Crazy trouble with love part 8
Female Jawas and Luke
Series: Star Wars
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We find ourselves on a dry, hot, sweltering, empty, baron, and overall crappy desert planet known as Tatooine. More specifically we find ourselves on a modest moisture farm that was about to receive some new guests.
An older man made his way out while stretching and looked around at the area. "Today's gonna be like every other, but at least the morning sunrise makes it worthwhile." He said as he looked behind him. "You ready to go to work Luke?"
"Uh huh uncle Owen." Spoke a young boy walking out while looking excited. "What are we gonna do first?"
"Well, we're gonna go check the moisture collectors, but before that we're going to do some business." He said as he pointed at a large object slowly coming closer. "Do you know what that is Luke?"
The boy turned to the object and tried squinting his eyes. "I...Oh! It's a spaceship!"
"Not quite, that's a sandcrawler, it will never leave the ground." Owen said as he shook his head.
"Oh." Luke looked disappointed hearing that. "What's that?"
"It's a big transportation that's coming here for us." He said as he cracked his back. "You remember that droid that broke a week ago? Well this is where we're going to get a replacement, from the jawas."
"The who?"
"The Jawas, they're the scavengers of the desert, in their sandcrawlers they hoard everything they find and they sell the working droids to us in exchange for credits, water, or something of equal value, but you have to be careful, they'll try to scam you if you're not careful." He warned with Luke understanding some of that. "Now stick close to me, ok? You might learn something."
"Ok uncle Owen." He said as they got into the speeder. "What do they look like?" He asked as they headed towards the colossal metal vehicle.
"Well they're rather short, and you can tell them from a distance because they were brown cloaks." He said as he scratched his chin. "They also have glowing yellow eyes."
"Are they nice?"
"...I'm not sure, the only time I meet them is when I'm trading with them, and no one is nice when they're doing business." He admitted as the speeder got closer and closer with Luke noticing the vehicle was much much bigger than their home.
"Wow, how did they get something like that, are you sure it's not a spaceship?"
"Yes, as for how? That's something I'm not sure about." He said with a shrug. "For as long as anyone known the Jawas have had sandcrawlers. Now son, while I'm trading with them try to stay out of the way, ok?"
"Ok uncle Owen." He said as he kept staring at the sandcrawler. 'I still think it's a spaceship.'
Soon the speeder came to a stop with the two getting out.
"Ok, be careful Luke." Owen said as the front of the Sandcrawler began to open up. It dropped down as a ramp before shirt brown hooded figures came down it. "There they are, the Jawas."
"Wow, they look as tall as me."
"Well you are young, when you get older you'll be bigger than them." He said as he shook his head.
Luke saw the jawas walk over to them while noting how dark the hoods were since he couldn't see their faces, minus the eyes. 'I wonder what's under the hoods?' He thought as he saw more jawas leaving the sand crawler, leading droids out onto the sand.
One of them looked at Owen and started to say some kind of gibberish as the droids stood in line.
"Yeah yeah, I know. Now look, I want a droid that can replace the one you sold me last time, a few tusken raiders destroyed it when they were raiding one of the moisture evaporators." Replied Owen with a frown. "And this time I want one that's more durable, but can still get the job done."
The jawas looked at each other as they began talking again as Luke looked at the sandcrawler in awe.
"Uncle Owen, can I look at the sandcrawler closer?"
"Sure Luke, just don't bother me." He spoke waving the child off, not really paying attention.
"Great, thanks!" He said as he raced towards the sandcrawler. 'Wow, it's much bigger when you get closer!'
One jawa gestured to what looked like an astromech droid while speaking fast and eager.
"No, no, I said durable, one blast of a tuskan blaster and it'll be toast."
Another jawa interjected while Luke moved along the side of the large vehicle and felt up the sturdy haul of it.
"Wow, it feels so thick, it feels like it's thicker than the walls of our house!" He muttered before he noted something when he looked under it. It looked like a large tube that was attached to the side of the sandcrawler that went inside the vehicle.
