EXT/INT. DEMRAY CITY RESISTANCE BASE (MYRA) - DAY
The Planet Myra is a planet covered in plateaus interrupted by deep canyons and chasms. The City of Demray stands atop a plateau and is surrounded on all sides by ravines and gorges. Large bridges stretch across the canyons surrounding Demray. One of which connects to a much taller plateau which houses the Resistance's new base.
The Resistance Base is carved into the side of the tall plateau. It has a large hangar and several small buildings that overlook the city of Demray. What is left of the Resistance is living in small homes all next to one another. The Millennium Falcon is stored in their hangar and there are porgs all over.
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INT. DEMRAY CITY REY'S TINY HOME (MYRA) - DAY
REY is sitting on the floor in the center of her home reading from one of the sacred Jedi texts. LEIA ORGANA steps in her doorway. REY looks up and sees LEIA ORGANA, waiting for her.
LEIA ORGANA
Rey if you put half as much time into training
to be a Jedi as you do reading about them,
you'd be a master by now.
REY
I'm just trying to learn it all.
LEIA ORGANA
I can see that. Did you learn the
part about training beginning
five minutes ago?
REY
I'm sorry Master.
LEIA ORGANA
Balance Rey, balance.
REY
I try Master.
LEIA ORGANA
Let's go.
REY follows LEIA ORGANA out of the room
LEIA ORGANA (O.S.)
Bring your staff.
REY
Yes master.
REY walks back into her room and grabs her staff. Next to her staff is Anakin's lightsaber. It is still in two pieces.
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INT/EXT. DEMRAY CITY RESISTANCE HANGAR (MYRA) - DAY
LEIA ORGANA and REY walk past the Millennium Falcon to the opening of the hangar. Waiting for them are four Marksman training remotes floating around each other.
REY
This again?
LEIA ORGANA
This again.
REY lets out a sigh.
REY
Okay, I'm ready.
REY takes her staff, she holds it at quarterstaff position.
LEIA ORGANA
Try not to get hit this time.
Anticipate where the next shot is
coming from, and defend yourself.
REY
Right, I'll use Soresu.
LEIA ORGANA let's out a sigh.
LEIA ORGANA
Just... deflect the lasers.
Begin.
REY begins blocking the laser bolts from the remotes with her staff. Every time she knocks down one remote she is nearly shot by another. When she is down to two remotes she takes out one while the other shoots her from behind, hitting her right arm. She takes down the final remote.
REY
One hit isn't that bad, right?
LEIA ORGANA & REY (together)
One is too many.
REY
I know, I know, but I am trying to get better.
LEIA ORGANA
Rey, why do you only attack the remotes you're looking at?
REY
So I can be accurate, not miss?
LEIA ORGANA
Spoken like a soldier, not a Jedi. What if you can't see?
REY
Yes master.
LEIA ORGANA
No Rey, I'm asking you, what if you can't see?
REY
I... I don't know.
LEIA ORGANA
What is the force Rey?
REY
It's an energy that connects and binds everything together.
LEIA ORGANA
And you can feel that connection?
REY
Yes.
LEIA ORGANA
Then you shouldn't need your eyes
to see.
LEIA ORGANA gives REY a helmet with a visor she cannot see through (from The Rise of Skywalker). REY puts it on and the training remotes float back up.
LEIA ORGANA (CONT'D)
Begin.
REY swings on the remote behind her and knocks it down. When she does this, she gets shot.
LEIA ORGANA (CONT'D)
Patience Rey. Wait for right
moment.
REY blocks two bolts and then knocks another remote down. She gets shot again. REY blocks another bolt but is shot again. REY knocks the third remote down and is hit again. LEIA ORGANA observes in silence. REY is able to block the last remote's bolts, but swings at it twice and misses. The remote floats just outside of the hangar opening, REY swings and hits it. However, REY oversteps and starts to fall out the hangar with only one foot still on the ledge. LEIA ORGANA quickly grabs her arm, saving her from a long fall. REY takes off her helmet and looks down at the drop.
LEIA ORGANA (CONT'D)
Patient and mindful Rey. That is
what a Jedi is.
LEIA ORGANA pulls REY back into the hangar on her two feet.
