan says. She nods towards Pandora with her head. "I'm sure she will be too when she's older."
"Thank you for rescuing us." Din tells her. He wraps his arm around Cordelia and leans in for a Keldabe Kiss. He looks around, adjusting the glove she had taken off earlier to comfort Pandora. "You were right. Mandalore is not cursed."
"Was I? Look around. There's nothing left. A great society is now a memory." She replies. "I once ruled here for a brief time. Now, it's destroyed. Nothing to cling to but ashes." She stands and brings Din the soup she'd prepared.
"What is this?" He asks, inspecting it. Grogu joins them, eyeing the cup.
"You've never eaten pog soup?" She asks. He shakes his head.
"No." He answers.
"Can you appreciate the irony?" She asks. Din tilts his helmet back just enough to drink some of the soup. "Every Mandalorian worth their armor was raised on this since they were their size." She explains, gesturing to the kids.
Din hands the cup to Cordelia and she takes a sip before handing it to Grogu. He looks inside and coos, pointing to the pram. She smiles and scoops him up before moving in front of the pram, spotting Pandora awake and chewing on her doll. Grogu uses the Force to grab the spoon Bo-Katan had used to stir the soup, handing it to his mother. She carefully feeds Pandora some of the soup before giving Grogu the cup again. He happily drinks it, knowing all of his family got some too.
"Rest, Riduur." Cordelia scolds as she spots Din trying to get up.
"I'll get you back to my ship soon enough." Bo-Katan agrees. He ignores them, picking up Grogu and checking that Pandora is still in the pram.
"I'm not going with you." He tells her, setting Grogu inside with his sister.
"What are you talking about?" She asks as Din extends his hand towards his wife. She takes it, knowing that he must still want to go to the Living Waters.
"I must continue to the Mines of Mandalore so that I may be redeemed." He answers. He begins grabbing his weapons as Cordelia checks on the children, making sure they're ready and have everything.
"I honestly think that it's adorable that you actually believe these children's stories. But there is nothing magic about the waters." Bo-Katan says.
Cordelia rolls her eyes, annoyed that the woman is so judgmental of Din and the group she hasn't met. He had been shocked at first, to learn of another group, but he was never rude about their beliefs after accepting the fact that there were more Mandalorians than the ones he knew.
"Without the Creed, what are we? What do we stand for? Our people are scattered like stars in the galaxy. The Creed is how we survived." Din tells her as he returns his weapons to their proper places. "You rescued us, and I'll always be in your debt. But I can't go with you until I fulfill my obligation."
"I will take you." She says.
"To the Living Waters?" He asks.
"Yes. You'd never find them on your own. Not in all this wreckage." She replies, grabbing her helmet.
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The Mandalorian's Bounties | Din Djarin
FanfictionCordelia wakes up with no memories. She doesn't know who she is, let alone why she wakes up in a strange building with a Child at her side. The only thing she does know is that she must protect him at all costs. After spending months with her appare...
