"I agree. He won't talk to me, but maybe he will open up to a woman as confident and stunning as you. I'd like you to go to the factory, my love."
'We've been friends since the academy, I should've told them I was back,' Loreley said, 'Then again I didn't know you guys told everyone I was dead when I was merely MIA.' Loreley turned around to see Fendrat, 'Speak of the devil.' She walked up to him and hugged him tightly, not caring about his pheromones for hte moment, 'Fen, sorry I didn't come to see you straight away when I got back. It's goof to see you.'
“We’ll have to. If this ends up how I think...what’s the plan here? An emp powerful enough to disable a factory of droids, probably wouldn’t do my own cybernetics much good...I hate to say it. We’re just going to have to gamble completely blind, unless Telarayan might know something. She has a knack at finding things people want to keep a secret.”
Fendrat hug her back, tears come to his eyes but he didn't stoped them. "Nothing happen Loreley. The most important, is that you are safe and alive."
Loreley broke the hug and wiped his tears away, 'Hey, big guy, no need to cry. What have you been up to while I was taking a little holiday on an uninhabitated tropical planet?'
He nods. "We should have a contingency, but I'd like to solve this peacefully if possible. I saw this kid grow up. I really don't want to have to order his death."
Fendrat smile to her. "What I been up? Doing secrets mission for Empire, upgrading Deet body for new toys, dating with Cara, working with her and Beam, and sleeping in comfortable bed." He look in her face. "But tell me what happen with you. Where are you been by whole mouth?"
That made Dannan raise an eyebrow. “So you know who he is? What’s the story there? What’s he got against you? There might be something that can be used.”
'Oh, that's great,' Loreley smiled, 'Cara, huh? She's the Mirialan engineer, right? I'm glad you found someone special.' 'Me?' Loreley laughed, 'Nothing much... surviving with a fellow pilot and a rebel in the jungle for a month, getting captured by pirates, made a concubine for Prince Xizor for a bit... y'know, simple stuff.'
Fendrat know she joking to hide her real feeling, but he didn't pushing. "I see, you are like cat. Always landing on four limbs. Are you have now any plans? Did you tell DT?"
'I'm like a cat?' Loreley giggled, 'That's so sweet. Maybe I kind of am... i wonder how many lives I've used up already.' 'No, I'll contact him when I get the chance,' Loreley said, 'You never know where he's off to again with that Lord Vader secret society business he got himself involved in.' She tapped her chin and smiled sheepishly, 'I do have a plan... but I don't know if I should tell you. It's tippy-top secret. Can I trust you to not tell anyone?'
The brunette smirked, 'Well, rumour has it that Grand Admiral Zenobia is looking to test some new prototype fighters. And another rumour has it that an accomplished ace pilot, who looks suspiciously like me, is to be the test pilot.'
"Not really a story. I was with Zann a long time. He picked up this kid killed in one of his rivil's bombings, and practically raised him. Zann didn't really care about the kid, but that's bot what the kid thinks."
“Then we straighten him out...not that it will be easy. How much does he know about my role in things or does he just assume I’m a nobody?”
DT-L30 grits his teeth, he immediately figured out that she was trying to provoke him. But that didn't make things any easier for him to cooldown. He simply clenches his fists, while glaring at her.
“Probably...better than it was my idea, I suppose.” This was most likely going to he a complete mess. No two ways around it. “I have an...idea, as sick as you might be of hearing that. If he sees it easier to capture me, we’ll sell him on the idea that he turned me against you. He’ll have his guard up on your first meeting...but not forever. Eventually, he’ll assume that I can’t or won’t fight and since he’ll want to settle things personally, he’ll come out of hiding to do things himself rather than send droids...but we’ll be ready.”
She paces back and forth in front of him. "Come on, strike me down, if you think you can. Embrace that rage. Embrace the grief, and the guilt. Let your love for your friend make you strong, and come at me."
