❀25th Charm❀ ⇁ video

[choseherownway]

{Locked to the Caterpillar Alliance}

[Someone's looking frazzled. Still, her tone is calm and even as she addresses the datapads] I just want to let you all know that the Republic has the wrong end of the stick, and it wasn't Catty who set bombs. Out of respect for her privacy, I won't give you too many details, but this whole situation wasn't

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Private;

[senatorinspace]

[He smells a giant headache in the making here, but he'll hear her out]

You've seen the tapes, I take it. It looks bad.

Private;

[choseherownway]

I've seen them. [a pause] Catty's a close friend of mine, sir, and I want to keep her safe. If the Republic military found out how she managed to get on those videos, she wouldn't be safe any more. But - [sorry Catty, it's either he finds out or you stay in jail forever] She can view the past, essentially. Not change it, but see what happens. She wanted to find out the true identity of the bombers, so that she could help the Republic. [She twists her fingers, looking for all the world like a worried, nervous teenager] It looks like she was there, but the truth of the matter is that she was with Claire first, and then Kyp Durron when the explosions went off. She was trapped under rubble, and he rescued her - I'm sure if the Republic were to check, she'd still have injuries consistent with that. There had to be other witnesses, potentially video feeds, that place her elsewhere.

[She draws in a deep breath] And, well - the video was supplied by the Sith, wasn't it? Even if it wasn't tampered with, they're hardly a reliable source. And

Private;

[senatorinspace]

[He listens carefully, brow furrowed. This is messy. Messier than he expected.]

Time stamps can be altered, which is one of the reasons they're still holding her in that cell. [He rubs the bridge of his nose] But I believe you, about her ability. I've actually met a time traveler before.

[An important question:] Did she see them? The bombers?

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[choseherownway]

[She nods, sighing] I know. But - thank you, for believing me.

She did. I've already passed the information on to the Republic. Admiral Saffron is honest to a fault, and she has more resources - and legal authority - to search for them than Outworlders do.

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[senatorinspace]

... But that investigation could take months, and I'm figuring no one exactly wants to see an innocent one of ours sitting in jail for that long.

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[choseherownway]

Exactly.

Private;

[senatorinspace]

I'll see what I can do. But I can't make any promises.