'Huh, I wonder if this is how they bring droids onto their ship?' Wondered the boy looking at the suction tube. 'Does a claw come down to pick the droids up? I wonder how it works?' He thought as he walked towards it, then stepped under it. 'I don't see a claw or anything to pick something up though.' He thought as he felt around the sides of it before accidentally hitting a button. "Uh-oh." He said as the machine began to hum to life.
He looked up in curiosity as he began to feel a sucking sensation all around him. "Wait, is this like a big vacuum for droids?" He cried as the suction got stronger before he felt himself go flying up into the tube. "Waaaaaahhhh!" He cried as he flew through the tube and into the sandcrawler. He went tumbling up through the tube, going further and further before it deposited him in a large pile of scrap metal.
He groaned from the landing and pulled himself out coughing before noting he was in a big room that had all kinds of broken pieces of metal and machines. "Ugh, am I inside the sandcrawler now?" He groaned as he began to pick himself up. "They sure do have a lot of junk in here." He said as he looked around.
"Hello? Is anyone here?" He called as he tried to move through all the scrap.
He heard what sounded like muttering gibberish.
"Hey! Are you jawas?" He called out curiously.
He heard the gibberish pause before it started again, sounding like it was heading in his direction.
(Hey, who's in here?)
(It sure doesn't sound like one of the others, that's for sure. I hope it's not some thief thinking they can try and take our junk.)
(Ha, I'd like to see them try, maybe a droid randomly reactivated itself? If so then we can sell it for more!)
Luke saw two jawas come into view who spotted him back before he waved. "Hi."
(What the? What's a human kid doing in here?)
(I don't know!)
"Hi, can you help me out? I was looking around your ship and I think I hit a button on your big vacuum and then I got sucked up." He said as he looked at them hopefully. 'I wish I could understand them.'
(Great, some kid was touching what he shouldn't have and wound up here.) Groaned one.
(Relax, it could be worst. He could be some slave that's on the run, in which case we'd be dead, especially if it belonged to one of the Hutts.)
(No, if it was a slave it would have exploded by now, we're dozens of miles from anywhere a Hutt would be, hell we're even away from where they take their pleasure barges.)
"Is all this stuff what you found? My uncle Owen told me you guys are scav….scave ...scavengers, I think that's how he said it."
(Owen? Hey, isn't that the guy who's trading with us outside?)
(Yeah, this kid must have come with him.)
(Well that makes sense. Let's get him out of here before he touches anymore of our stuff.)
(Well wait a second, he said he came through the droid tube, right?)
(Well I doubt he's messing with us and came in through the walls, so obviously.)
(So… does that mean he's our property now? He came through the way we put our new droids and anything that enters the ship is ours, that's the law, right?)
(Wait...are you seriously suggesting we KEEP him?)
Luke saw one jawa turn to the other and saw it throw its hands up in the air.
(Are you nuts?! We scavenge droids and junk! Not take in kids! Do we look like slave traders to you?)
(No, no, but think about it, it would be interesting, right? We could do it as an experiment, seeing if we could find a use for him.)
(Again, you're suggesting we take him in as a slave!)
(Not a slave per say… think of it as a living droid?)
(...I can't believe we're even having this conversation. If we wanted to have something like a droid here, guess what? We HAVE those, tons of them! The only difference is we sell them faults and all to others to make a living. Plus, they can be repaired and put back together, which is something a human kid can't do.)
(Right, but we could find a new use, we could use him to make people feel more comfortable with dealing to us, or take him to the spaceports to buy stuff for us, the people there are less biased towards humans and won't hike up the prices for him like they do for us!)
"Um… do you understand me? Can you help me get back to my uncle?" Luke cut in as the two turned to him.
(See? He's got an uncle and home. If you're so eager to take in a kid, I'm sure we can find some wandering orphan near death in the desert.)
(Augh, come on, he entered our ship, that means he belongs to us! Besides, if we do give him back the uncle is just going to freak out and shoot us, I'm sure of it!)
(Look, I'm just using my head. Besides, it's not like the others would be keen on having him here either. Without knowing what we say, he'd just be in the way.)
