#mythosar

[fulcrcm]

axe woves : → @mythosar : ❝ put the gun down. now. ❞

cautious gaze moves over the man before him, flicking to their surroundings for long enough to note his disadvantage in this current scenario. a muscle twitching at his cheek is the only outward display of his realisation, gaze finding it's way back to the mandalorian attempting to command him. " if you put yours down. " an unlikely request, he was aware, laughable even, but perhaps the time it might allow him would be helpful. " how about i put it away, and we can talk ? " he doesn't wait for an answer, sliding the blaster back into the holster at his hip, gaze never leaving the others. it'd been a long shot, coming here, and he had told them as such. but they had insisted he tried. so here he was, trying.

[astrancva]

The wounds of being abandoned by those she trusted still raw and threatening to bleed. They'd been fractured, torn asunder, and Bo had been left alone in the last remnant of her family. Now, even that is gone. But there's a promise of a new future for Mandalore and her people. The scraps the many clans coming together with renewed purpose.

But first, some rifts needed to be mended. Emotional bonds to be rebuilt before they could move forward.

This is a discussion they needed to have since they joined together again and Bo would be lying if she said it didn't still sting a bit. The temptation to lash out at him is there. But a soft voice in her ear reminds her that once upon a time, she had been very much like Axe Woves. Running away to forge a path for her own in the way she thought would be best.

There was a time when we weren't enemies.

She feels her edges soften when he speaks, but she won't deny the feeling of betrayal. The absolute loss when he, Koska, and the others left.

"You were always good enough, Axe. You swore to follow me, but I failed and you decided to run." She stops, taking a breath to redirect her thoughts.

"We all believed in the myths we were fed as children. That the Darksaber was required for one to be the ruler of Mandalore. I even thought, for a bit, that maybe that was why my sister failed in the end." She has to stop. Thinking of Satine and the role she played in her sister's death always threatened to break her. "But what we need is each other. And I need to know that you won't run again."

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