Chapter 10
Dewback Riding
"I can't ride in this!" Tana growled as she failed once again to mount her Dewback. The skirts of the riding gown she wore kept tangling around her legs.
"Screw this." Tana growled as she went back to her room.
"Come on lets go." Thackeray said, reluctantly Tyan agreed and they left.
A few minutes later Tana came back out.
"They left me behind. Well then why don't we just give them a run for their credits." Tana said mounting her Dewback and giving it a quick but gentle nudge in the sides and they bolted off after Tyan and the others and quickly caught up with them. "So you thought you'd just leave me behind."
"Tana, what- I didn't think you could ride." Tyan said in shock, taking in her appearance, she was wearing a pair of brown nerfskin ankle boots, a pair of brown form fitting pants, and what looked like one of his shirts. "Is that my shirt?"
"Oh, uh yeah, sorry, I was gonna wear a plain tank top but one of the laundry attendants saw me and told me and I quote 'You can't go out looking like that, you look absolutely indecent.' and gave me one of your shirts and demanded I cover myself. So here I am." Tana said as she patted the neck of her Dewback.
"And she was right. I know this is only your second day here, but you'll soon learn that in Bothan society women don't dress like human women do, bothan women don't show a lot of skin, it's seen as, well trashy. Mother can probably explain it better." Tyan said. "But frankly, you look a lot better in my shirts than I do."
Tana blushed as they dismounted and led their Dewbacks to the lake's edge for a drink.
"Tana look out!" Tyan shouted, but it was too late. Tana's Dewback knocked her into the lake with his muzzle.
Tana climbed out of the lake, her hair and clothes plastered to her body.
"Come on, let's get you back home." Tyan said putting his cloak around Tana's soaked form and lifting her onto his Dewback and taking the reins of Tana's Dewback and got onto his Dewback behind Tana and took off Thackeray and the others behind him.