Padme didn’t know how she came to be here, alive again. It took her a long time to come to terms with the fact that this wasn’t the afterlife, but the future of the galaxy she left behind. Joining the New Republic was almost an instinct, but she had to know about what happened to those she was close to before her death. She searched for a familiar face, she heard stories that her mind drowned out because they were too hard to believe. Two names haunted her, telling her to find out what became of the twins. In all the chaos of her mind, she had to find peace in order to make sense of everything and see what she had to do next.
Naboo is where she found that peace. It had changed, but it was still the home she knew. Her thoughts escaped her as she walked around Theed, so much so that she didn’t notice someone behind her when she stepped back to take in the environment. “Oh, I’m so sorry. My head has been in the clouds lately,” she said as she turned to face the person she collided with.
