[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.
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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?
MMandalorians
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.
MMandalorians
This is the Way.
[Mando returns to the Mandalorian covert with Bo-Katan Kryze along for the ride after they witness the Empire bomb her castle, and is forced to present the Armorer with a vial of water from the Living Waters to prove he underwent redemption]
[tests the vial of Living Water in the forge vat] He speaks the truth. These are indeed the Living Waters. Din Djarin, you are redeemed. This is the Way.
MMandalorians
This is the Way.
And Bo-Katan Kryze, by Creed, you too are redeemed.
But I do not walk the Way.
Did you bathe in the Waters?
And have you removed your helmet since?
Then you may join our covert and live as your ancestors once did. You may leave anytime you wish. Until then, you are one of us. Welcome, Bo-Katan of Clan Kryze. This is the Way.
MMandalorians
This is the Way.
[The Mandalorian brings together the entire Mandalorian covert after Carson Teva makes a surprise visit and asks him to help Greef Karga's situation on Nevarro when the New Republic won't lift a finger]
Now, many of you don't know Greef Karga. And those that do fought against him when you rescued me from his ambush many cycles ago on the streets of Nevarro. Since then, he's had a change of heart and has risked his life to save mine as well as the Foundling in my charge. [Grogu coos] I stand before you to petition an intervention. To help rescue Nevarro before it's too late. I am in no position to ask any more of you. However... However, the enemy that decimated this very covert were Imperials, not Greef Karga's bounty hunters. Greef Karga is now a High Magistrate and has offered me a tract of land on his independent world. Perhaps it is time for us to live in the light once again on a planet where we are welcome. So our culture may flourish and our children can feel what it is to play in the sunlight.
Does anyone else wish to speak?
I do. I was there on Nevarro that night. I fought against Greef Karga and his hunters. I saw my brothers and sisters fall at the hands of the Imperial butchers that hunted us in the sewers. I saw many die to save the life of [gestures to Grogu] this one, tiny Foundling. And now we are asked to sacrifice yet again. The question we should be asking ourselves is, "Why? Why should we lay our lives down yet again?" Because we are Mandalorians. I have had my disagreements with this man, but he risked his life to save my son. And Bo-Katan Kryze did not give up on my child's life even when the rest of us did. These two are asking us to take up arms in the name of a brighter future, and I for one will take up arms to fight by their side. [Mandalorians agree] This is the Way.
MMandalorians
This is the Way.
[Having successfully reclaimed Mandalore and reactivated the Great Forge, the Mandalorians witness the Armorer baptize Ragnar Viszla at the Living Waters. Mando lines up Grogu for the ritual]
Grogu is my apprentice. He is no longer a Foundling. Add him to the Song.
He is too young to speak so he is too young to take the Creed. He must remain a Foundling.
If his parent gave permission, couldn't he then become a Mandalorian apprentice?
Yes, but his parents are far from here, if they are even alive.
Then I will adopt him as my own.
Let it be written in Song that Din Djarin is accepting this foundling as his son. [to Grogu] You are now Din Grogu, Mandalorian apprentice.
MMandalorians
This is the Way.
You must leave Mandalore and take your apprentice on his journeys, just as your teacher did for you.
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