LEIA ORGANA (CONT'D)
And focused, you have to feel the
force around you.
REY
Patient, mindful, focused, it all
seems easier to read than to do.
LEIA ORGANA
Clear your mind, that's how you
focus. Feel your surroundings and
be mindful of them. Then exercise
patience.
REY
I will... master.
LEIA ORGANA
That's all I wanted to hear.
At that moment a shaking Quadjumper starship slowly flies into the hangar and lands. REY is surprised.
REY
You bought a Quadjumper?
LEIA ORGANA
I did. We need something that
doesn't draw First Order
attention.
REY
Like the Falcon?
LEIA ORGANA nods. FINN exits the quadjumper and walks towards LEIA and REY.
LEIA ORGANA (CONT'D)
Your piloting skills are
improving quickly Finn.
FINN
Thanks, I was a little shaky at
first but once I relaxed and felt
the ship out, I think I got the
hang of it.
LEIA ORGANA (TO REY)
You could learn something from
him.
REY
What's the ship for?
LEIA ORGANA
Your next mission. Do me a favor,
try not to pick a fight with any
ugnaughts this time.
FINN
Yeah Threepio is still worked up
over that incident.
REY
It was my first mission and I got
him his leg back almost
immediately.
FINN
He still brings it up from time
to time.
LEIA ORGANA
Tell me about it.
KAYDEL CONNIX approaches FINN, REY, and LEIA ORGANA.
KAYDEL CONNIX
General, Vi Moradi has contacted
us. She says she's found an
archaeologist and a historian
that can get us to a Temple?
LEIA ORGANA
Thank you Kaydel.
KAYDEL CONNIX nods then walks away.
REY
Temple? Does she mean Jedi
Temple? Am I crafting my own Jedi
lightsaber?
LEIA ORGANA
You have good insight.
REY is excited. She can't help but smile.
REY
I'm crafting my own Jedi
lightsaber!
LEIA ORGANA
Yes, but the weapon does not make
the Jedi. Constructing your
lightsaber is the first step in a
long journey of becoming a Jedi.
REY
Right... Leia I feel ready I
can...
LEIA ORGANA (INTERRUPTING)
I know... Vi Moradi is an ally to
the Resistance and she wants to
help you. Her and her
archaeologist friend are both
waiting for you on Batuu.
FINN
I got the ship nice and warmed up
for you Rey.
REY
Thank you Finn.
LEIA reflects for a moment.
LEIA ORGANA
Finn.
FINN
Yes General.
LEIA ORGANA
I want you going with. Look out
for her while she's there.
FINN smiles. He jokes with REY.
FINN
Yes General. Come on Rey, General
says I'm in charge.
REY
That is not what she said.
FINN
It's heavily implied.
The two friends board the Quadjumper, fly out of the hangar, off into space, and make the jump to lightspeed.
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EXT. PLANET BATUU - SPACE
FINN and REY emerge out of hyperspace. FINN is in the pilot's chair while REY is sitting behind him.
REY
Not bad for your first time
piloting at lightspeed.
FINN
You know I have flown in and out
of hyperspace before right?
REY
Really? Rose says you just
watched.
FINN
Well I... also provided emotional
support. Preparing landing cycle.
FINN begins flying closer to Batuu.
REY
I can see Poe's flying lessons
have been working wonders.
FINN
Only a few lessons in and I think
I got it down. Do you know much
about this place?
REY
Artoo has scans of some books
from one of the temples but he
never told me about how he got
them. The planet has a dozen or
so temples but most of them were
used for training younglings,
meditation, and research. There
were rumors about the research
being for Sith Artifacts.
FINN
That's good to know.
REY
If you want to know more I
suggest you speak with the
archaeologist and historian
waiting for us.
FINN
I'm just glad to hear we have
allies out there. Since Crait
things have been... discouraging.
REY
I can see it bothering the
others. Poe especially.
FINN
Poe especially. Are back was up
against a wall, we called out for
help and no one came. It really
got to him.
REY
I did, Luke did, Chewy...
FINN
I know. But the Resistance needs
more people standing by us if
it's gonna work.
REY
Have hope Finn. It sounds like
Leia's contact and her friend
stand by us. And from the sounds
of it, the archaeologist can
point me in the direction of a
kyber crystal.
