Father, Son

A waiter droid appears with a glass of spotchka and places it on the table, looking at the lady. She nods at him before shifting her focus back to the Father and Son who were sitting in front of her. The silence was first broken by Din himself as he processed everything that he heard.

"You want to train him to be a Jedi so he won't be on the run again when I am dead?" Din reinstated the words that he heard a few minutes ago. He did think of it many times, but he always thought he could just train him to be a Mandalorian someday.

"You are not wrong to think he could be a Mandalorian, he is a Mandalorian first. But he is also going to wield the force someday." Aria answered as though she was reading his thoughts. He raised his eyebrows a little and looked at Grogu who was still in his arms clinging to the arm that held him.

Din knew this was probably the best decision to make for Grogu as there will be a day when he will be old and unable to protect him or just not there anymore, he would need to die in peace knowing that his foundling, his son was capable enough to protect himself.

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Aria stood near the Naboo Starfighter looking at the Mandalorian and then at the ship. "I had asked for a replacement for the Razor Crest." It was understandable that it is very hard to come by a pre-imperial ship that is off the radar but also big enough for his lifestyle.

"How do you carry the bounties in this?" Aria asked, to which Mandalorian sighed a little before he replied, "I do local bounty hunting these days..." There was no other explanation to that as he trailed off.

"I will provide you the coordinates to a planet, arrive there with him," she looked at Grogu, who was sitting in Din's arms holding on to his finger with his tiny fingers. Din wasn't still sure about the deal and he kept thinking back and forth if he still had time to back off and leave with Grogu to far off planet where she can't find them.

But as soon as he looked down at his face, into his eyes, he knew what she said earlier was true. He needed the knowledge that he himself cannot provide. He has become stronger since Luke Skywalker trained him so if he were to learn more of the Jedi stuff, he would be powerful enough to protect himself.

He was thoughtful entirely, especially at the thought that Grogu chose him as more of a favor to him, as though he was the one protecting him the entire time and trying to make him happy, which was hurting him a little. He felt a touch over his back making him turn as he realized Aria was still standing beside him. "He loves you very much, so let me help you give him the future he deserves."

Her touch came off as a surprise to him, he felt a surge of calmness that scared him a little. He turned to look at her, really look at her. Her soft kind eyes, dark hair that complemented the shape of her face, her lips... he stopped as he looked away knowing he was not supposed to think about her in that way. He already was shame of his creed, he wouldn't want to complicate anything more than it already had become for him. But he suddenly realized that she was peeping into Grogu's thoughts and probably his own. *I can block her out,* he kept saying to himself as he placed Grogu in the droid pod of his ship and then turned to Aria.

"I will bring him to your planet," Din had a slight hesitation in his voice, which she could pick up even without her Jedi senses. "But I have other jobs as well, I will try to find a proper replacement for razor crest, and then he will go where I go. If you wish to teach him, you travel with us." He said in a stern voice, which she accepts with a smile and nod.

The Mandalorian climbed into the pilot spot of the Starfighter before its engines roared preparing to leave Navarro. Her eyes were fixated on the little one who was holding on to the glass over his pod and stared at her as they hovered for a bit over the ground and then soared into the sky at full swing.

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Luke sat in his meditative pose as he turned to look at his X-Wing land with Aria and R2-D2 in it. He slowly rose from his position and walked up to her with a smile, "you met them!"

Aria smiled in return, "I did, the bond is stronger than I expected."

Luke stopped a few feet away from her and looked over at the lake that was in front of them, "R2 will take you to Ahch-To, I know you have decided to initiate your training with him there."

She looked at him with a slight nod, "He needs to be grounded, I can't think of any place better, master!" Luke nodded in response, "I shall see you there again."

She turned to look at the academy for a moment and then back at Luke, "the Mandalorian wants me to travel with him if I wish to train him," Aria was confused about certain things that Luke thought would work in this scenario.

"Sometimes the Padawan will lead you to your path, it will be your choice to take it or not. Everything is a choice," Luke placed his hand over her shoulder. "Don't question your abilities, Aria. You are the most talented master that Grogu can have at the moment."

"May the force be with you, Master," Aria said, her eyes filled with tears as her heart filled with gratefulness for the greatest Jedi in the galaxy. He returned with a light smile, "And with you, my young Padawan."

He turned and walked back to his academy as she stood there for a moment thinking about the exchange before walking to the X-Wing that awaited her.