THREE- CELESTE: SLEEPING

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I awoke in a dark room, my hands tied behind my back. The first thing I noticed was the potent smell of spray paint, then the cool metal against my back, seeping through my jacket.

"She's awake, can you sense it?" The man said, standing beside Ezra with his arms crossed.

"I can." The man gave the chair a harsh kick to wake me up fully.

"Ka-Spectre-1, be nice."

"Ha, funny, I was about to tell you the same thing."

"Hey, you want to tell us why you stole our ship?" The man asked, a harsh sternness to his words.

"No, not particularly." I snorted, blowing my frosty blonde hair out of my face.

"I'm giving you a chance here, up to you if you want to take it." He paused, sighing before continuing.

"Look, I get that you don't trust me. So let's start off like we just met. My name's Kanan and this is my apprentice, Ezra. What's your name?"

"Nice try but I'm not saying anything."

"Fine." Kanan said, grabbing the back of the chair and dragging me through the ship.

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Next thing I knew I was on top of the flying ship.

"Maybe you'll talk now."

"Look, I won't mess with you anymore, just let me go."

"Heard that one before." Kanan hissed, he was quickly running out of patience.

"Let me try, Kanan."

"Fine, go ahead before I kick her off the ship." Ezra now stood in front of me, watching, staring. I hated the feeling of being watched.

"I was a street-rat once too, so I get the need to steal for credits. But why steal something so big?"

"Like you said credits." I finally spilled, no need of hiding something when they already figured it out.

"The buyer was looking for a specific ship. Yours to be precise. Said if we took down their ship they wouldn't have anything."

"Who said that?" Ezra asked, trying his best to  maintain his mask of seriousness.

"Agent Kallus."

"You work for the Empire!?"

"No."

"Then why would you make a deal with them?"

"Credits, protection from their raids, get-out-of-jail-free card, things like that."

"But the Empire?"

"You say that like you despise them."

"They take so much, how is it worth it!?"

"I wasn't going to give them the ship." I sighed,

"What do you mean?"

"I was going to let them think I took the ship, get my credits and get out."

"Agent Kallus... could mean the Inquisitor is there as well." Kanan growled, tossing a suspicious glance at me.

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