So do Laari and Fianya ever find out that they are both from imperial intelligence? If they do, what happens?
They do! It happens when Fianya decides to defect to the Republic. She intends to tell Laari the entire truth because she’s tired of deceiving everyone, she wants to be honest with someone she cares about for the first time in her life. She expects that Laari would be disappointed in her. She doesn’t expect that Laari would laugh in her face, but that’s what happens.
And they realize that they fell in love with each other’s cover identities. Their very real feelings are attached to beautifully portrayed fiction. It’s worse in Laari’s case because she has nothing in common with her cover identity, it’s an entirely different person. Jedi Master Xanaethe is dedicated and honorable, she cares about people a lot and is always willing to help. Imperial agent Laari is a pathological liar who betrays her friends, manipulates her brother, and messes with people’s heads. At least Fianya’s cover is intertwined with her real self because she was raised to be an infiltrator, it’s the only life she knows. Fianya can’t really tell where she ends and her second identity begins, but for Laari it’s like pulling a switch.
They have to get to know each other from scratch once they find out that they both have been playing roles the entire time. But they don’t like what they see. They prefer to go their separate ways until fire nation attacks Zakuul happens and forces them to work together again.
