#imagine if their force bond cut through time and let Cere actually see Cal one more time

[animatedjen]

Hi Why did cere say, “Trilla” when she died?

If you haven't played Fallen Order, Trilla is Cere's previous padawan. So in her final moments, she thinks of her two students. I won't go into more detail if you haven't played the first game (definitely recommend it!) buuuuttttt now I'm thinking about this scene again.

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Cere, defeated by Vader and lying alone in her burning archive, knows the contact codes are safe. She gave her family enough time to escape - enough time to preserve what's left of the Path. The Dark Shadow came and she was no longer afraid.

Cal once asked about her relationship with the Force. "The truth is that I'm still struggling," she had answered. "Everyday brings its own test. But when I feel weak, I can think of you and Trilla and remember: I still have the choice to do better. And that gives me strength."

Cal would eventually find her, his psychometry a posthumous witness to these final breaths. The Force wraps around Cere's fading body and she feels, if just for a moment, that Cal has already arrived. She sees his wrecked, grief-stricken face and blaster-stained shoulder. She says his name. There's so much she wants to tell him.

The Force calls to her and now Trilla is there, sweet Trilla, offering her hand the same way Cere had once offered to her. She no longer hears the fire, no longer senses her fatal wound. A tear falls onto Cere's cheek as she takes the outstretched hand.

"It's a new path for all of us."