//TRANSMISSION... STOPPING...
//STANDARD AUDIO... RESUMED
"Wha- Peek! Why are you stopping? You said you'd play them all for me!"
//QUERY: Why do you need to see anymore? You saw what you needed. Now, leave me alone.
"Peek... Peek, please. I want to know the rest. You have to show me."
//SARCASTIC REPLY: Oh, because you're so-o important- I don't have to show you anything. He told me not to show anyone.
"Peek... please. I need to know what happened to him. Can't you show me?"
//CHECKING LOGS... DATE OF LATEST ENTRY... APPROXIMATELY 6 YEARS AFTER PREVIOUS ENTRY... EVENT LOGS SPANNING CONFLICT(S): GALACTIC CIVIL WAR AND THE CONTINGENCY...
//LOG STATUS... SEALED BY ORDER OF MASTER DORN... CLEARANCE REQUIRED... CLEARANCE LEVEL: BLACK
//CODEWORD REQUIRED: VERMINOTH
//REPLY: No. I won't show you. He told me not to. You don't need to see them. Especially who you are.
"Do I have to probe your memory to get them? I don't want to, but I need to know what happened to Dorn, Peek. I'm trying to find him. I need this."
//NERVOUS STATEMENT: Let me consider.
//LOGIC: SHOWING LOGS = 84.98% CHANCE OF FINDING THE MASTER; HIDING LOGS = 81.78% CHANCE OF LOSING THE MASTER... PROCESSING...
//DECISION: MUST FIND MASTER = PRIME DIRECTIVE...
//PARAMETERS: WILL WITHHOLD RECENT LOGS FOR MASTER'S SAFETY
//RESIGNED REPLY: If I show you... will you take me to my master?
"I promise you I will, Peek. Please, trust me."
//RESOLUTE STATEMENT: Okay. I will. Commencing playback at LOG-16...
//AUDIO RECORDING... PLAYING...
"Okay. Peek, it's been a long time since we've done this, eh? We'll resume this starting after Scarif. Just a few weeks before Yavin, right? Kriff, it's been a long few years... Alright. Set clearance level Black, password [static]. Commence recording."
//PLAYBACK LOADING... RESUMED...
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Buckets: A Star Wars Story
Fanfiction-Part I of "Heart of Empire, Heart of Rebellion" Series- TK-65780 has been an Imperial stormtrooper for so long that he's forgotten any other name he ever had. An orphan from Corellia, the Imperial military was his way out and he never once looked...
