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Chapter 6 - The First Mistake ?

This made Tech even more anxious as it was a part of his thinking process!

Then, a bright light bulb appeared over his head as his exceptional mind did come up with a solution: 'Commander Tano would listen!'

Instead of elaborately explaining his (almost) scientifically proven ways to ensure a brilliant idea every time to his grumpy little brother, Tech shot out of his bunk and bolted out of the barracks. Thankfully Hunter was out wandering the cruiser, too worked up to sleep, so Tech could easily slip away. Wrecker was a heavy sleeper, unlike the Sergeant, and Crosshair just muttered a 'Good riddance' under his breath before falling into a deepest peaceful slumber be could under the circumstances being surrounded by filthy, underhanded regs.

Halfway through his sprint to the medical bay, Tech realized that he forgotten his armor that was taken off so he could sleep more comfortably, but he quickly pushed that impropriety aside - 'There are more important things to worry about!' He barreled into the medical bay and beseeched a perturbed clone doctor for the location of Commander Tano as he had urgent business to discuss with her.

The doctor was surprisingly friendly to the defective clone despite his crazed eyes and disheveled blacks and hair, "You're in luck - Commander Tano just came out of the bacta tank, so she should still be awake." He motioned for Tech to follow him with a bob of his head, "I'll take you to her."

Tech found Ahsoka thankfully up and alert in her hospital bed, the bacta speeding up the healing process of the blaster wound, and she was dressed in a simple white hospital robe and pants. She was confused at Tech's presence, but set aside the datapad she was looking at to give him her full attention anyways. "What are you doing here?"

Tech tugged up a chair next to her bed, promptly sat down and leaned forward slightly in eagerness. "I needed to speak with you, Commander, because I think you are the only one who will listen to me." Ahsoka raised a figurative eyebrow, silently urging him to go on. "I know what happened to SAC-1 on Silva: she experienced a sensory overload, which happens when something around us overstimulates one or more of our senses. That could be a crowded room for example, or in SAC-1's case, an explosion. There is suddenly too much information coming in through our senses for our brain to process. It can happen to new soldiers on the battlefield but I have found that it definitely happens to clones who have enhanced senses, like SAC-1. The explosion was too much for her unnatural hyperawareness to handle so she became disoriented thus subjecting her to erratic, uncontrollable movements and actions that caused you and I and Crosshair to be injured."

It took Ahsoka a few seconds to process all that rather heavy hypothesis he laid out for her seemingly in one breath. 'I guess all clones with enhanced minds do this?' "But shouldn't her training have helped her deal with bombs?" She argued once his speculative words did register.

"The Kaminoan training program does not include bombs, so SAC-1 had never experienced an explosion until Silva." Tech recited knowingly and grimly.

Understanding softened Ahsoka's features. "So it wasn't her fault she messed up... She had no way of knowing the bomb would affect her."

Tech's shoulders relaxed when FINALLY, someone was sensible enough to actually listen to him. "Exactly. So she does not deserve to be returned to Kamino."

Ahsoka became distressed at this news. "She's being sent back?" If there was one thing she understood about their conversation earlier is that SAC-1 received punishments for trivial things... So what sort of repercussions were in store for her for a failed mission and an injured Commander?

"Hunter has asked Commander Cody to find her transportation back to Kamino first thing in the morning." Tech explained mournfully.

Ahsoka heavily sighed, which irritated her tender wound but she sucked it up and, to Tech's discomfit, swung her legs off the bed. "Then that doesn't give us much time." She slowly raised from her bed, albeit a little shakily.