Darth Marr was sitting in his office, working on a few projects he had planned for the navy.

As he always wanted to find ways for the Empire to win, he had almost no free time.

But in the middle of it, he was disturbed by a vibrating motion on his desk.

It was his own holo pad.

'What does he want now?'

"Yes, what is it Cathal?"

Darth Marr asked as he looked at the hologram of Cathal in his mask and robe.

But what caught his eyes was the other person in view.

The Mandalorian, who was as still as a rock.

Before he could speculate any further, Cathal spoke.

"She thinks I’m trying to scam her. Can you prove that this works."

Cathal said as he held up the big credit, showing it to Darth Marr.

Darth Marr was irritated by the situation, but also a bit amused.

He thought it was a stupid thing to call for, but also amused by the problem.

So he decided to play a bit with his in name apprentice.

"I have never seen that before. Where did you get that?"

Cathal looked at Darth Marr with dead eyes.

'Why is he saying that? It was he who gave me this.'

Cathal was incredibly confused by the situation.

As even if he is a fast learner and gained what looks like small emotions.

He could still not learn things like sarcasm, and what Darth Marr was doing.

"But you gave it to me…"

"I don’t recall doing that. Maybe you remembered wrong."

Darth Marr was enjoying this time off.

It was a long time ago he had felt this kind of enjoyment with small things like this.

Ever since he started taking care of Cathal, it seems like slowly but surely.

Darth Marr’s humanity was slowly being restored.

While all this was playing out, there was also the other person present in the room.

'Fuck, Fuck, Fuck, Shit! Think Naari, think… I don’t know!'

The Mandalorian woman named Naari could still not move, and only stare at the conversation.

"So, what will you do as she won’t take the credits?"

Darth Marr asked Cathal in an amused tone.

“I will just torture her. I don’t really need this information, but it will make it a lot easier."

With those words the Naari’s eyes lost their light, and she lost the only hope she had.

"Ha, If I was a jedi, I would feel bad for the 'poor' Mandalorian."

Darth Marr commented with what sounded like a small, almost unnoticeable laugh.

Cathal turned around and stared at Naari, as he felt the surrounding force react weirdly around her.

He lifted the force holding her in place and stared at her.

"Will you take the credits?"

Cathal asked once more.

It took a while for Naari to answer him, as her eyes gradually regained their life.

"Yes! Yes, of course. Please give me a minute to get it."

She was almost screaming as she started clicking on the holo pad in her vambrace.

After just a second, Cathal felt his holo pad vibrate and checked it.

There was all the information he asked for, and even more.

"Ok, here."

Cathal said as he placed the credit in her hands, then walked out.

The Mandalorian was still sweating buckets and shaking.

'I’m leaving this planet for the foreseeable future!'

She decided she was worth a vacation by now, and she also wanted to hide.

***

Cathal did not understand why Darth Marr did as he did, but he still went with it.

As he got out of the cantina, he read the information.

[The closest Republic Mining camp is 15 km out]

[The main Republic Base of operation is 85 km away]

[3 Jedi present on Quesh: One Master, one Knight and one Padawan]

'Let’s clear out the Mining camp first.'

Cathal thought as he made his way over to a speeder shop.

He hired a speeder and set off outside of the Imperial base.

What he didn’t know was that there was a pair of eyes staring at him the entire time he was walking around.

The force had not warned him yes, as there was no hostility from them.

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Author here…

Sry bout boring chapter.

Had to speed wright this one, before I leave for a couple of days.

Will spend time without the internet completely, so had to get you guys a chapter at least.

As my two chapters a week promise still stands, I think.

There will probably be a new chapter Saturday or Sunday. depending on when I get home.

Anyway, It’s way too late for me now, so I have to sleep again.

If you read this before going to be, do it now! Go to sleep!

If it’s early morning, good morning to you!

Good night!