Choosing to remain a Jedi was the hardest decision Gold ever had to take. I sometimes want to punch the smug smirk right off Gold’s face; he is a tricky manipulative bastard but I’ve never doubted how much he loves Bae. Due to his Jedi duties Gold couldn’t raise him but he did keep a dedicated holo channel, in case of emergency, and he visited every chance he had.

One day, not long before my trials, Bae sent a desperate message for help. Gold was on the other side of the galaxy, he couldn’t get away without raising suspicion. The negotiations Gold was overseeing were delicate and his sudden departure could have sparked a war. He would have still left everything for Bae but fortunately he had the good sense to remember he had allies.

I’ll never forget the look on Gold’s face as he begged via holo for Regina and I to save his son. We were in that region of space, it was only a few parsecs and it was an easy diversion to make. However, by the time we got there the slaver who had abducted him had already started to regret it. Bae’s good with machinery and he’d reprogrammed one of the droids, it was absolute chaos. I’ll never forget the first moment I saw him and that smile of his.