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I wouldn't be able to get you a lightsaber even if I thought that would make you a good gift, which I don't, by the way.

You are many things, Savage, but not even YOU can withstand the endless cold.

So... you don't like it?

I have a lightsaber, and I have no use for another. I'm still just surprised to managed to manufacture a coat that fits.

No, I don't enjoy the cold at all.

[He'd give her that. He endured many things, but extreme cold hadn't been one of them. Dathomir wasn't one to receive snow.]

I don't... know. I've never eaten sweet foods before.

Then why even bring up getting you a weapon?

I'll have to show you a kimono sometime, then you won't be so surprised.

Well, now you have, and I won't be upset if you stop eating them or continue eating them. It was just getting you to try new things.

There are other weapons beyond a lightsaber that I would put to use. I am proficient is most martial weapons.

What is a kimono?

It will deserve a few more bites for me to determine if I can learn to like sweet things.

I'm not getting you a weapon for the holidays.

It's a garment from my home country. I'll show it to you someday.

I mean, there are several cookies there, Savage. Take as many or as few bites as you want.

You didn't need to get me anything, but you did.

Is it like a jacket?

I can see that. I've never eaten cookies before... [There was a loud squeaky hiss then some crunching.] Ruin likes cookies.

Yep, I did.

A kimono? No, it's more like a fancy robe for men and women.

Do you like them? [She knows who Ruin is, but unless Ruin shows up, Usagi's focus right now is whether or not Savage likes or doesn't like something, not, once again, his brothers.]

Is there a human tradition that gift giving has the expectation of reciprocation?

[He figured he'd ask. It wasn't as if he was given many gifts, let alone by a human before. He should probably put a touch of effort into learning traditions, and he knew Usagi would be honest about it.]

A fancy robe... I will be interested in seeing it.

[He was taking small bites of multiple cookies to taste them, feeding half of each to Ruin who was... not picky.]

The hard buttery ones are acceptable. [He means shortbread.] The others are sweet. I don't know.

It's not required you give me anything back, no. You CAN, but plenty of people get gifts and aren't made to give anything back.

I have a couple, actually, Maul has a kimono too! [Since he got one from the spooky hotel.] So we can show you the male and female ones.

Shortbread, I'll keep that in mind, then!

That sounds like a complicated tradition. Either you can or you don't have to.

[He supposed it was no different on Dathomir, though gift giving was a big part of their culture. The best idea of gifts usually were weapons and skills passed along.]

I'm sure I've seen it then. [One didn't live that close with someone and not discover all their clothing choices.] Is there a big difference between the genders?

Okay.

I mean, maybe? I don't HAVE to give gifts, I choose to, so people can choose to give gifts too.

Maybe! And it's mostly the designs that are different. It's more... how important is the occasion, cause that's what decides how fancy a kimono is. Like, just a daily kimono for men and women is pretty similar outside of the patterns and colors. But when they get super fancy is when they get super different. Here, one sec.

[Usagi sends Savage a picture of a causal womens kimono, a casual men's kimono, and then kimonos that might be worn for a wedding.]

So you choose who is deserving of your gifts, but it isn't required.

[He supposed he could understand that much better. Gift giving was a significant practice where he was from.]

Some of the style looks like the kind of outfits Jedi wear.

... Yes, [Sure?] something like that. And I thought you were deserving of a gift. But you don't have to give me anything, Savage.

I guess a little, yeah. Though Jedi tend to wear pants, plus, these are much more decorated. Actually, I never even thought of that, but yeah, just make Obi-Wan's robes a different color or with a pattern and it wouldn't be that far off.

What would make you think I was deserving of a gift?

[He was keenly aware that he did many things that most would consider opposite to deserving. She was sometimes such a mystery, and it wasn't just that she was human that was bursting with the Force either. Something else.]

Those don't look uncomfortable to wear. I assume the Jedi wear such styles for movement reasons.

[An idle shrug, and then she remembers he can't see it.] Because you just are. It doesn't have to be more complicated than that, honestly.

[She's the moon, Savage, and literally has the moniker "Soldier of Mystery," you're absolutely right that she can be a mystery.]

Oh, actually I think they're super comfy! Others do too, some people only wear kimonos back home.

[It still sounded suspicious, but he also wasn't used to receiving gifts without there an expectation in return.]

I suppose...

[He was back to examining the picture that was sent to him about the kimonos.]

How do you run, climb and fight in that outfit?

Practice, mostly. But they aren't really MEANT for that. But it's not impossible.

So you're supposed to wear them when you're walking somewhere or eating?

[Definitely not something he'd want to wear. He was too active to have such limitations.]

Walking, eating, dancing, sitting, really for everything and anything. You could just wear a hakama instead. But people fought or rode horseback or did all sorts of things in these traditional clothing.

Seems like a lot of work. I'll stick to my trousers or waist wrap.

And the new coat?

When it's cold, yes.

[So the next few months at least.]

Hee, I'm glad to hear that.

Alright, enjoy the cookies and the day, Savage, see you around.

Yes. I will try.

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