Author's note: Sorry for the long delay, I have no excuse. Except the obvious: "I don't get paid for this so screw you." ;-)

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"No he didn't!" Yana exclaimed, grin wide.

"Yes he did!" One replied, the man laughing loud enough for his voice to echo in the empty room. "Of course Kern earned himself latrine duty for that, he did it satisfactory, but..." He made an a funny grimace.

"But what?" Yana inched closer, feeling an odd tickle of curiosity and amusement in her chest.

"Well...they couldn't prove anything, but every once in a while the plumbing just sort of exploded, shooting water right out of the toilet." One chuckled at the look Yana gave him. "Oddly enough only when a certain officer was using it..."

Yana giggled, suddenly feeling very girlish as she pictured it. A stormtrooper playing pranks on people? It was unthinkable! "He didn't get into trouble?"

"Well...sort of. They got tired with Kern's boredom going out over them, so they moved the whole unit to the front-line instead." One rolled his eyes. "Which is probably the only reason Lawar didn't beat Kern into a pulp until the guy confessed his 'crimes', that asshole was as bored as Kern was after all."

"Asshole? A little dislike among between the rank and file?" Yana asked, surprised at the revelation, she hadn't imagined the troopers actually being...so human. Then again she hadn't imagined her talking to one so casually....just like before, but with the roles reversed. Odd how easy it was...

One shrugged, though the movement was a little constricted by the binds holding him fast, he didn't seem to notice it anymore though. "In good humour I assure you. Besides, he was an asshole, proud of it too."

"Right...I take your word for it...I guess it takes one to know one eh?" She smiled as she said it, drawing a surprisingly warm smile out of the stormtrooper. "Heh...One knows one."

There was a moment of hesitation in One's eyes, his head tilting away, almost shyly. "It's Rosh."

"...Oh." Yana found herself blankly staring at the man, then felt her face warm up with a blush. "Oh!" The man smiled at her confusion, but instead of feeling insulted she only managed to smile back. "Well it's nice to meet you Rosh." She bowed her head, the man repeating the gesture with a smirk.

Then there was a silence, surprisingly enough not awkward though, instead it was...comfortable. Yana found herself continue to smile over nothing, an odd calm setting over her. Rosh smiled back, apparently similarly at ease with the odd situation, despite being tied down.

It felt...odd.

Blinking Yana shook off the odd feeling that had fallen over her like a warm blanket, with a force of will she made herself not miss it too much as she managed a grin. "Right. Well Rosh...I still think I can top that."

"Again?" The man chuckled, an eyebrow raised in false mockery. "Fine, give me your best shot."

Yana laughed and pushed her right lekku up behind her shoulder. "Okay, but don't say I didn't warn you, this one is icky..." There was a flash of amusement in the green eyes that no longer held any of the hostility there had been there a few moments ago. "Now me and three others were sneaking around Telos, trying to find some food and all that, when this huge..."

Then the door behind her opened with a creak, making Yana freeze mid-movement as she realised she had been raising her hands to gesture with the story. "Hey Yana, Jovan managed to get some information out of...what are you doing?" Yana felt an odd blush of guilt begin around her neck as she looked back, finding Zanc looking at her with a pair of raised eyebrows.

"She was about to slap me, only giving my name was apparently not enough." Rosh volunteered in an innocent tone, making Yana groan inwardly, not that he seemed to care, despite being a prisoner he had somehow found the audacity to even grin at her as he said it! "Oh save me from the palm of questioning!"

Yana's shoulders slumped. "Why?"

The man merely shrugged, trying to look neutral and failing hopelessly. "Why not?"

"Right..." Zanc cleared his throat, apparently not understanding what the two were talking about, not that Yana did either, but still. "...well if you're done here I was going to say that Jovan has gotten some information out of that other officer...we were going to discuss it with you." There was a chuckle. "But if you'd rather stay here..."

"Eh?" Yana shook her head, forcing herself to turn and glare back at Zanc. "What the hell are you talking about?"

"Nothing." The old man rolled his eyes, making him look like he was nothing but a teenage girl.

Yana took a deep breath, calming herself with an effort of will. "Whatever, is there really enough information to do anything though?"

Zanc hesitated, then shrugged. "Probably not yet...but enough to that it would be good to share...you're coming?"

"Fine." Yana found herself irritated, but pushed the feeling aside as she focused on the task at hand. Still...as she rose she shot Rosh a look. "I'll...bring you something to eat later okay?"

"Huh, what do you know?" The stormtrooper replied, a small chuckle escaping him as he looked down at the ropes binding him to the chair. "Karma really do exist."

Yana snorted. "Oh do shut up." When she turned back to the door she found Zanc having a look of disapproval on his face. "What!?"

"Nothing..."