FINN
Kyber crystal?
REY
It powers the Jedis' lightsabers.
FINN
Good to know.
Two First Order Tie Fighters approach their ship.
FIRST ORDER PILOT
Quadjumper, this is the First
Order. Follow us for landing,
prepare for ship inspection.
FINN
Yes sir, on it. Following your
lead.
REY
Did Poe teach anything about
flying in formation?
FINN
No but I'm more of a "hands on"
learner anyway.
FINN and REY follow the Tie Fighters to an open field outside of Black Spire Outpost.
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EXT. BLACK SPIRE OUTPOST LANDING ZONE (BATUU) - DAY
FINN and REY exit the Quadjumper. They are both wearing hooded ponchos. FINN's hood is up, REY's is not. FINN stands behind REY hiding his face. REY performs a Jedi mind trick on the approaching Tie Fighter pilots.
REY
Our ship has passed all
inspections.
TIE FIGHTER PILOT
Your ship has passed all
inspections.
REY
You will hand us our holopuck and
go back to patrolling your zone.
TIE FIGHTER PILOT
We will hand you your holopuck
and go back to patrolling our
zone.
The two Tie Fighter Pilots hand REY a holopuck. It displays an image of their ship, their parking space, as well as "echo-25" displayed in Aurebesh. The pilots then walk back to their ship.
FINN
That has got to be the best part
about the force.
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INT. BLACK SPIRE OUTPOST OGA'S CANTINA (BATUU) - NIGHT REY REY and FINN walk around and begin looking for VI MORADI.
FINN
This is the place Vi said to meet
her and her friend.
REY
Do you know what she looks like?
VI MORADI
Blue hair, orange jacket, and a
big problem on her mind.
REY and FINN look over at VI MORADI. She is sitting at a table alone with her drink raised. They walk over to her table. Before they can sit down VI MORADI stands up and shakes both their hands.
VI MORADI (CONT'D)
Vi Moradi, nice to meet you.
FINN
Finn.
REY
Rey.
VI MORADI
First name basis already? Glad
we're all friends.
REY and FINN look at each other, then the three sit down.
FINN
What problem are you talking
about?
VI MORADI
It's our archaeologist friend,
Beaumont Kin is his name. I've
sent a shuttle to a town called
Peka where he's at, but it never
made it.
VI MORADI pulls out a holoprojector and places it on the table. It displays a holomessage from BEAUMONT KIN.
BEAUMONT KIN
I've been waiting all day. I'm
told by the town's mayor that as
long as the blockades still
stand, Peka will not be sending
anyone out and will most likely
not receive any shipments until
the First Order can take care of
the problem.
VI MORADI
Like that will happen, First
Order only cares about collecting
their dues.
BEAUMONT KIN
I'm not sure when I'll be able to
leave Peka, it's far too
dangerous to travel alone. I'll
see you around Vi... hopefully
soon.
The holomessage ends. VI MORADI puts away her holoprojector.
VI MORADI
That was earlier today.
REY
Do you know what happened to the
shuttle you sent out?
VI MORADI
The driver came back today on
foot, said Baron Yasto Attsmun's
droids took everything he had.
FINN
Yasto Attsmun?
VI MORADI
Used to run Attsmun Industries.
He's a big name on Canto Bight.
He came here in search of some
sort of treasure hidden in one of
the temples, and brought his
private droid army to help him
find it.
REY
Do you know why he put up the
blockades?
VI MORADI
He didn't, Attsmun went missing
weeks ago. He was declared dead
recently by his right hand. They
think it was the First Order's
doing. Next thing we knew a First
Order mining facility was
destroyed here on Batuu.
FINN
That explains all the First Order
security around here.
VI MORADI
Exactly. Since then, their droids
have been setting up random
blockades and stealing from
anyone who comes through. First
Order and locals alike. Now I'm
stuck here, Beaumont is stuck in
Peka, and we have no way of
getting to that temple.
FINN
We have a ship, we can fly over
any blockade and make it to Peka.
VI MORADI
On paper that sounds good, but
the First Order has declared it a
no fly zone. You're only allow in
and out of Batuu through Black
Spire.
FINN
Okay, so we'll escort you. We got
through a First Order checkpoint,
we can get through some droid
blockade.