(Fine, then let's ask them, lets explain to the uncle the law and why he's ours now, but before that let's put a control chip on him like we do the droids.)
(And risk him freaking out? Oh sure, if his uncle doesn't freak out before, he'll REALLY be mad if he finds out we tried to CHIP his nephew.)
(Well what do you suggest, the uncle is going to freak either way!)
'Maybe they can't understand me, I better go and find my own way off the ship.' Thought Luke looking around and moved to step down the pile, only for his foot to slip and yelped, rolling down it and towards the jawas who both turned and went wide eyed.
(Look out, he's on the move!)
(Get out of the way!) The other cried as Luke collided with the first one. They watched as the two rolled a little bit more before slowing down with Luke on top of the first. (You alright?)
(Yeah, I a- wait, my hood! My hood is off!) Cried the one Luke was on as he groaned.
"Ow, sorry about that." He said as he sat up only to see the Jawa's face, it was a smooth black surface with the two eyes, and a small mouth, with no other features.
(H-He saw my face!)
(Oh no!)
(O-Ok, now he can't leave, he has to stay! B-Besides, it's not like we're breaking the law, the law of this world is that everything we bring aboard is ours! Thus he belongs to jawas now!)
(Yes!) She cried as she picked Luke up. (Let's get him processed, for now he's a living droid!)
(Right!) Said the other as she pulled up her hood.
'What is going on?' Wondered Luke noting the jawas seemed excited about something. 'Are they taking me to Uncle Owen?'
(New droid, new droid, new droid, new droid!) They chanted as they carried him over to a large machine.
(Wait, can we put him through the processor? He may belong to us now but would he survive? It's not built for a human.)
(...good question.) The other said slowly. (The machine cleans, chips and prepares the new droids, but do humans get cleaned with hot oil? We might want to process him by hand this time.)
"Um, is this the way out and back to Uncle Owen?" Asked Luke, completely lost.
(Ok, yeah, let's not put him through the processor, but we should put a control chip on him just so he doesn't try to leave the ship.) Said one as the other nodded.
"Excuse me, but do you know what they're saying?" Called a weak robotic voice from behind them, making Luke turn to see the head and torso of a procoal droid.
"No, but don't you?" He asked curiously.
"Yes, they are debating on whether or not to put you in the droid processor unit, it seems they have claimed you as their property."
"They have?!" he spoke in surprise. "But why?"
"Well there are various reasons, one is that you are on their ship uninvited, making you a trespasser and due to a law on tatooine made to help deal with jawas finding or trading stolen goods unknowingly, they can claim you as property since they found you on the ship." Explained the droid.
(Quiet! Any more lip from you and we'll scrap you for parts!)
The droid quickly stopped talking hearing that.
"Wait, are you not returning me to Uncle Owen? But I have to go back to him!"
(Sorry kid, but you saw our faces, and we can't let that go.) Said one as she turned to the other. (So… where should we put him? And where do we put the chip? With droids it sticks on magnetically, but…)
(I think-) The other jawa was cut off when they suddenly heard a blast hit the wall, making them perk up while outside, the jawas working with Owen jumped when they saw a blaster fire hit their ship.
"ATTACK! THOSE BASTARDS WILL PAY!"
(Pirates!) The head Jawa cried as several small skiffs appeared, heading towards the sand crawler. (Quick! Let's get out of here!)
(What about the goo-) One jawa started before he was shot.
(Leave the merchandise, our lives are more important!)
"Shit!" Cursed Own who ran behind a rock for cover as the jawas rushed into the sandcrawler with the pirates firing a barrage on it.
"Bring it down boys, this will teach them to screw us over!" Called the leader while hitting one jawa before the door began to close. "No one sells us a fucked up droid and lives to tell about it!"
'God damn it, the jawas screwed over Pirates?! Damn it...wait, where's Luke?!' Thought Owen, not seeing his nephew around him. 'Damn it, I shouldn't have let him wander off on his own!'
In the sandcrawler, the two jawas were confused along with Luke before seeing the others rushing back on board.
