As Hera came in the Med Bay room, she saw the boy still asleep and told the others on her comm "the kid is still asleep" "alright, the others and I are going to deliver the supplies to Vizago" Kanan said as he and the others took the supplies to Vizago. Hera sat down next to the boy and thought to herself *he is almost as cute as Ezra when he is asleep*, then she reached over and brushed the kids hair and got an unusual reaction from him. When Stahl felt a hand touch his hair he reacted by waking up quickly and moving away because he thought she was going to hurt him. As Hera saw the the boy move away she was surprised that he was awake so soon, but also confused at him moving away from her gentle touch. Hera tried to move closer but the boy just scooted to the end of the bed and she didn't want to get the boy hurt more than he already is. So Hera moved her hand away getting  the kid to move back closer to her, she then spoke in the nicest voice she could "I'm Hera" and was expecting a response back, but the kid just stayed silent. Hera wanted to ask what was his name but decided to ask "are you hungry" and the kid nodded earning a "I'll go get you some food then" and walked to the kitchen. After Hera left Stahl thought to himself *that twi'lek, she's nice* but his past self thought *you've gone through this before and all you have earned was pain* *that one woman didn't be mean to me that one time, it was her husband* *but still, she didn't stop the guy from throwing you out* *maybe if I give her and her crew a chance* *you can't trust any of them, they have a bitch mandalorian on their crew and those people are the reason you've been in pain for so long*. As Stahl kept on "debating" he sensed a presence approaching the door and recognised it as the twi'lek called Hera with another familiar presence.

At the kitchen

When Hera entered the kitchen she grabbed a plate and as she was grabbing fruit for the boy she kept wondering *why did that kid get scared when I touched him and why was he so afraid to talk to me*. Her thoughts were interrupted when Ezra came through the door mad, "were are the others" Hera asked "there still selling the supplies to Vizago" Ezra answered "then why are you here" Hera asked "well as Kanan and Vizago talked about a new mission, one that required us to sneak into imperial H.Q. for some data I said "that job is going to be impossible" and got glares from everyone, so Kanan sent me back" Ezra answered. When Ezra saw Hera getting lots of food he asked "Are you really that hungry" "its for the kid" Hera said "speaking of which, how is he" Ezra asked "he's awake, but when I tried to touch him he seemed scared and he isn't willing to talk to me" Hera said. Ezra thought about this then Hera asked "he saved you before, maybe he is willing to talk to you, could you come with me to check on him" "sure" Ezra answered as Hera picked up the plate and they both headed towards the med bay.

