Yanibar Tales/Milya interview

''This interview is for my Current Events class with Teacher Sowsren. I'm interviewing my Aunt Milya, because she does a lot around the colony and because she's astral.'' - Jasika Kraen.


 * Jasika: Okay, here we go. I think it's working.
 * Milya: The green light is on. It's working.
 * Jasika: Ah, right. So, for my first question, what do you currently do?
 * Milya: Currently, I'm answering your questions.
 * Jasika: Your job, Aunt Milya.
 * Milya: Well, why didn't you ask me that in the first place? I'm the Director of Intelligence for the Yanibar Guard.
 * Jasika: And in Basic, that means she's the chief spy for Yanibar. Astral, right? What's it like being a spy?
 * Milya: Well, being a spy is pretty easy, if you're good at not getting caught, which is hard. You're basically finding out things that other people don't want you to find out and the more ways you have to do so, the better spy you are. There's a lot of skills you need.
 * Jasika: Like what?
 * Milya: All depends on the mission. Some jobs require you to be able to slice into a computer or reprogram a droid. In some jobs, you wear a disguise, so you have to be good at acting. Some jobs, you have to crawl through half a kilometer ventilation shafts with twenty kilos of gear strapped to you, so staying in shape is important. Fighting skills can help too. Most importantly, you have to be good at improvising and blending in.
 * Jasika: Can you do all of those?
 * Milya: And more.
 * Jasika: Isn't that amazing, guys? And she can make a mean roast nerf sandwich.
 * Milya: It's a useful skill to have whenever I'm impersonating a sandwich vendor.
 * Jasika: How many times have you done that?
 * Milya: Uh&hellip;never, actually. But if I had to, I could.
 * Jasika: So, what did you do before you were a spy?
 * Milya: I worked on a freighter with your father and uncles.
 * Jasika: Is that where you met them?
 * Milya: Pretty much.
 * Jasika: What was that like?
 * Milya: It was intense. We were always busy and living on the same small ship&mdash;you get to know people pretty well. It was like a small family.
 * Jasika: Is that when you first started liking Master Selu?
 * Milya: You could say that. He was really young when I first met him, and so naive, and yet also unhappy. He'd get this mournful look in his eyes whenever he thought about the old Jedi Order that he used to belong to. He had a lot of good qualities, though, and he had this half-smile that was really cute.
 * Jasika: Was he your first crush?
 * Milya: Uh . . . do your teacher and class really want to hear about my first crush?
 * Jasika: Well, you know, the most important part of the holonews is the juicy parts, right? I gotta get the full story. Please, Aunt Milya.
 * Milya: I think your teacher might have a different view, but my first crush was a boy named Telsis Abner. I was fourteen and he was seventeen. I was young and foolish.
 * Jasika: What happened?
 * Milya: He found out about it and played me for a fool. He encouraged my affections and strung me along until I would do anything for him. Then, he laughed at me and told me that it was all one big joke.
 * Jasika: Wow&hellip;what a sleemo.
 * Milya: You could say that.
 * Jasika: So . . . uh, caf or tea?
 * Milya: What?
 * Jasika: I dunno; just trying to change the subject to something better.
 * Milya: You know, I haven't been caught offguard by a question in interrogation in awhile, and you pulled it off. Kids these days. Anyway, caf. Black, but a hint of pintub nut syrup is good too.
 * Jasika: What did you do before you worked on a freighter?
 * Milya: I was a mercenary.
 * Jasika: What was that like?
 * Milya: Very lonely. You do a lot of fighting and see a lot of people dying, if you're good. If you're bad at it, then it's the opposite."
 * Jasika: Were you good at it?
 * Milya: I'm here, right? Still, it's a risky, dangerous field of work that doesn't give you a lot of friends. I was happy to give it up.
 * Jasika: Why did you do it if you didn't like it?
 * Milya: I didn't know what else to do, or have anyone else. My parents were dead and I didn't how to do much else at the time. I hoped for a better life, but mercenary work was good enough to put food in my belly and clothes on my back.
 * Jasika: Were you ever scared?
 * Milya: Every day. I would wake up and not know what would happen to me.
 * Jasika: Was that the time when you were the most scared?
 * Milya: No, the most scared I've ever been was on Coruscant, when Rhiannon was in danger. I was nearly petrified.
 * Jasika: What did you do?
 * Milya: I let my training take over. I didn't even think as I fought the Dark Jedi threatening Rhiannon. The Force guided me, and that allowed me to survive.
 * Jasika: Did you win?
 * Milya: In the sense that I forced her to retreat, sure. It was more of a draw, and she left me a scar or two to rememeber her by. I won the rematch, that's for sure.
 * Jasika: Was she your hardest opponent?
 * Milya: Not really.
 * Jasika: Who was?
 * Milya: Your Uncle Selu is the hardest person I've ever fought. We've sparred hundreds of time and I've only won twice.
 * Jasika: Wow. I didn't know he was that good.
 * Milya: You'd be surprised at what your Uncle Selu can do.
 * Jasika: How did you beat him?
 * Milya: Uh . . . I'll spare you the gory details, but let's just say that I took some cheap shots at him while wearing shock gloves and boots and he wasn't expecting it.
 * Jasika: You hit Uncle Selu in the&mdash;?!
 * Milya: Why don't we talk about something else?
 * Jasika: Uh, okay. What's it like being married? Being a mom?
 * Milya: Are you sure your teacher wants to hear about this?
 * Jasika: Of course. It's the human interest part; lets the viewers relate to you.
 * Milya: Okay. Both, by and large, are wonderful beyond description. Sure, they both have their ups and downs. The key is to find a man who loves you for you who are unconditionally and do the same back to him, and then love your child with all you are. I wouldn't trade Selu or Rhiannon for anything.
 * Jasika: Even being a spy?
 * Milya: Even that.
 * Jasika: Okay, well, thanks for letting me interview you.
 * Milya: Happy to help.

Interview ends.