When the young husband reached home from the office he found his wife in tears. "Oh, John," she sobbed on his shoulder. "I had baked a lovely cake and put it out on the back porch for the frosting to dry and the dog ate it!" "Well, don't cry about it, sweetheart," he consoled, patting the pretty flushed cheek. "I know a guy who will give us another dog."

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A Clone and a Padawan

(part of I Know A Guy)

She was good, Slick had to give her that. In fact, for someone he suspected hadn’t had anyone’s support in quite a while, she was pretty damn good. That didn’t change the fact she had just tried to pickpocket him. He pulled her into an empty side alley.

“Now what”, he asked slowly, “is a Jedi Padawan doing here?”

“I’m not”, she protested.

“Yes you are. Most people wouldn’t realize, I’ll give you that, but I can tell. Where’s your Master?”

He knew he’d stepped on a nerve when her face crumbled and she looked down.

“Dead”, she muttered, “we were sent to gather information, but we were caught and they died and I tried to continue, but I can’t.”

Oh shit. Crying. She was crying. How was he supposed to deal with that? Hesitantly he put his hands on her shoulders.

“Look, kid, you’re like ten years old –“

“Fourteen”, she interjected, he ears flattened.

“Fine, Fourteen. Only an idiot would expect you continue the mission on your own. Now, and I can’t believe I’m saying this, the Jedi Council is not that stupid. You should make your way back to the Temple, I’m sure they’ll be glad to have you back.”

She looked back up; she had still tears in her eyes, but most of her face was pure stubbornness as far as Slick could tell. He wasn’t the best with reading non-humanoid expressions. “I’m a Jedi, and I will do my duty.”

Right, duty. He’d thought that particular trait was only Kenobi, but it seemed some Jedi got implanted with a sense of duty when they became Padawans. Maybe Skywalker was just a special case, having not been raised in the crèche. Slick felt torn. He couldn’t in good conscience leave her on her own. He had his own job to do here, and the time window for that was kinda short, so he couldn’t drag her back to the temple himself right now. Still, she seemed well fed, so she knew how to survive, even if she lacked the knowledge or contacts to gather intelligence, so she was somewhat capable. An idea started to form, and Slick hated his whole life.

“Right. It’s like this, kiddo. I got a job to do for Councilor Kenobi, though if you tell anyone, we’re pretty much all dead, so don’t, please. And I could use your help.”

She brighted. “You work for Master Kenobi? Of course I’ll help you!”

 He’d been right. A’minaa was seriously capable. After a quick crash-course in the dos and don’ts of breaking and entering, she’s climed up the building and through the window his contact had left open for her. They’d been relieved their role in this project had decreased significantly now that Slick had an assistant. Which made it more likely they’d be willing to help again, so Slick put that one down as a win.

After she’d deactivated the security, Slick sneaked to a secured terminal and copied the information he needed. The money trail on where the money for the army had come from was convoluted and full of dead ends, so he was glad he’d found this before it could be mysteriously deleted.

“Slick?” A’minaa’s voice through the comm. “There’s something here that feels important. Sheets of plast, not digital. The Force tells me I should take them.”

Now that was something he’d only ever seen Kenobi do. The unique certainty that the Force provided concrete hints to help with whatever he was doing. Kenobi had said it was strength in the Unifying Force, whatever that meant. But it seemed A’minaa had that as well. Someone needed to introduce these two, they would fit well together.

“Can you make copies without it being noticed that you made them?” he asked. The last thing they needed was someone realized they’d been there. Shit like that could get them or their contacts killed.

“Yes”, she replied, “I can.”

“Ok, then do that, then get out. Our time here is limited.” Slick pulled the datachip from the terminal and left the building.

A’minaa decided a discreet exit would be jumping out of the window. Because of course she did, kriffing Jedi. The itch to introduce her to Kenobi got ever stronger, those two deserved each other.

“Nobody saw me”, she protested when he glared at her in what he hoped was complete disapproval. Slick rolled his eyes.

“If you say so. Now, are you finally willing to return to the Temple?”

She shook her head. “My place is here. For the moment, anyway. I promise I’ll return to the Order as soon as I’m done.”

“Good enough, I suppose. I can’t force you to do anything, anyway. Don’t get killed, kiddo.” Slick turned to leave, ruthlessly crushing the urge to knock her out and drag her with him.

“May the Force be with you, Slick.”

He really hoped she’d make it. He had a Jedi Master to introduce her to.

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great new bit of i know a guy, and it made me realize i hadn't read the first few installments. i love how you've taken slick and dogma and given them new leases on life

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IKAG was like the second SW fic I ever wrote, but then I got distracted by prompts, GUJ and butterflies, so I kinda forgot about it. I’m really glad I remembered and found inspiration for it.

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