Private Life on canvas

[Iandre Athlea]

Iandre nodded with an approving smile.

"I think that's a good start." she said. "You don't have to agree with everything they say, but there's wisdom in listening to people who've spent years facing the same enemy."

She smiled a little wider.

"Ask questions. Learn how this era works. Then decide what kind of Jedi you want to be within it."

Her expression softened.

"The Sith have survived for centuries." She gave a small shrug. "Taking a little extra time to prepare before standing against them won't change that. It will simply give you a better chance of succeeding."

Nolan ork

 

[Nolan ork]

“I have a lot to learn about this era l know that much”

 

[Iandre Athlea]

Iandre gave a small shrug and smiled.

"Take it a day at a time." she said simply. "That's what I did."

She glanced toward the painting before returning her attention to Nolan.

"Some days you'll discover something wonderful. Other days you'll learn that another piece of the galaxy you remembered no longer exists." Her smile remained gentle. "Both are part of finding your place here."

"Nine hundred years is a lot to catch up on." She chuckled softly. "Fortunately, you don't have to do it all today."

Nolan ork

 

[Nolan ork]

“Yeah I’m just blown away by how much time I’ve lost”

 

[Iandre Athlea]

Iandre considered his words for a moment before giving a small shrug.

"Have you really lost that time?" she asked gently. "Or have you been given a second chance at life?"

She smiled thoughtfully.

"You didn't grow old. You didn't spend those centuries watching everyone you loved fade away one by one." Her gaze remained kind. "You simply opened your eyes in a different chapter of the galaxy's story."

She folded her hands loosely in her lap.

"I asked myself that same question when I arrived." A faint smile crossed her lips. "Eventually I stopped asking what I'd lost and started asking what I was going to do with the life I'd been given."

Her eyes met Nolan's.

"So what are you going to do with your second chance?" she asked quietly. "Because I don't think the Force brought either of us here just to mourn what used to be."

Nolan ork

 

[Nolan ork]

“Well one thing is certain I’m going to bide my time and gain the trust of your order and in time I will ask them to help me take back the temple”

 

[Iandre Athlea]

Iandre smiled gently and shook her head.

"I don't belong to any Order currently." she said. "I've worked alongside the High Republic, and they've been very good to me, but I've chosen to step away from active service for now."

Her eyes drifted briefly toward the children laughing in the playground.

"After everything I'd been through, I needed time to remember who I was outside of being a Jedi Knight on assignment." She chuckled softly. "That's partly how I ended up here, painting in a park instead of chasing the next crisis."

She looked back to Nolan with an encouraging smile.

"That said, I do think they'd be worth speaking to." She nodded. "Not because they'll tell you what to do, but because they'll help you understand the galaxy you're living in now. Once you know this era, you'll be in a much better position to decide how you want to protect it."

Nolan ork

 

[Nolan ork]

“Alright then I’ll speak to them soon for now I’ll enjoy the little peace I have”

 

[Iandre Athlea]

Iandre smiled approvingly.

"I think that's a wise decision." she said. "Peace has a way of slipping through our fingers if we never stop long enough to appreciate it."

A curious expression crossed her face as another thought occurred to her.

"I'm curious, though..." She tilted her head slightly. "How do you know what happened after Order Sixty-Six?"

She folded her hands loosely in her lap.

"You spoke about Anakin returning to the light, the Empire, and what became of Mandalore." She smiled gently. "But you also said you only recently learned you were no longer in our own time."

Her smile remained warm rather than skeptical.

"So...who filled in the missing nine centuries?"

Nolan ork

 

[Nolan ork]

“right after you told me that I was no longer in my own time suddenly I had visions in my head of what happened I can’t explain it but I think the force wanted to show me what I missed”

 

[Iandre Athlea]

Iandre blinked in surprise before a small smile appeared.

"The Force certainly has its own ways of teaching us." she said thoughtfully. "I can't say I understand why it chose to show you so much all at once."

She gave a light shrug.

"I had to learn it the long and hard way." A quiet laugh escaped her. "One conversation, one history lesson, one friendship at a time. It took months before I felt like I understood even a small part of this era."

Her smile remained warm.

"Perhaps the Force knew you needed answers immediately." She tilted her head slightly. "Or perhaps it simply trusted you'd know what to do with them."

Nolan ork

 

[Nolan ork]

“Perhaps” he nodded “it must’ve been a shock finding out that you missed 900 years of your life”

 

[Iandre Athlea]

A quiet laugh escaped Iandre, though it carried more memory than humor.

"That's one way of putting it." she admitted. "I screamed. I cried." She smiled faintly at herself. "For a little while, I simply couldn't accept it."

She looked out across the park, remembering those first overwhelming days.

"Eventually, I settled down and realized I had a choice." she continued. "I could spend the rest of my life mourning what I'd lost...or I could start living in the time I'd been given."

Her smile softened.

"I decided not to join the Galactic Alliance that existed then." She chuckled quietly. "Ironically, it's gone now as well." She shook her head. "Instead, I joined another government called the Diarchy."

There was unmistakable affection in her voice as she continued.

"It was there I met the man who became my Master, Laphisto...and the man who became my husband, Rellik." She smiled warmly at the memory. "So, as strange as it sounds, arriving nine centuries late also brought me some of the happiest years of my life."

Nolan ork

 

[Nolan ork]

“At least we are both happy considering that we are in a totally different time”

 

[Iandre Athlea]

Iandre smiled, though there was a touch of melancholy behind it.

"It's a work in progress for me." she admitted quietly. "It became one again after my husband died...and after the government we built our lives around fell."

She looked down at her hands for a moment before looking back up.

"I thought I'd found where I belonged." A faint laugh escaped her. "Then the galaxy reminded me that nothing lasts forever."

Her smile returned, gentle but genuine.

"So now I'm learning to be happy again." She glanced toward the painting resting on its easel. "One day at a time. One painting at a time. One new friendship at a time."

She met Nolan's eyes warmly.

"Perhaps that's all any of us can really do."

Nolan ork

 

[Nolan ork]

“Yeah and maybe the force brought us back to fix mistakes we made before”

 

[Iandre Athlea]

Iandre considered the thought for a moment before giving a small shrug.

"Perhaps." A thoughtful smile crossed her face. "Or perhaps we were simply given another opportunity to live."

She tilted her head curiously.

"What mistakes do you think the Force wants you to correct?" she asked. "Your own...or the galaxy's?"

Her expression remained gentle.

"Because those are two very different callings." She folded her hands together. "One asks us to become better people. The other asks us to change the world."

A small smile returned.

"If I've learned anything since arriving here..." she said quietly, "it's that we have far more control over the first than the second."

Nolan ork

 

[Nolan ork]

“I’ve made a lot of mistakes things that I regret and things that I wish I could change maybe I should’ve stayed in the temple I know I would had a better chance of surviving”

 

[Iandre Athlea]

Iandre gave a gentle shake of her head.

"No..." she said quietly. "If you'd stayed at the Temple, you very likely would have died alongside everyone else there."

Her expression softened. She knew that kind of survivor's guilt all too well.

"It's easy to imagine the path we didn't take would've ended better." She smiled sadly. "But we rarely imagine the dangers that were waiting there too."

After a brief pause, she asked,

"How old were you when Order Sixty-Six happened?" Her voice was gentle, genuinely curious. "You seem young enough that you still had a great deal of your life ahead of you."

Nolan ork

 

[Nolan ork]

“I actually turned 22 years old 2 days before it happened”