Scene 14

(Digger Sam Leon Sinhala Fang Taylor is around a table)

Sam: So what have you two been up to? Any adventures to tell us about? (looks towards Digger and Leon)

Digger: Not really. Ever since we went into solitude, I've been building droids.

Sam: What about you Leon?

Leon: Some bounty hunting here and there. Nothing major. (not making eye contact)

Fang: What about you Sam? (looking towards Sam)

Sam: I went back home to Taris. That's when I met Sinhala and became one of her bodyguards.

(pause)

Digger: Now I know you have some interesting stories, Taylor. (facing Taylor)

Taylor: Why do you think that? Maybe I was staying out of trouble.

Digger: I know you better than that.

Taylor: Fine. I was a smuggler for the Hutts on Tatooine, then a freelance mercenary, I had a few run-ins with Jarla and found the Freedom Fighters. Since then I have been fighting Malus.

Digger: As I said, you had to have had some interesting stories.

Taylor: (turn to Fang) What about you Fang? What were you doing with Nalco Cord?

Fang: Well he's my mentor and both my parents are dead. They were killed by the Hutts. (sigh) Dad couldn't pay a debt, so Cord took me in. He was teaching me to be a bounty hunter. But I didn't want to be a bounty hunter; I wanted to go with the Freedom Fighters. I know how to handle a blaster; I just act like I don't. I thought he would dump me off on some planet sooner or later. Cord never cared; I was just burden to him.

Digger: Smart kid.

Sinhala: How old are you Fang?

Fang: I'm 14.

Leon: Where are you from?

Fang: I'm a Mandalorian from the planet and clan of Ordo.

(Taylor looks surprised)

Sam: Are you ok, Taylor?

Taylor: Yeah, I'm fine. I'm just tired. I'll be in my fighter if anyone needs me.

(Taylor leaves)

Fang: She ok?

Sam: I don't know. She keeps to herself.

Sinhala: Well, I'm going to turn in for the night. Good night everyone.

Fang: I'm going to bed also. (yawns)

Digger: Night Sinhala.

(Sam, Sinhala and Fang leave)

(a droid bursts out of a room)

HK-800: Intruder alert! Intruder alert!

Leon: (shakes head) HK-800, calm down. They are friends.

HK-800: Oh, sorry. My sensor must be off. (leaves room)

Digger: (mumbles) And on timing too.