*Beware Clone Wars Spoilers below*

Ya know honestly I think the reason Fives bonds so well with AZI-3 in season 6 is because he kind of reminds Fives of Echo. AZI-3 is all about following orders and is indignant when Fives suggests breaking the rules ("But we'd be disobeying direct orders!" / "Yup. For the second time today".) but ultimately is Fives' ride or die for the duration of the arc.

And when you think about it, Fives would be so lost without AZI-3, just like he was lost without Echo.

And. AND. When Fives regained consciousness after Nala Se drugged him, who's the first character he asked about? AZI-3.

Chapter Ten of In The Footsteps Of His Enemy

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There was something magical about watching a sunrise from orbit. The star of the Tibrin-Paradi system burned bright behind the ocean planet before them, creating a spectacular crescent of light that illuminated the blue hues of Tibrin and appeared to make the surrounding galaxy just a little brighter.

Nejj had woken Echo up just to point it out. He would have needed to wake anyway; it was customary for all passengers to be awake when passing through a planet’s orbit, in case anything went wrong and the situation demanded all hands on deck. And besides that, he had a whole star cruiser’s worth of things he needed to prepare himself for - they still had no idea what sort of situation they would be faced with back at camp, if there was even a camp to go back to.

But Echo felt strangely calm - not necessarily at ease, but not as blindly panicked as he might once have been. After so long chasing leads that led to nowhere, they had finally made progress on Jedha - they had someone who could help Mara, and they’d found more allies than they’d expected. The warnings Gi’kira had given them were worrying - the idea of being in this fight for twenty- thirty-  forty  years was enough to drive someone mad - but at least they could act on them now. He knew that Rex was alive… even if he couldn’t reach him. And despite the state their rebel cell had been in when he left, he had faith that Cody could hold them together.

The future they faced was grave and unrelenting, but for the first time in too long, Echo felt like they could withstand it.

That they could make a difference.

And maybe even find happiness along the way.

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