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Flying through hyperspace, Ahsoka meditates. Trying her best to accept the recent loses Gall Trayvis' betrayal causes and yet honor the memory of those taken; not to mention explore possibilities of rescue. Loses are part of any conflict but some can be made to be temporary and she owes it to her people to try.

Her thoughts are interrupted by a comm signal. Checking the codes, she sees it's the Spectre cell and so she calls over T4, her assistant droid, while pulling out the cloak. "Fulcrum protocols, Teefor."

"Very well, madame. Transferring voice control." T4 walks over to the holocomm projector and waits.

Turning back to the main controls of her ship, Ahsoka answers the call, her voice now distorted through the protocol droid's voice synthesizer, "This is Fulcrum."

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There's a flare of rejection in Hera's chest, and even though she knows Ahsoka's words are true, still she says --

"Kanan wanted to inspire people. He wanted to give them hope."

If there's going to have be a legacy, if they're never going to see him again, let there at least be that acknowledgment.

Because Hera can see clear as day where this is going, now that she's letting herself think about it.

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Ahsoka sighs again and uncrosses her arms, resolute.

"Well, he was successful," she says, her tone matter of fact before turning persuasive. "But if you are caught, if Ezra is caught, that hope will die. To protect your unit, to protect Ezra, you must stop your search for Kanan and go into hiding."

It is a suggestion, but her opinion is clear. Whether Hera decides to act on it is up to her now.

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Hera doesn't speak. But she does listen.

At what cost. She'd told Kanan what had happened on Ryloth, after her father and his fighters brought down the Perilous. It had cost them everything. His followers were scattered, or killed. The Empire had come down on Ryloth like it never had before. And the Emperor lived. One crashed Star Destroyer - winning one round - it could easily mean nothing, if nothing sparked from it.

Kanan wouldn't want that. He sacrificed himself so that they wouldn't die for him. And if they went after him anyway - what did she want? What was she really gambling her crew's lives for? For Kanan. Or maybe, what she's been setting aside, ignoring for years.

I like to think if we did hit the worst-case scenario -- at least the kids would be able to get away.

Fulcrum's image disappears, as the comm flickers, and goes dark. Hera steps back, slipping down onto the bench against the wall of her cabin. Soon, she'll have to stand, to go to her crew, to explain her decision. But for now, she leans forward, resting her head in her hands.

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Ahsoka sits quietly, her words sitting like ashes on her tongue. The silence lasts long enough T4 interrupts it with an inquiry.

"Mistress Tano?"

Shaken from her thoughts, Ahsoka turns and offers the droid a tight lipped smile before inspiration strikes. "T4, get me the Senator's aid. I want a meeting."

Things have to change and as far as Ahsoka is concerned, this will be the last time she has to give that advice.