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Chalwaar stood outside, curling his claws into the soft, black dirt again and again, unconsciously turning the ground into swiss cheese. He took in the fresh air, and cherished the sound of rustling leaves and birdsong, after so many monotonous days of recycled oxygen and 79 degrees every second of every day.
Chalwaar was at home here. He wandered around the verdant landscape, stepping through the ferns and fallen logs as he meandered. He was content to do this with his entire day, it was like Kashyyyk all over again, albeit with smaller trees.
Chalwaar turned in his stuff, found his dorm, yeah, yeah, before he found the tallest tree nearby and began climbing. His climbing claws cracked through the bark and tunneled through the wood as he made his way higher, higher, higher, until he was perched on the uppermost boughs, watching the treeline beneath sway, making a wavy pattern like that of a green, leafy ocean.
Chalwaar had no idea how long he sat there, staring at one of Ord Miril's binary suns, before he bacome award of a faint russling sound below.
He instinctively clutched at his bowcaster, only to find empty air. He had been forced to leave his bowcaster, unloaded, in his locker.
Chalwaar glanced down, and could hardly believe what he saw: a slender, hairy, clawed hand grasping at his branch.
It was Kaibacca, hanging by one hand.
["Oh! I-I'm sorry,"] she said. ["I didn't know you were here. I'll find a different tree."]
["No! No, it's fine. I don't mind. Really."]
["Alright, then. Help me up?"]
Chalwaar numbly reached out an arm and hoisted her up and onto the branch, where she sat a comfortable distance away.
It made Chalwaar uncomfortable. He shifted nervously for a second before trying to break the ice.
["So, what are you training for?"]
["Sniper. You?"]
["Recon."]
And so the conversation went on, and on. They talked the sun down, watch the skies turn a dusty pink, and finally, when the sun was halfway down the horizon, Kaibacca spoke up.
["It's getting late. We should head down to camp."]
Chalwaar sighed. As much as he didn't want to have to leave, as much as he wanted his conversation to go on with Kai, he knew it was time to go.
Chalwaar gestured down the tree. ["After you, then."]
And one after another, the two wookiees began to climb down.
Chalwaar was at home here. He wandered around the verdant landscape, stepping through the ferns and fallen logs as he meandered. He was content to do this with his entire day, it was like Kashyyyk all over again, albeit with smaller trees.
Chalwaar turned in his stuff, found his dorm, yeah, yeah, before he found the tallest tree nearby and began climbing. His climbing claws cracked through the bark and tunneled through the wood as he made his way higher, higher, higher, until he was perched on the uppermost boughs, watching the treeline beneath sway, making a wavy pattern like that of a green, leafy ocean.
Chalwaar had no idea how long he sat there, staring at one of Ord Miril's binary suns, before he bacome award of a faint russling sound below.
He instinctively clutched at his bowcaster, only to find empty air. He had been forced to leave his bowcaster, unloaded, in his locker.
Chalwaar glanced down, and could hardly believe what he saw: a slender, hairy, clawed hand grasping at his branch.
It was Kaibacca, hanging by one hand.
["Oh! I-I'm sorry,"] she said. ["I didn't know you were here. I'll find a different tree."]
["No! No, it's fine. I don't mind. Really."]
["Alright, then. Help me up?"]
Chalwaar numbly reached out an arm and hoisted her up and onto the branch, where she sat a comfortable distance away.
It made Chalwaar uncomfortable. He shifted nervously for a second before trying to break the ice.
["So, what are you training for?"]
["Sniper. You?"]
["Recon."]
And so the conversation went on, and on. They talked the sun down, watch the skies turn a dusty pink, and finally, when the sun was halfway down the horizon, Kaibacca spoke up.
["It's getting late. We should head down to camp."]
Chalwaar sighed. As much as he didn't want to have to leave, as much as he wanted his conversation to go on with Kai, he knew it was time to go.
Chalwaar gestured down the tree. ["After you, then."]
And one after another, the two wookiees began to climb down.