From Padmé's Blog: Pandemonium!

Sio Bibble said my presence here would boost spirits. Wrong. These people simply see me as a representative of a system that has failed them.

Anakin and I have been just outside the hurricane-ravaged village of Anirtak for five days. Anakin has been working non-stop rescuing people from the wreckage. He’s been amazing. The Emergency Relief Squad (ERS) tried to stop him at first, claiming he wasn’t “properly trained” for rescue missions. But he, um, well, convinced them otherwise.

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