Trouble
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Surprised was only a mild understatement. Monroe had struck her as someone that lived and breathed in her beskar’gam. Another thing the Warmaster had in common with her father—the man had always been more comfortable in his everyday uniform than his dress uniform. In the time she’d spent with her parents recovering and later when she continued her liaison agent duties, he’d complained bitterly about attending official events and the fuss they required.
“Nice dress.”
The comment caught her off-guard. It was said politely, nicely even. And Adelle couldn’t detect any hint of sarcasm or deception in Mia’s presence. Just when she thought she had the Warmaster figured out, she had to go and throw a curveball at her. Adelle took a slow slip of the whiskey, carefully keeping her discomfort hidden.
“Thank you,” she said quietly, deciding to trust that the Warmaster was being genuine.
Adelle inclined her head towards Quinn when Monroe greeted the young sovereign. “Your Majesty.”
Quinn was in an unenviable position. She’d seen the tightness in the Queen’s face when increased security had been ordered, the slight resignation behind the eyes soon after. But the security was necessary and Quinn had to know it. Especially at an event like this. Poor experiences had a bad habit of reminding one of how wrong things could go.
Adelle surveyed the room, noting the faces she recognized.
She’d been about to respond to Mia’s question when Chancellor Vexx walked up to Quinn, greeting her with a glance in the Mandalorians’ direction. Adelle raised her eyebrows briefly even as the Chancellor continued on without so much as a pause for the clarifying question to be answered.
Adelle pitched her voice low, trying to answer Monroe without disturbing the conversation between Quinn and the Chancellor.
“To answer your question, if you speak with a Corellian accent, they just hand you one,” she quipped. Then she pointed across the room. “But there’s a small bar over there where they’re pouring.”
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