#shouldn't mird be very protective of small clone cadets?

[cienie-isengardu]

I don't want you to get upset," Vau said, "but Fi's not as you remember him." Etain nodded gravely as they waited for Aay'han to land. Vau wasn't sure if an emotional shock was a good idea for a pregnant woman so close to term, but he had Rav Bralor here if any of that female stuff needed attending to. Mird followed Etain around, staring fascinated at her belly. "He's still Fi, and I think I understand post-coma recovery now," Etain said. "You have no idea how much medical literature I've read recently. But Mird's worrying me." Bralor flicked her thumbnail against the butt of her blaster, making Mird whip its head around to stare balefully at her. "And I can worry Mird. Can't I, my little stinkweed?" Vau felt the need to defend his comrade. "Strills have very acute senses, remember. It knows the baby's coming soon." "As in snack opportunity?" "As in parenting, Rav. Mird is hermaphroditic, remember. It's capable of being a mother, too, and you know how female animals will mother anything." "Even you, Walon ..."

Republic Commando: True Colors

#star wars #republic commando #etain tur mukan #mird #walon vau #rav bralor #OKAY LISTEN BOTH KAL AND VAU HAS SHITTY TAKE ON PREGNANCY AND PUTTING ALL FEMALE PROBLEMS ON RAV #BUT VAU IS STILL BETTER IN THE SENSE HE PRESUMBLY HAS ZERO EXPERIENCES IN THAT MATTER (no children no wife etc) #AND HE IS STILL BETTER THAN SKIRATA'S PREGNANT WOMEN ARE CRANKY SHIT WHEN HE GOT INFO THAT ETAIN ALMOST LOST UNBORN KID #i mean vau worrying that emotional shock may not be the best for etain right now and be glad to have rav around so there will be #at least one person knowing what to do is quite a lot for a man that has zero reasons to care (etain is jedi and kid is her and darman #so vau doesn't need be involved but he is still worrying about her) #like it is clear he is out of his depth when it comes to the female stuff (lol) #but he is clearly trying to be nice and supportive to etain #but also rav #RAV's sass and the even you walon #haha but we know the truth vau is mothering the strill XD #but also i wonder #if strills have this strong need to mother babies - even human babies #shouldn't mird be very protective of small clone cadets? #which make me wonder more why mird would attack ordo on vau's order like it happened according to triple zero? #unless ordo was much older but then if mird mother lil clones would strill see them differently than its own pack? #like i'm kinda furious this thing about strills come in true colors when triple zero was putting vau and mird in such abusive (cruel) act #against ordo / clone #gimme protective mird mothering lil delta squad and atin good damn