I wrote about what it means to support someone unconditionally even when they haven't been entirely honest with you. How everybody needs somebody to be inspired by. Someone who sets the bar really high. Someone who will put somebody else's needs before their own and then not resent them for it. Who always expects you to do the right thing but forgives you when you don't.
Well, I think your mom would be pretty moved by that.
Yeah, she might be. But I wrote it about you.
[The Mandalorian and IG-11 have defeated the Nikto bodyguards surrounding their target bounty and have seen its floating crib]
Species age differently. Perhaps it could live many centuries. [a green-skinned creature the size of a human baby appears out of the sheets] Sadly, we'll never know.
[holds off IG-11 from firing] No, we'll bring it in alive.
The commission was quite specific. The asset was to be terminated. [aims blaster at creature]
[a shot is fired and IG-11 falls, revealing that the Mandalorian blasted the droid]
[Kuiil and Mando have successfully repaired the Razor Crest with the parts recovered from the Jawas]
I can't thank you enough. Please allow me to give you a portion of the reward.
I cannot accept. You are my guest, and I am therefore in your service.
I could use a crew member of your ability. And I can pay handsomely.
I am honored. But I have worked a lifetime to finally be free of servitude.
I understand. Then... all I can offer is my thanks.
And I offer mine. Thank you for bringing peace to my valley. [leaves the ship and mounts his blurrg; to Mando] And good luck with the Child. May it survive and bring you a handsome reward. I have spoken.
[Mando visits the Armorer at the Mandalorian enclave on Nevarro, bringing the camtono of Beskar bars he got as bounty from The Client]
[looks at Beskar bars as the other Mandalorians witness] This amount can be shaped in many ways.
MAThe Mandalorian AKA Mando
My armor has lost its integrity. I may need to begin again.
Indeed. I can form a full cuirass. This would be in order for your station.
That would be a great honour.
I must warn you, it will draw many eyes.
[grabs one Beskar bar and snorts at seeing the Imperial logo] These were cast in an Imperial smelter. These are the spoils of the Great Purge. The reason we live hidden like sandrats. [tosses the bar back on the table]
Our secrecy is our survival. Our survival is our strength.
Our strength was once in our numbers. Now we live in the shadows and only come above ground one at a time. Our world was shattered by the Empire with whom this coward shares tables. [reaches for Mando's helmet to remove it but they fight until they come to knifepoint]
[stands up to stop the fight] The Empire is no longer, and the Beskar has returned. When one chooses to walk the Way of the Mandalore, you are both hunter and prey. How can one be a coward if one chooses this way of life? Have you ever removed your helmet?
Has it ever been removed by others?
This is the Way. [Vizsla and Mando let off each other]
Then you have earned the mudhorn as your signet. I shall craft it. [The Mandalorian and the Armorer sit back down]
I can't accept. It... wasn't a noble kill. I was... helped by an enemy.
Why would an enemy help you in battle?
It... did not know it was my enemy.
Since you forego a signet I shall use the excess to forge Whistling Birds.
Whistling Birds will do well. Reserve some for the Foundlings.
As it should always be. The Foundlings are the future. This is the Way.
[Greef Karga and all bounty hunters have just trapped The Mandalorian and the Child from escaping, but the other Mandalorians in the area suddenly attack]
PVPaz Viszla
[to Mando] Get out of here. We'll hold 'em off!
You're going to have to relocate the covert!