(Hey, what's going on out there?)
(Pirates, pirates are attacking!)
(Get to your battle stations, protect the sand c- what is that?!)
(What's a kid doing on our ride?)
(Screw that! Just get us out of here before they blow holes in it!) Shouted the boss as the two Jawas holding Luke put him down.
(Stay here until we get back!)
"What?" He said in confusion as they rushed off. "...Hello?"
(Damn it, get us out of here!)
The head jawa went to the controls and started getting them on as the large vehicle started to turn and headed in a random direction with the pirates on their skids in hot pursuit.
Owen watched as they raced off, waiting until they were gone before he moved out from behind the rock. "That was close, I saw my life flash before my eyes." He sighed as he looked around. "Luke? Where are you, it's time to go!"
Silence.
"Luke? Come on, you can come out now, it's safe." He called while looking around, but he didn't see his nephew anywhere. "Luke?" he called as he began to grow worried. "Come on, this isn't funny!"
More silence.
"Luke? Oh god, please don't tell me he's…" He said as he looked at the retreating ships. "They took him… those damn pirates took him!" He rushed over to his speeder while we cut back to inside the sandcrawler.
(Are they still after us?!)
(Yes!)
(Oh fuck, fuck, fuck!)
(How do we lose them, wait for them to run out of ammunition?!)
(Let's see if we can lose them in a canyon! Or if we're lucky, we can drive them into a sandstorm.)
(Ooh, good one! I think there's one heading towards us!)
(Alright, let's go!)
The sandcrawler drove towards an oncoming sandstorm with the pirates halting their shooting when they saw it.
"Damn it, pull back, I'm not going in there!" Called the captain. "We got our message across."
The skids came to a stop as the sandcrawler entered the storm.
(Yes, we did it, they stopped following us!)
That got the other jawas to cheer out in relief.
(Yes, we did it!)
(We're alive!)
(Yes! Ok, I gotta go check on my new uh...droid?)
(What droid? We got a bigger issue to deal with. Like WHY is a kid on our ship?)
(Yeah...so funny story.) She said nervously. (He uh… is the new droid?)
That got her silent stares from the others with the one beside her coughing.
(For the record, I was against it, but...he saw my face.) She said as she fiddled with her cloak nervously.
(What?! Oh come on, first you kidnap him then he sees your face?! You know what that means, right?)
(Hey! I'm not the one who was gung ho about it first! It was her!)
(Well what's done can't be changed now.) Said the leader. (Bring me the boy, we're taking him home.)
(Yes ma'am.) They said nervously as went down to the area they had left Luke in. (Damn it, this is going to be difficult to explain…)
(You just HAD to suggest we keep him, didn't ya?)
(Well what would you have done if you were in my situation, huh?!)
(Returning him to his uncle is what I kept saying and you know it!)
(He saw my face though!) She protested only to stop. (Wait, where is he?)
(What are you talking about? He's right…..here?) Said the other one as she looked at where Luke had been, only to see him nowhere to be found. (...uh-oh.)
(Oh no! Where did he go?)
(Maybe he ran away? I don't know!) She cried as she looked around. (Droids! Did you see where he went?!)
"I'm afraid I can't say. You told me not to talk."Remarked the protocol droid.
(Well now you can! Did you see where he went?)
"Yes, he went to hide behind that pile over there after the vehicle started to quickly move."
"Don't tell them that!" Luke called out before putting his hands over his mouth.
The jawas turn and ran over to the boy who tried hiding his upper half in the junk pile.
(There you are! I was so worried that I had lost you!) Spoke one who pulled him out before hugging him.
"W-Why are you hugging me, don't you want to turn me into a robot?" He asked while the other jawa made some sound while shaking her head.
(It's technically just chipping you, not turn you into a droid.) She said as she patted his head. (But that's not important right now, we have to go see the boss.)
(You do know he can't understand you, right?)
(Well going silent isn't gonna be any different.)
(Then why not give him the robot head to translate for you?)
(Huh, that might work.)
"Please don't take my head."
