" These battle scars don't look like they're fading
Don't look like they're ever going away
They ain't never gonna change, "
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Not everyone understands what it's like to hide behind a mask. Afraid of what people would say if they spotted the horror...
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"Padawan Maleshei." Riyo Chuchi greeted as soon as Rex, Wolffe, and Mal got off the speeders. Mal approached her, shaking her hand gently when she did. "Senator Chuchi. A pleasure to meet you in person."
"You too. Please call me Riyo."
"Okay, Riyo. You can call me Mal." Riyo smiled to the teen before she pulled her hand away. "Well, a pleasure to meet you, Mal. Where are the others?"
"They're still investigating. They sent me back to protect you and the Chairman in case whoever or whatever did this came back." Mal explained as Riyo nodded in understanding.
"Well, I'm glad you're back. Come with me." Riyo suggested, but not before Mal looked Rex and Wolffe and quickly said,
"Rex, Wolffe, gather a few men and start setting up a perimeter." The two men nodded to Mal then to the Senator before running off, yelling to a few men around to follow them.
"What's the situation?"
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"I want the weapon system back online and the shields operational. There's no telling what the Separatists have planned." Chairman Cho ordered as Riyo and Mal looked at each other.
"Chairman, what makes you so certain the Separatists are behind this attack?" Riyo asked as the Chairman scowled her down.
"Look around, Senator. Isn't this carnage proof enough?"
"I know, but there are no dead droids here, no blast marks. The clones' injuries were not consistent with what-" Riyo began but the Chairman bluntly interrupted her. "So you're an expert on war now, are you, Senator?"
"No, Chairman. No, I only-"
"Let me tell you something, Senator. I have led our people since before you were born. I've seen a hundred planets rise and fall through force of arms. If it's not the Separatists out there, then it's a malevolent and aggressive enemy, nonetheless. And I will not let whoever it is jeopardize the security of the people of Pantora." The Chairman exclaimed before he made his way to the lift.
"Chairman Cho, with all due respect, Senator Chuchi is right. I've been in battles long enough to know that when droids attack, there are usually blast shots. But there aren't any. And Master Anakin, Master Kenobi, and my Master, PLO Koon, found evidence of another threat, not the Separatists." Mal argued, backing up Riyo's statement.
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