Rise and Rise Again
Keldabe, Mandalore
The Mantis Estate
Yasha had taken to the Mantis estate like Mon Calamari took to a crisp blue ocean. She played endlessly with the family Chrysalid Vornskyr (who much to Aditya's surprise was still alive after five years of hunting outside), leapt from bush to bush for 'cover' and one time got the shock of her life when she'd picked up one of her father's pistols by mistake.
Yasha also got grounded. Mega grounded. Compound-only grounded.
No child of Aditya & [member="Preliat Mantis"] sneaks off to a war zone to kill a Wookie/Ewok and got back without a major grounding. If Aditya hadn't been grinning from ear to ear, Yasha may not have survived.
Took down soldiers! Her Yasha! Cool as a cucumber. She was gonna be locked in the Estate until she was twelve. Aditya threw the dishes in the washer, pulled the mug of hot tea to her lips and fondled her new haircut. She couldn't tell yet whether to be proud or scared for Yasha. Hadn't figured that part out.
If she'd been on Atrisia, Yasha'd be in therapy and learn how to shuffle in a kimono for the Emperor. Alas, Mandalore was simpler and more forgiving.
"I still feel like I'm in the middle of waking up." Aditya said to the great room where her riduur sat. "Any second I'll shut my eyes, blink by mistake and end up... then I look around and see everything I've got to do and..." Aditya shrugged and slapped her hand gently against her thigh.
"We all made it home." The wife and mother padded over to her husband, and sat down on the arm of his chair.
The Mantis Estate
Yasha had taken to the Mantis estate like Mon Calamari took to a crisp blue ocean. She played endlessly with the family Chrysalid Vornskyr (who much to Aditya's surprise was still alive after five years of hunting outside), leapt from bush to bush for 'cover' and one time got the shock of her life when she'd picked up one of her father's pistols by mistake.
Yasha also got grounded. Mega grounded. Compound-only grounded.
No child of Aditya & [member="Preliat Mantis"] sneaks off to a war zone to kill a Wookie/Ewok and got back without a major grounding. If Aditya hadn't been grinning from ear to ear, Yasha may not have survived.
Took down soldiers! Her Yasha! Cool as a cucumber. She was gonna be locked in the Estate until she was twelve. Aditya threw the dishes in the washer, pulled the mug of hot tea to her lips and fondled her new haircut. She couldn't tell yet whether to be proud or scared for Yasha. Hadn't figured that part out.
If she'd been on Atrisia, Yasha'd be in therapy and learn how to shuffle in a kimono for the Emperor. Alas, Mandalore was simpler and more forgiving.
"I still feel like I'm in the middle of waking up." Aditya said to the great room where her riduur sat. "Any second I'll shut my eyes, blink by mistake and end up... then I look around and see everything I've got to do and..." Aditya shrugged and slapped her hand gently against her thigh.
"We all made it home." The wife and mother padded over to her husband, and sat down on the arm of his chair.