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How about her nickname being based on something she did, rather than her name? Maybe something about how she jumps about?
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How about people referring to her formally as 'Do' (her surname), informally as 'Cyclone' (after both her Telekinetic Whirlwind ability and her tendency to move 'like the wind' in close combat) and casually as 'Cyc' (pronounced as Psych, a shortened form of Cyclone, and possibly a comment on her being a little psycho at times. :lol)

[quote=@Sundered Echo]
The thing with Jedi healing and medical care is that the best of the best aren’t on Coruscant. They are on H’Ratth, as that is the place where the best healers are trained and reside.
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There's probably a good reason for her being on Coruscant, but Dede wouldn't necessarily know about it herself. She might be just as confused as the others as to why she woke up there rather than on H’Ratth.

[quote=@Sundered Echo]
The Short shoto sabers can just as well block and deflect as larger sabers can. They just don’t have the same reach. Still, if you prefer to have Force Deflection rather than Tutaminis then that is fine. Its Jedi reflexes combined with lightsaber (of whatever size) that helps with deflection, not the size of the saber alone.
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After careful consideration I think I'll drop the [i]Tutaminis[/i] ability. I just can't see it fitting with Dede's style of combat and persona. As I said before, she's more likely to dodge an attack than try to absorb it, and for those occasions when she can't the Force Deflection would be used to provide cover.

The shoto she'd be using would only be about 20cm long each (similar to [url=http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20070915042715/starwars/images/thumb/4/44/SoraBulq-dark.jpg/250px-SoraBulq-dark.webp]the one[/url] Master Sora Bulq uses in his left hand,) so it would be easier for her to 'punch' the blaster bolts away with her hand than to try and steer the short, thin blade to deflect them in time, even with her enhanced Jedi reflexes, so I think the Force Deflection would still work for her.

[quote=@Sundered Echo]
The council doesn’t go about killing someone’s partners. Not only is it not something they’d do, but it would also set the “widow(er)” on the path to the dark side.
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I didn't mean to give the impression that the Council had Dede's ex-partner killed after allowing her relationship to continue, the woman in question was just a tragic casualty of war with no hidden agenda in play.

Of course, if a Sith wanted to plant that seed of doubt into Dede's mind... >D