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"Me too" Rex admitted.

She looked up.

Confusion clear in her face.

But then again... it relieved her. It relieved her so much, to know that she wasn't the only one afraid of what was about to come.

She was about to give a response.

To say, that she was a Jedi. That she shouldn't be afraid. That she should be brave and calm and take what was coming.

But she couldn't. She couldn't, because suddenly it felt wrong.

She had been so confident that her fear made her weak. But it didn't make Rex weak.

So how could it do it with her?

The Clone laid his Arms around her and pulled his little sister close.

Like he'd done before to comfort her.

"It is okay to be afraid." he told her.

"And you are brave. Because you are stronger than your fear."

He stroked her head with one hand as if he would be ruffling nonexistent hair.

She smiled a bit, as he let her go of the hug.

"You are so brave little'un. So brave and so strong. I admire that. I don't think I could go through what you're going through now." he paused for a moment. "I just wanted you to know that..."

She watched the ground, a tear slipping from her eye.

"C...can you promise me something?" she asked, her voice so quiet, that he nearly overheard it.

"Of course."

"When... when I die. Stay with me. Please. Even if I'm unconscious then... Please don't leave me alone then."

He nodded.

"I wont leave you. I promise."

A sad smile formed on her lips.

She was so, so deeply scared of dying.

But with her friends by her side... she could stay strong.

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