@ajedialone continued from x
âLittle one. You shouldnât be here,â Ben said, a bit alarmed when he saw the Togruta. âNot so little, I apologize. Youâve grown,â he said, proud as he looked at Ahsoka. He hadnât seen her for so many years, but he could still recognize her in an instant. He didnât think she had made it through the Purge, but of course she had. She was Ahsoka.
The chains held him fast, around his wrists, making him hang limply from the ceiling. âDarth Vader doesnât treat kindly those he believes have betrayed him,â he said sadly, a heaviness over his heart.
She had left him behind once.
Ahsoka wasnât going to do it again. She still remembered the felling in her chest as she walked down the temple stairs, towards the city, away from the family and the life she had once had.
For just a moment she smiled at him, little one, she supposed that despite how big she grew, how old she got, she would always be the little one wouldnât she? Ahsoka found it funny in some way, how many people had commented how tiny she was for her species, too small to be a Jedi, too full of fire and passion and energy, but she supposed that was what had got her through all of this. Even if she had hit a late growth spurt.
âI came to get you,â she whispered, hands reaching out for the shackles, she reached for her waist and the hilt of her shoto blade. âIâm not leaving you behind again...â something caught in her throat, the lightsaber activated and easily managed to cut through the metal. âPlus. Vader doesnât take kindly to anyone, you know, in for a cent in for a credit.â