REY
I can't mind trick droids Finn.
VI MORADI
Mind trick? So you're a Jedi
then?
REY
I'm trying to be, but I need to
get to that temple. Do you have
any ideas?
VI MORADI
Well if the stories I've heard
about the Jedi are true, "trying
to be" is good enough for me. I
can get us a speeder, but it will
still take some Jedi ability to
get us through what Attsmun's
droids can throw at us.
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EXT. ROCKSPIRE FIELDS BACK ROAD (BATUU) - DAY
VI MORADI, FINN, and REY are riding in an old and rusty V-35 Landspeeder. FINN and REY are sitting in the front and have removed their ponchos. VI MORADI is sitting in the backseat. REY is driving. The speeder is very shaky. FINN is uneasy.
FINN
Vi, you ever drive this thing
before?
VI MORADI
Up until it started shaking like
this. But hey, at least it still
runs.
REY reaches down by her leg and pulls a lever. The shaking stops. VI MORADI is surprised.
REY
Air brakes were on.
VI MORADI
Right...
REY
So how long have you been on
Batuu?
VI MORADI
Not long, but long enough to see
what the First Order can do to a
place like this. They've
overthrown the Mayor of Black
Spire Outpost and have instituted
curfews, targeted inspections of
any place they want, and
increasingly high taxes. People
are struggling to get by.
FINN
That's what they do, I've seen it
happen across other planets.
VI MORADI
I've seen a lot too, heard
stories... It won't be long until
the First Order begin kidnapping
civilians and brainwashing them.
That's what that First Order
mining facility actually was. I'm
just glad it was destroyed before
they could fully turn someone.
FINN reflects on his past.
FINN
Yeah... me too.
VI MORADI pulls out her holoprojector and answers a call from BEAUMONT KIN.
VI MORADI
Beaumont we're on our way, is
everything alright by you.
BEAUMONT KIN
Yes, I have everything I need
packed, but are you sure you want
to travel with those droids
around? It can be really
dangerous.
VI MORADI
We'll be fine Beaumont, see you
soon.
BEAUMONT KIN
See you soon Vi.
VI MORADI hangs up.
FINN
Hey Vi, how much farther?
VI MORADI
Not much, just over this...
REY begins to focus and everything becomes quiet. She stops the speeder as fast as she can. VI MORADI and FINN get whiplash.
VI MORADI (CONT'D)
What are you doing?!
FINN
Rey what's going...
A large thin rock spire explodes at its base and crashes down right where they would have been if Rey hadn't stopped.
VI MORADI
That was a close one.
Attsmun Industry Droids begin chasing our heroes in three different landspeeders (none are the same model). REY takes off and tries to evade.
FINN
Are these the droids you were
talking about?!
VI MORADI
Three guesses!
REY
Hang on!
The Attsmun Industry Droids catch up to our heroes and begin firing at their speeder. Shots hit the windshield and it begins cracking. REY rams her speeder into one of the droids' speeders and it crashes.
VI MORADI
Finn, your rifle!
FINN gives VI MORADI his EL-16 blaster rifle. VI MORADI, crawls through a hatch in the cabin's backseat and into the open air port. She starts shooting at the droids. VI MORADI hits the driver of one of the speeders and it crashes.
FINN
Nice shot!
The last speeder speeds up towards them while shooting. VI MORADI shoots at it but then ducks down to avoid blaster fire.
VI MORADI
They're coming up from behind us!
Rey's is PIT maneuvered. Our heroes spin out and their speeder flips over. VI MORADI goes flying out of the air port and lands in a bush. VI MORADI is unconscious. The Attsmun Industry Droids pull over and pick up VI MORADI. They put her in their speeder and drive off.
REY
Finn!
FINN
Rey! Are you alright?
REY
I'm fine but the canopy, it's
stuck, I can't get it open.
FINN kicks the canopy three types before it opens. FINN exits the speeder first and then helps REY out. FINN runs to his rifle and picks it up.
FINN
Vi, where is she, do you see her?
