"People see the armor and think it's protection. They don't understand that it's a burden. Every plate is a promise. Every piece is a debt paid by those who came before us. The beskar in my shoulder plates came from Mandalore itself—ore mined by my ancestors, forged in fires that have long since gone cold. When I wear this, I carry them with me. Their sacrifice. Their hope. Their Way. The weight isn't in the metal. It's in what the metal means."
I tell foundlings this when they ask about the armor. They see the signets, the shine of polished beskar, and they think it's glory.
It's not glory. It's duty. It's survival. It's the only thing standing between us and extinction.
Every dent is a lesson. Every scratch is a memory. The beskar remembers, even when we wish to forget.
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This is the way.