(Too bad, we need it more.) She said as she let go of Luke, walked over to the robot and with one quick yank tore it's head off. (Here you go little boy!)
Luke paled seeing the brutal tear while said droid still seemed to be operating with its lights blinking.
"Great, I have lost my head all so I can translate what they say for you, brilliant."
(Bingo. Now start translating for us.)
The droid did just that, making Luke look at it in surprise.
(Can. You. Understand. Us?)
"Yes."
(Great! Ok, come on little boy, we have to go see the boss, she wants to send you home unfortunately.)
Hearing that made him smile as he followed the jawas to the main control area.
(WHAT DO YOU MEAN WE'RE LOST?!)
(W-W-Well I just mean we DID go head first into a sandstorm.)
(That's not the point! We were just there! What's stopping us from going back and finding it?!)
(Well we took a lot of turns getting away from the pirates, and then the sandstorm got rid of our tracks, and our radio is on the fritz because of the storm so… yeah, we're lost.)
The head jawa facepalmed, right as the other two arrived with Luke.
(We brought the boy boss. Do we have to return him?)
(Seems we can't.) She replied, surprising the three.
(Really? SO I can keep him?)
(No! The only reason we can't is because we don't know where he lives and we're lost! Ugh, at least he can't understand us right now or this would be a shitshow.)
"You mean, I can't go home?" Asked Luke, sounding sad and hurt at the news.
(Not unless you can give us an idea where it is. We can't figure out where it was because the radio is messed up and we took too many turns to backtrack.)
"Um...I know the house is by a sand dune?" He answered trying to think back. "Oh! With a moisture vaporator!"
(Ok, so that was no help. With that we have one option, keep him with us until we run across his uncle again.)
(Yes!)
(However, you will not be treated like property, you'll be expected to pull your own weight, got it?)
"So, I can't go home?"
(Not yet, but as long as we keep on moving and doing our usual business this far out, we're bound to run across him sooner or later.) She said as she patted his head. (Until then you will stay here, and those two, Angie and Mythra will watch over you.)
Luke looked down, sad to hear he couldn't go home, but felt Angie rub his back.
(Hey, it won't be all bad. While you're here, we can help teach you all the stuff we do on a daily basis. From working on droids, repairing the sandcrawler, and even how to do business with the right people.)
(Yeah, it won't be all bad, ok? Now then, let's get you a nice spare robe and somewhere to sleep.)
"Ok… do I have to go through the robot processor?" he asked nervously, making Angie and Mythra freeze as the boss glared at them.
(What have you been telling him?!)
(I-It's not what you think!)
"W-What about the control chip?"
(Again, WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN TELLING HIM?! How traumatized is he?!)
(W-Well I didn't know if we should have him processed like a droid or not!)
(Does he look like a droid?!)
(He was our property though so I uh… it seemed like a good idea at the time!)
(...that's it, you two are put on salvage duty until I say otherwise.)
(What?! But I didn't say anything, I tried to convince her to take him back to his uncle!) Mythra protested.
(She wanted to give him back before he saw her face!)
(S-Shut up, that was your fault!)
(I stand by my decision.) She said as she crossed her arms. (You three are dismissed.)
The two jawas slumped down before leading Luke away with him looking at them.
"So, does this mean I won't be turned into a droid?"
(No, if anything you're a temporary jawa.)
"Oh! Does that mean I get to wear hoods like yours?"
(Yep, and you get to sleep in the same bunk as us!)
"Wow, I always slept by myself in my own room." He said in awe. "So is this like a sleepover?"
(Yes, a very long term one, just until we find your uncle.)
(Or something like an apprenticeship. You'll be learning how to repair a droid in your sleep after spending enough time with us.)
"Wow, that sounds like fun!" he said with stars in his eyes.
(Yep, it sure is, just remember not to pull back anyones hood no matter what, got it?)
"Oh, but why?"
(Well… it's a pretty sensitive and private affair, usually only your significant other does that… and if someone does do that you marry them.)
"Marry?" He looked confused. "What's that?"
