I still hear her voice sometimes. The rhythm of her hammer against the beskar. Methodical. Patient.
"Your armor is your soul, Din Djarin," she told me when I earned my signet. "It is not merely protection. It is your word, your bond, your identity. When you remove it, you remove yourself. When you wear it, you become the creed."
I was young. Impatient. Thought I understood.
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The micro-fractures are spreading. Right shoulder plate took too much strain during the Verdan job. Hairline cracks webbing across the beskar alloy like lightning frozen in metal.
Can't ignore it anymore. In combat, those cracks become failure points. One well-placed shot and the plate shatters. Exposes the mesh beneath. Exposes me.
Been transmitting on covert frequencies. Old codes from the scattered Mandalorians. Looking for a forge, a smith, anyone who can work beskar without the Empire noticing.
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