( video )

[drawed]

[ Some of the crew might remember her post back during their trip on Ceta, but that had only been her network ID ( Cassie Holmes ) and a bunch of text in addition to her drawing. This time, though, she's got some things to say that'd be easier like this, but the video is a little shaky. It's hard to tell if she's wandering some darker part of the ship or just sitting somewhere. Alone. ]

Hi, um. I know I said this before, but I'm Cassie. [ It deserves repeating, and anyway, now there's a face to go with the name, pink streaks in her hair and all. ] I guess it's nice of that lady to let us take a trip home, even if some of us haven't been here as long as others. Looking at space all the time kinda gets depressing after a while, right?

[ Not enough color for her tastes. ]

But it can't be real. Jumping in didn't really take me where I wanted to go, and I keep wondering if that's the point. I don't see any of the places I visit or what might happen. I didn't see-- [ She doesn't elaborate and skirts right on by in a rush. ] Has anyone gotten hurt there? What if they die? What about the people who're already dead? It's not the first time the future hasn't been all that clear to me, but there are things even I know not to mess with. I wanna go home, but not to something like that. [ She lifts up her drawing pad to show a blank black page, eyebrow cocked slightly. ] This is what it's going to be if we don't figure something else out.

[ A whole lot of nothing, and she just leaves it at that, slouching down out of the video but giving a view of the medbay before it ends. ]

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[drawed]

I can't say for sure. I've only been in once, and I don't wanna go back.

[t65]

You didn't like having to leave?

[drawed]

It's not about that. I don't like-- [ She frowns a little. ] I don't know. It feels wrong.

[t65]

[He smiles, he hopes reassuringly.] It's not really our home. It's just a close copy. I'm not sure if there's a point to that, though. There isn't, always.

[drawed]

I know that, but a lot of people around here don't. It'd make more sense if there was one. [ Her own smile is slight. ] I hate guessing.

[t65]

[Luke's smile gets an edge, and his voice goes teasing.] Then maybe the point is to make us accept how little we know.

[drawed]

[ She appreciates the effort. ] I never usually have to. I mean, it changes all the time, but it's still there. Being here's made it weird.

[t65]

So you usually know everything? [Still teasing.]

[drawed]

[ S I G H ]

Not everything. That's not how seeing the future works.

[t65]

Uh-huh. [This is edging from 'teasing' to 'condescending', but Luke never could tell the difference.] Then how's it work?

[drawed]

[ She notices, of course, and it's not exactly something she responds well to, especially when it comes to her power. That, and she's thirteen. ] Why do you care?

[t65]

[Of course, when presented with a genuine and very fair question, Luke takes a moment to consider it carefully.]

Because... well, I think I know. I'm curious to see if we agree.

[drawed]

It changes all the time. [ And conscious decisions usually affect it more—if he's being serious enough about it. ] The things I see don't always happen - it's just one version. But they still could. I'm getting better at it.

[t65]

That sounds... a lot like the future as I know it. You said visions- you've had more than one?

[drawed]

Yeah. My mom's the best watcher there is. I'm gonna be like her some day. [ And then, maybe, she wouldn't have to worry about this anymore. Being scared or not getting the whole picture. ]

[t65]

That's... [Kinda familiar.] A good goal. But you'll have to tell me what a watcher is, first. Sorry, I know that must get boring pretty fast, explaining simple things to strangers.

[drawed]

It's what we call people who see the future where I'm from. It's just easier to say it that way.

[t65]

Wow! [He sounds genuinely impressed.] That's a real tough thing to do. I've only had one vision, and it took weeks, and it was still an accident. You must be really talented.

[drawed]

I try. [ He wouldn't call her talented if he saw her drawings. ] It's not as easy as it sounds, but I guess you know that. [ ... ] How was it an accident?

[t65]

Sort of. I've never tried for it... [He shrugs.] It's something that happens to Jedi very rarely. I was meditating, and suddenly I had a vision of something I knew to be the future.

[drawed]

[ There's a lot she could ask about, but she feels her question holds more importance than trying or Jedi. ] Was it something you tried to change?

[t65]

...Yes. I know, I know, I shouldn't have. [He says, like he expects to be critiqued by thirteen-year-old. Tiny people always have advice for him, these days.]

[drawed]

Sometimes, I think we're meant to see the things we can change to help the future that isn't born yet. [ Does that make sense? ] Drawing them makes them real, you know?

[ He probably doesn't, but that's how she feels about it. ]

[t65]

Well, I don't know about drawing... [He really doesn't.] For me, I think it was a test, to see if I could do the right thing. I'm guessing your visions are different. They sound different to me.