FINN begins looking for VI MORADI. He notices a wet spot in the ground and a long trail of spilled liquid heading off into the distance. REY looks at their flipped over landspeeder. She closes her eyes, and the world goes quiet. REY reaches out her hand and slowly lifts the landspeeder with the force, flipping it back over. FINN watches in awe. Rey opens her eyes and uses the force to rip the badly damaged canopy off of the landspeeder. Rey catches her breath.
REY
You said you can't find Vi?
FINN
Yes, but the speeder they took
her on, it's leaking.
REY
We can follow their trail.
FINN
That's what I'm thinking.
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EXT. BARON DRUX NAST'S CAMP (BATUU) - DAY
REY and FINN are riding in their landspeeder. They come across the droids' speeder pulled over on the side of the road. There are tracks leading down into a deep crater.
FINN
That's their speeder alright.
REY
Do you think they ran out of
fuel?
REY and FINN exit their landspeeder. FINN sees footprints heading down the crater.
FINN
I don't think so. Look, tracks.
They go down into that crater.
The two walk towards the crater and see BARON DRUX NAST's camp at the bottom of it. It is made up of stolen land speeders and large storage containers that crashed on the planet (during the Tales from the Galaxy's Edge video game). The two lay down to not be spotted. FINN pulls out his rifle and uses the scope to get a closer look at the camp.
FINN (CONT'D)
I think I found their leader...
take a look.
FINN hands REY his rifle. REY looks through the scope and sees VI MORADI chained to a broken down speeder. She is sitting on the floor next to BARON DRUX NAST who sits on a makeshift throne, made out of a speeder seat and other materials the Attsmun Industry Droids have been able to steal. BARON DRUX NAST has two Attsmun Industry Droids guarding him.
BARON DRUX NAST is a Male of the Ungrila species. He is middle-aged (younger than Yasto Attsmun). It's clear that he hasn't been able to regularly bathe. He wears a gray trench coat and a lot of jewelry, all from different people he's been able to rob with his blockades.
REY
Vi, I see her.
FINN
Great, what's your plan?
REY
I've got an idea, follow me.
FINN and REY get up and move.
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BARON DRUX NAST is speaking with VI MORADI very casually.
VI MORADI
So, where are your other
prisoners?
BARON DRUX NAST
Actually you are the only one my
droids have ever captured.
VI MORADI
Yeah? Why am I so lucky?
BARON DRUX NAST
My droids think you can help me.
Who are you?
VI MORADI
You tell me first.
BARON DRUX NAST smirks.
BARON DRUX NAST
Baron Drux Nast, second in
command to Baron Attsmun until
his leadership was... "stunted"
by the First Order. Now I am in
charge of all of his assets.
VI MORADI
Yeah I can see you're doing a
good job of it.
BARON DRUX NAST
You've been interrogated before
haven't you?
VI MORADI
Is it that obvious?
BARON DRUX NAST
Blatantly.
Off in the distance VI MORADI spots FINN and REY sneaking around the cargo containers.
BARON DRUX NAST
So are you going to tell me?
VI MORADI
Tell you what?
BARON DRUX NAST
Your name.
REY and FINN sneak up on two Attsmun Industry Droids. REY knocks one down and crushes its chest with her staff. FINN shoots the other Attsmun Industries Droid in the back with his weapon set to stun, the droid crashes into the ground making a loud noise. BARON DRUX NAST notices the noise and looks over. VI MORADI tries distracting him.
VI MORADI
Vi, my name is Vi and I'm not
that important.
BARON DRUX NAST
Nonsense. I'm sure there is
something special about you.
REY and FINN sneak up on two more droids, this time they are even more quiet. REY raises both droids one foot off of the ground with the force. FINN stuns both droids and REY slowly lowers them back down to avoid making noise.
VI MORADI
What do you think it is?
BARON DRUX NAST
I'm waiting for you to tell me.
How quickly you tell me the
truth, will let me know how much
I can trust you. What do you know
of the First Order?
VI MORADINot much.
BARON DRUX NAST
Tell the truth.
FINN stuns one more droid and REY catches it before it hits ground. She slowly lowers the droid down. REY uses hand signals to tell FINN to move to the next position. VI MORADI notices, she keeps talking.
VI MORADI
I know about the First Order mine
that exploded, now the First
Order is monitoring who can leave
and enter Batuu.
BARON DRUX NAST
Ah yes, we were blamed for that.
