star wars · the bad batch · found family · sci-fi · pabu · retired soldiers · mermaid myth · team dynamics · clone troopers · adventure
The sun catches the turquoise sea around Pabu as the Bad Batch adjusts to life after war. Among the island’s tales, Omega has fastened onto the myth of mermaids, said to be omens of peace. Her brothers watch, half‑amused and half‑concerned, as she and Lyana Hazard devote week after week to searching the reefs. Then, without warning, the two come crashing up the staircase, breathless and disheveled. Hunter takes the photograph from Omega’s unsteady fingers. Silence thickens in the room. The image shows a distant figure perched on the coral: the clear curve of a human torso, the sleek, iridescent cascade of a fish’s tail. Delicate fins spill over the rock. Lyana and Omega stand before them, faces alight with hard‑won triumph.