Med Bay

As the two entered they saw the kid looking at them instead of the food which surprised then a bit, Hera then sat down next to him and offered the plate to him, but he didn't reach for it. "Kid its ok. I'm not going to harm you" Hera said trying to get the kid to relax, but he wouldn't move. Ezra then came up and took the plate and offered it to the kid, he hesitated but took the plate and started eating at a normal pace. As he was eating Ezra asked "have we met before" making the kid stop and look over at Ezra and nod "did you save my life that one night from three Imperials in the rain" Ezra asked and the kid nodded again "thank you" Ezra said as he was going to shake the kids hand he moved back from it. Hera grabbed Ezra's shoulder and said "he doesn't look like he trusts us, take it one step at a time with him" getting Ezra to sit down. After the kid ate half of the food he looked over at the kid in orange and offered him the rest of his food, its not that he was full its just the last time he gave the kid his food and felt like doing the same thing now. Ezra saw the boy offer the food to him and smiled while saying "thank you, but that is your food this time", then the kid looked over at Hera and offered his food to her because he thought she was hungry. Hera smiled and reached over for the food the kid kindly offered, she was expecting him to flinch when she grabbed it, but when Hera almost dropped the plate the kid grabbed it and helped her to where Hera had a good grip on it. "Thank you so very much" Hera said in her motherly tone and started eating a little bit of the food. After Hera finished her food she whispered to Ezra "ask him if he is scared of us", Ezra then asked "are you scared of us" and got a slight nod. Ezra was a bit surprised because he took on storm troopers at 12 but was scared of them, even Hera. "We won't hurt you, we just want to ask some question, is that ok" Ezra asked trying not to push the boy into an uncomfort state. The kid nodded and before they began the actual questions Ezra asked "is it ok if she..." but was interrupted by Hera "I already told him my name" and then asked the kid "is it ok if I ask some questions too or do you just want Ezra too ask". *Ezra huh* Stahl thought as he finally learned the kids name, although he only knew Ezra he assumed Hera was nice enough so Stahl pointed at both of them. Once the two saw the boy point at both of them they assumed that was a yes and began asking questions, Hera asked first "do you have any parents". When Stahl heard that question he was in a state of sad and anger as he heard an engine lifting off and a boy crying in his ears. The two saw the pained expression in his face and Hera said "I'm sorry for asking", Ezra then asked "how long have you been on the streets" and showed a five on his fingers, then the boy touched his fist then making a line clarifying that he has been alone since then. Ezra and Hera looked at each other with sad expressions in their faces that this kid has been alone since he was 5 years old, before Hera could ask the next question the rest of the crew members came in. As the rest of the crew members entered Kanan asked "how's our guest" "we were talking to him, but he is scared of us" Hera answered. Sabine then said "maybe he just needs to know us before he feels comfortable enough to talk" and sat down next to him. Sabine then put her hand out and said "I'm Sabine" and instead of the kid moving from her hand he looked at it then looked at her with a mad face. Sabine was confused by what the kid was doing, she offered him kindness and he gives her a mad face in return. The boy then turned his back towards the mandalorian so that he could only see Hera and Ezra. Hera was confused by this, then she asked the kid "who do you sort of trust in this room" and he pointed to her and Ezra. "Fine, since the kid doesn't trust us I'm leaving" Zeb said followed by Sabine. As Stahl saw the lasat and the mando leave he looked back at Hera and thought *she's beautiful and nice, I'm positive she can be trusted* and his past thoughts didn't even come into his mind. Hera then asked "do you have a name", *she doesn't know who I am, if she doesn't know maybe this is my chance to finally have a family* Stahl thought. As Kanan saw the boys expression he told Hera "I don't think the kid..." but was interrupted when the boy said "I'm Stahl". Hera didn't hear him clearly since she was paying attention to Kanan but the kid said again "my name is Stahl" "nice to meet you Stahl" Hera said as she put her hand out causing Stahl to move back again but he then took her hand and shook it. Ezra then stuck out his hand and said "my name is Ezra" and Stahl shook his hand too, Kanan then came over and stuck out his hand and said "I'm Kanan" and Stahl shook it. "Stahl, when you saved me why didn't you come check on me or keep in contact" Ezra asked, Stahl knew he had to keep his secret so he just said "personal reasons" and Ezra respected that. "Why didn't those imperials chase you when we were stealing those crates" Kanan asked and got a "I don't know" from Stahl who was lying. "Can you fight or shoot" Kanan asked "no, sorry" Stahl said getting Kanan disappointed that the kid couldn't fight. "Well once you have healed you can stay with us or you can leave" Hera said "ok, thanks Hera" Stahl said as he was sleepy. The others soon left him alone so he could sleep.

Common Room

When the three entered the common room Zeb asked "what did the kid say" "his name is Stahl" Hera said. "Did you find out why he tried to kill me or why the Imperials didn't chase him" Sabine asked and Kanan said "no to the first one and he said he doesn't know why they didn't chase him". Zeb just scoffed and said "I think the kid is hiding something, did you ask him if he could fight" "he said he can't do any of that" Hera answered. "Ok, what about the mission Vizago gave us" Sabine asked "we have to fix up the Ghost and get some more food and fuel before we can do that" Hera said making everyone else a little glad that they can take a small break

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