73. Public (1/1)
rila: somehow, i get the feeling that they made the new episode called 'sabatoge' just to show that everyone else was still alive or something, after all the time they spent with meebur and the satine/obi-wan thing. i like the whole plot of the past three episodes, but the ones with meebur were just...ugh. usually i'm glued to the screen, but with those, i got up and did other stuff (though i liked the episode with gregor, the amnesia!clone) still, i liked the new episode. it was just a little slow compared to the fast pace that they had it going at.
disclaimer: this was inspired by the latest episode and the emphasis that the public doesn't really hold the clones/jedi in favor anymore.
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chapter description: and there really wasn't much either of them could do about it.
it was not often that both of them were on coruscant, much less with time to spare. and so, rex found himself walking alongside ahsoka, neither of them with any true destination in mind.
"it's nice to come back every once in a while," she told him, and he nodded, watching as she lapsed into silence before the small smile that had pulled at her lips faded, white lines furrowing over her eyes. she said nothing more, however, and kept walking.
even the lower levels of coruscant were crowded, however, and ahsoka stumbled back when a civillian bumped into her, a good portion of the civillian's drink splashing over one of her arms. "sorry," ahsoka murmured, stepping forward. "let me—"
the civillian stopped her with a dirty look. "you've already done enough, jedi."
spat like a curse, the civillian's look did not abate until he had stepped past them. the ahsoka rex knew from earlier on would have turned and said a few choice words back to the civvie, but she had matured, and she simply began wiping off the liquid as best she could.
rex frowned. "that was uncalled for."
ahsoka sighed and shook her head. "it's fine, rex." looking up at him, she watched him as she continued. "when master and i investigated that explosion at the temple, there were civillians — friends and family of those who had died — who looked at us like that. at first i thought they were blaming us — jedi — for what happened, but then master told me that many civillians didn't exactly support the war anymore."
rex wasn't oblivious to the growing resentment towards those involved in the war, but the recent events certainly hadn't helped anything. if anything, it had only furthered the animosity, as shown by the run-in with the civillian. ahsoka sighed and began walking again, and rex fell into step beside her.
"i know we've never been everyone's absolute favorite," she began, "but if this continues, this war will get a lot harder."
rex reached up, placing a hand on her shoulder. "it'll get better," he told her, and it was worth it to see her smile, even if he wasn't certain that his words were the truth.