I've been at war with them for a
while now. Yasto Attsmun came
here looking for some powerful
relic and now I've yet to find
his remains. I know the First
Order was behind it, those power
hungry savages.
VI MORADI
I didn't know that.
BARON DRUX NAST
Personally I never respected The
First Order, even before this.
All the senseless acts of
violence to go back to a way that
failed decades ago. They're all
thugs at best.
REY
What makes you so different!?
REY is standing on top of a storage container.
BARON DRUX NAST
I don't have a choice, young
girl!
BARON DRUX NAST waves his hand signaling his two guards to begin shooting at REY. REY jumps high in the air, dodging the bolts. The two Attsmun Industry Droids walk towards REY. REY lands directly in front of both droids, holding her staff in quarter position.
REY dodges every blaster bolt shot at her until she is shot in the right arm, the same spot the Marksman training remote hit her. REY falls down. The two Attsmun Droids walk up to REY and stand over her. FINN shoots one of the droids in the back. The two droids turn around. REY gets up and uses her staff to take down both droids.
BARON DRUX NAST (CONT'D)
Your choice to fight primitivelyis admirable.
Thankfully you havefriends who don't share the same
sentiment.
REY
Let her go, and stop your
blockades.
BARON DRUX NAST
That, my dear, I don't have much
of a choice.
FINN walks up to BARON DRUX NAST, rifle in hand.
FINN
You always have a choice.
BARON DRUX NAST
Not when I can't leave this
forsaken planet. I got to turn a
profit somehow.
REY
Buy robbing innocent people?
FINN
What happened to your ships?
BARON DRUX NAST
Clamped down, all of them, and
safely guarded in a First Order
shipyard. Now I'm stuck here with
all these boring droids.
FINN
And that's your excuse for
robbing people?
BARON DRUX NAST
I think it's a good one. And
before you get any ideas...
BARON DRUX NAST presses a button on his wrist device and the largest container in the camp opens up. The container is housing at least 100 Attsmun Industry Droids. BARON DRUX NAST, hovers his finger over another button on his wrist device.
BARON DRUX NAST (CONT'D)
If I press this button, all those
droids in that container will
activate and protect or avenge me
at all costs.
REY
We don't want to fight. We just
want peace, and our friend back.
BARON DRUX NAST
I can see that. What do I get out
of it?
REY
If we offer you passage off
world, will you let Vi go?
BARON DRUX NAST
I could, but what assurance can
you give me?
REY pulls out the holopuck that the two First Order pilots gave her. She activates it allowing BARON DRUX NAST to see the Quadjumper.
REY
There's a Quadjumper in a landing
field outside of Black Spire
Outpost. Lot Echo-25.
BARON DRUX NAST
Black Spire Outpost is controlled
by the First Order. How can I
trust you not to try and turn me
in?
VI MORADI
Drux...
BARON DRUX NAST looks over to VI MORADI. VI MORADI shows him her Resistance ring (similar to Rose Tico's Ring in the Last Jedi).
VI MORADI (CONT'D)
We're with the Resistance. If
you're looking for someone to
help you escape from the First
Order, we're your best bet.
BARON DRUX NAST
Ah, the truth finally reveals
itself. My droids chose their
hostage well I see.
REY tosses BARON DRUX NAST a C1 personal comlink. He catches it.
REY
When we are ready to leave we
will contact you.
BARON DRUX NAST
What's your name?
REY
Rey.
BARON DRUX NAST
Rey what? No last name?
REY shakes her head.
BARON DRUX NAST (CONT'D)
Secretive. Okay Rey I am Baron
Drux Nast. How do I know you
won't leave without me?
REY thinks for a second. She then takes off her staff and places it at her feet.
REY
Because I'll want this back.
BARON DRUX NAST sees the look in REY's eyes, he knows he can trust her. BARON DRUX NAST presses a button on his wrist and VI MORADI is released. FINN puts his rifle on his back. VI MORADI walks over to REY.
BARON DRUX NAST
You have a deal Rey.
FINN
Thank you.
FINN walks towards REY and VI MORADI
BARON DRUX NAST
What for?
FINN turns to face BARON DRUX NAST.
FINN
For making the right choice.
.
BARON DRUX NAST watches as the three walk away.