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"Hmmmmmm..." Clove pondered for a second while her eyes darted open. "Very little."

Clove sat up a little more straight, a sheepish and almost uncomfortable smile on her face. "Until I joined the Jedi Order, the only culture I was familiar with was that of hospitals and parties. It's pointless to question someone's culture while they're bleeding beneath your hands. The Jedi has introduced me to all of the major cultures, but nothing in-depth. You know how the first few years in the temple are." Clove's sheepish smile turned softer.

"I do know about the armor. Created from Beskar, right?! And I've heard it's considered insulting to refuse Mandalorian drinks, but that might just be a rumor. How much do you know about your people? You mentioned not knowing everything but..." Clove paused, her eyes revealing that her thoughts had wandered for a moment. "That reminds me of something. Is there anything else I should be aware of? Any rules to remember? Ways I should or should not behave? I don't want to get you in any trouble."



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"Well, not all the armor is created from beskar. The Empire hoarded it after our Purge and none really know what it went to. So now our legendary armor is mainly duraplast or other metals." He said with a shrug "..but there are some who have full beskar armor. Those are the ones you don't want to cross."

Hed roll his shoulders a bit. "Well, unless you have beskar hidden on your person or a secret knowledge of Mando'a, i would say that you're out of reach of the main offenses. Outsiders with beskar are to be killed, and an oustider speaking our language is offensive."

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"Huh. I had no clue. Shame such a material disappeared... Makes me curious if it's possible to imbue Beskar into regular metals, so you get a mix of both. Is your helmet made of Beskar?" Clove's head tilted to the left. "Would you eventually like a full Beskar suit? Or is that not something you are aiming for?"

Well, that was a relief. Her lack of knowledge saved her from making any main offense; she knew nothing of Mando'a, and carried nothing but her own gear which lacked any Beskar. "Those are some strict rules. I assume Mandalorians are very prideful and protective of their clans and families?" She couldn't blame them, especially not after the mention of a purge.

Clove stretched her arms, as far as possible in the cramped area without hitting Drastus, before leaning a bit more relaxed against the wall. "I really wonder how Mandalore looks like. Must be pretty!"



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"It can be, though you risk compromising the sturdiness of beskar while using a weaker metal. Some of have patchwork, so parts will be beskar, while other parts won't be. If you learn to work the metal, you can usually tell the difference between both. Me? I haven't gotten to that point." He would tap the helm in her hands. "That, is duraplast. None of my armor is beskar, though I one day, I hope to find enough for a full set of it."

He would laugh a bit. "Prideful, stubborn. They've survived numerous genocides and horrible wars. Mandalore itself is a result of it. The world once had lush forests and mountains, and lakes. But it's been the site of so many battles its patches of nature surrounded by endless seas of nothing. It's a haven for pirates and warlords and Clans that decided to stay." Another shoulder roll. "Very protective. My father said they put their people before themselves.. or at least they should. The whole over the individual. Mandalorians aren't a race, they're an ideal. Races can be wiped out, ideals are not as easy. Most races would just eventually die out, but it's been centuries since their homeworlds were ravaged by wars, yet they remain stoic."

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Sleepiness began to kick in as Clove listened to Drastus' explanation of Mandalorian armor and culture. It wasn't boring; in fact, listening to him talk was very relaxing. That relaxation took away her bubbling excitement and replaced it with a sense of calm, revealing how little she had actually slept now that she wasn't high on the rush. Nonetheless, she did her best to listen as carefully as she could. It was not only interesting and a part of Drastus' heritage, but it could have come in handy once they arrived on Mandalore.

"You in a full set of Beskar armor huh. Maybe that'd stop you from getting hurt all the time!" She let out a chuckle. "I see though. I never knew Mandalorians were more like an ideal. Makes sense now that you explain it like that though. What role does the Death Watch play?" She'd heard the name Death Watch mentioned here and there, but it was always a mystery to her.



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Drast noticed how tired she looked and so he got her a blanket from his pack and draped it over her. Realistically, it could cover both of them due to the tightness of the quarters. "Yeah, maybe it could. But I hear dalae like scars, so I keep em. Well, earn em." Hed respond with a smirk.

"As for Death Watch, terrorists. They killed their own people to spread fear. Mandalorians kill their own in war. Differences in ideals, beliefs, loyalties.. A Mandalorian should hold their own people above outsiders." He gestured between them. "The Mandalorians we work with have a base on Mandalore. Maybe we run into them, maybe we won't. They've never told us where it is. If we do run into any Mandalorians though, let me do the talking, in case they don't understand basic."

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A blanket! Clove smiled gratefully at Drastus and tucked the blanket closer around herself, until only her head poked out of the soft fabric. It was as warm and comfortable as it was dangerous; fighting sleep became even more difficult.

"Well, I don't think you need scars to impress anybody." The half-Sephi smiled back, a bit less playful than him but still incredibly genuine.

"It makes sense they have terrorists. The light cannot exist without the dark." She paused to yawn against the blanket. "Still, it's pretty gross that they turned against their own people. Their own family. I'm hoping we don't run into them because they sound like dangerous people. And that's no problem; if we come across any Mandalorians, I'll let you do the talking. Maybe for the best anyway."

Clove's eyes gradually began to lower as the ship's rocking and Drastus' gentle blanket became a too powerful enemy to defeat.



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