[ Both sides. So that much matches up - that the Empire still fought against them in what Petra recalls, even if he experienced it happening somewhere else. A rueful smile crosses his face at the thought of everyone wanting to spare lives, something he wished could've held true through to the end. Even that's not truly the most important part of what she's said: it's the end of it that is. ]

I always thought of you as a friend too, Petra. After all, I never would've been inspired to learn to climb trees without you around.

[ Easier to slip back into teasing, whether it ends up being just a brief return to something lighter than the mystery of what they both remember or not. The smile on his face shifts to slightly more genuine thanks to those memories of simpler days when he'd nearly been scared to death after thinking he was all alone for a nap. ]

I hate to be the one to break it to you, but we're both out of luck when it comes to this place. There's not many trees around out here in the desert so we'll both be stuck with the ground.