The worst thing about 3030 wasn't the dank air or the humidity, she had been to plenty of worlds with those conditions. Nor was it the smell, while aweful Mar had taken her to plenty of worlds that rivalled the smell in 3030. No, what struck at her heart. Made her tremble slightly inside and quite as a small scrap mouse that inhabited Coruscant. Of course, she couldn't hide this from Mar, who turned to face her with the expressionless helmet. He was sitting in the passanger seat of the transport, he never drove the vehicle. Not since she learnt how to drive, he said it was a safety precaution. If they were to come under attack it would be far more likely that he could hit a target in a moving vehicle than her, and while you can shoot and drive why take the added risk? 

So instead he observed her in the same quiet way he always did. Sometimes the way he read her mind made it as if he could use the Force. Though she knew he couldn't, he was lucky like that. He never had to feel people die around them, nor was he hunted purely for being raised by a religious order whose sole goal was to better the people of the Galaxy. Though she turned to Mar and smiled, shaking herself out of her own reverie. They had a job to do, and thinking about the past wasn't going to help anyone. Especially not where they were going, in 3030 if you didn't keep your wits about you you were going to lose something. "Buir, something troubling you?"

He smiled beneath his helmet at the Mandalorian word. She had started trying to pick it up several years ago, feeling that it would make her more of a Mandalorian. To be fair to be a true Mandalorian you had to follow the resol'nare, and that was one of the tennents. Though it still amused him sometimes, more so when she made a mistake. "Nothing Ad'ika. Just thinking about the last time we were here." She wasn't [i]technically[/i] his daughter, at least not in the biological sense. Though for those from Mandalore family meant more than blood. "If I recall correctly, I met a poor lost soul..." 

He pulled his helmet over his head and placed it in his lap, flashing her a grin. "Who joined me and became a constant pain in the neck ever since." She gave him a cold stare, she had been practicing. Though she only lasted a couple of minutes before she too broke into a laugh. It had been too long since he had heard that laugh, she had been truly put on edge when she heard of a Force adept living in the underworld of Coruscant. Which was the only reason he agreed to come on this job, she needed the closure. Whether there was another surviving Jedi or if wheoever it was was just a member of some other group. As Mar did have to remind her, the Jedi weren't the only ones who could perform tricks with the Force. 

"You know Mar, I'm really glad you came down to thirty-thirty." She flashed him a genuine smile, the kind that made her eyes glisten slightly. It was a sad smile in a way, and reflective. She was likely thinking of her life before, and what her life was leading her too before he came. He just put his hand on her shoulder and smiled back at her.

"So am I." He looked out the viewport to see the landing pad up ahead as he put his hands on his helmet. "The bounty was good." That was the last straw, as she began laughing again. 

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[b]Ten Minutes Later[/b]

The two walked through the dirt ridden streets of 3030. They weren't side by side, he guessed that was the independent and rebellious side of Tanya coming out. He winced when he recalled the teen years, how Jedi Knights ever managed to teach teenage Jedi Padawans was a mystery that he'd probably never find the answer too. It was cheating when you tried to make all the responsible decisions and they could just levitate objects around, while Tanya had had largely abandoned the Force it hadn't stopped her from being a right little terror. She still could be, damn girl was making him go soft.

Most people parted the way for him, after all. While Mandalorians weren't a common sight down here in 3030, most people either knew the armour or just recognised a bounty hunter when they saw one. Obviously Bounty Hunters travelled alone unless they had prisoners, Tanya was obviously no prisoner so most people didn't class the two as a group. So she had to budge and barge past people while Mar walked relatively unchallenged. He chuckled to himself, knowing full well that if she decided to use her fancy Force powers she'd pick up on that. When he stopped at a junction and saw her face, he knew she didn't need to. She knew he was enjoying this far too much.

That's when he noticed the tattoos on the men who happened to be walking around her, and before he knew it they had weapons drawn on her. "Hey little miss, fancy a fun time?" One of them raised a vibroknife to just below her kneck, holding the flat of the blade to touch her skin. He slid the point down, just in contact with her skin. Enough to feel it but to not enough to leave a mark or draw blood, they'd be glad of that when this was over.

He kept moving the knife down until it reached her chest, before she responded two more grabbed her arms. That's when she shot a look to Mar, the men with stars on them turned to see what she was looking at.

"Not another 'ruddy one. Just keep on moving pal, your stolen armour doesn't scare us."

"Has nobody ever told you aruetii, ke nu'jurkadir sha Mando'ade." He smirked under his helmet, of course to them he was just a faceless helmet. They looked at one another, obviously not understanding the Mando'a. 

Tanya was the one to speak up. "He said, don't toy with mandalorians"

Mar shook his head "Actually Ad'ika. It's don't [i]mess[/i] with Mandalorians." He lowered his hands to his pistols, but didn't grab them just yet. The man still had a knife to Tanyas throat after all, he'd need to be fast. "This is your last chance, I have no quarrel with the [i]Blackened Stars[/i]. Though if a drop of her blood is spilled, or she is bruised in anyway. You shall regret it."