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I, am Echo - I confess
Hello there! I’m the one they call Echo.
I used to be an ARC Trooper, in the before. Alas stuff happened. Lots of stuff. I was a Prisoner of War and then rescued by my now family. Only I was changed when I came out from that experience. Meaning I’ve got droid parts now, so a cyborg I guess.
Which is all good, now.
As now, I’m part of the Bad Batch family, which is really great!
So yeah, lots of things happened. Some better, some worse. Lost a lot of good people there, the war ended and yeah, the Empire took over and then, we were suddenly on our own, on the run.
But like always, we adapted.
Were all Rebels now, the clones and life could not be better! Well, I am mostly that, the rest of my family tag along here and there, try to do the more like me and others do to.
I do have some quirks though, some of them I do admit to freely.
One: I really am picky about my food.
The tastes, the smells, nothing too greasy, certainly no spices. Bland is the key for me. Now you might think it’s because of my internals having been enhanced with cybernetics and all. Alas, surprise, I’ve always been a picky eater! Never got the fondness for it, ration-bars doing plenty for me!
B: Yeah, I can count! I just like to do things my way. So B comes after option One. Always.
Cleanliness. That, is really a big deal for me. As are bad odours. I hate those. I like to be organised too, even if my family is kind of messy. Tech not so much or Cross. But they all try really hard to pick after themselves and to use the old duster here and there and make up their bunks too. Guess I have had that effect on them. Even Omega, who likes to copy all of us, thankfully mostly the good things.
*chuckles*
Thirdly, I am grumpy, that much is true.
Not really something I am too proud of. It really started early on too, but the war, the loss of brothers all around, not to mention the overall treatment of my kindred…Well who wouldn’t be grumpy!? Granted, after moving to Pabu, I have mellowed considerably. Especially now that we’re all together again and doing some good for the Rebellion as well. Like saving our brethren and kind among others too.
So I’ve noticed something interesting too having happened to me. I smile a lot theses days.
The others do smile too, but yeah me and those rescued clones living on the island here on Pabu and others elsewhere too after their new lives having started anew. Well, the lot of us smile and a lot too!
Four, so yeah, I’ve got several hobbies now.
Something of a thing I never gave much thought to in the past. I was a soldier with that one single purpose, and what else was there?
But now? Well Tech and I tinker a lot together and not just for the fixing of things. Wrecker takes me fishing. Omega and me take care of the household pets as we do have quite a lot of those now (go figure!). And Hunter and I, well we two like to meditate together in the early morning hours. There’s the painting thing with Cross as well.
And those are not even all! As I’ve taken up cooking! Now I know what is said before, that I don’t like food all that much. But I love to cook! I love to do it for my family and friends, try on new recipes and whatnot.
Go figure!
So, here are a few things I can now admit to as I grow older with my friends and family here on this sanctuary we built for ourselves. Our pets and the lot, growing better as humans and improving ourselves, as that is what life is all about!
Not so grumpy any more, but yeah, I still tend to repeat things.
I’m Echo, after all.