(Let's just say it's something big and important, and end it there.) Mythra said with a blush under her hood.
"Oh, ok… so does that mean we're married?"
That made both jawas blush, which you couldn't really tell.
(N-No, well um…. Not exactly.) Mythra said nervously.
(Don't worry about it, worry more about getting some rest.) Angie spoke up.
"Ok, let's go." He said as he followed them through the ship. Eventually they reached a small room with two bunk beds and miscellaneous stuff on the floor and walls.
(Here we are, this is our room.)
"Cool...so where do I sleep?"
(Uh...well ...you could take one of the beds.)
"But then where will you sleep?"
(We can share one bed.)
"Ok, who am I sharing my bed with then?"
Both blushed with Angie coughing.
(N-No no no, she means you can take one bed, and we take the other.)
"Oh, ok then, but is there enough room? I don't mind sharing."
That got the jawas blushing harder while looking at each other.
(W-Well, if you want… I could share my bed with you.) Mythra said with a bigger blush.
(O-Or me! That works too.) piped up Angie.
"Well, if I'm here awhile we can switch off every night." He suggested as they quickly nodded.
(Perfect! You can bunk with me first.) spoke Angie.
(No, me, I volunteered first!)
(I spoke up first!)
"Um, is everything ok?" Luke asked in confusion.
(Yes, now let's go to sleep.) Mythra said as she grabbed Luke's arm. (You'll want to stay close, it gets cold at night.)
"Oh I know that, my aunt and uncle always told me never to go outside or I'd freeze." He said with a nod as Angie frowned.
(Hey, don't you want to sleep in my bunk?)
"But won't I sleep it in the next night?"
(Well, yeah, but don't you want to sleep in it tonight?)
(He's sleeping in my bunk tonight.) Mythra said with a small chuckle. (Now stop complaining and go to bed, it's time to sleep.)
Angie glared at her as Mythra helped Luke up to the top bunk. 'I'll remember that.'
(Goodnight Luke, sleep tight~)
"Goodnight." He said as she cuddled up next to him happily.
'Oh she's SO gonna get it.' She thought with a frown.
(Later)
Bang bang bang!
(Hey, wake up! It's time to get up!)
"Huh? Wha- what's going on?" Luke said as he woke up with a start. He noted how Mythra was holding him closer while he was warm, but heard Angie groaning under him.
(Ok ok, we're up!)
(No… ten more minutes!)
(If you don't get up, I'll drag both of you out myself!)
(I'm up, I'm up, it's Mythra who's slow!)
(Eh shut.) Groaned said jawa sitting up and stretched her arms.
(Be in the dining hall in ten, and bring your human.)
"Mmm…" Luke groaned as he yawned and sat up. "Goodmorning, is it time for breakfast?"
(Yep, did you sleep well?)
"Yeah, I did, you were really comfy." He said with a smile, making her blush.
(I'll be more comfy.) Muttered Angie. (I'll show him that tonight!)
"Ok, I can't wait Angie." He said as Mythra handed him a robe.
(Here, try this on for size.)
"Oh, thanks!" He said as he put it on. "It's a bit snug, but it fits."
(Come on you two, we gotta get breakfast before we start the day.) Said Angie as she led them out the door. (Besides, I heard there was an egg today!)
(Yes! I can't remember the last time we had one of those! Today's gonna be great!)
"Um… what's so special about an egg?" Asked Luke confused. "I know they're good, but isn't it just an egg?"
(What?! Blasphemy! This is a mud horns egg, it's the tastiest thing in the world!)
"A Mudhorn?" He looked confused before realizing something. "Oh! Uncle Owen told me about them, said they were big and mean, told me to never ever wander off because they're scary."
(Yes, which makes getting their egg really, really hard, but somehow we got one!)
"Cool, so how do you cook it, is it hardboiled, scrambled, poached?"
(Of course not. Why go through all that pointless time cooking it when eating it as is is SO much better.) Said Mythra as she licked her lips. (Oh I can just taste it now~)
"Um… I don't know if I can eat raw eggs, they taste yucky that way." He grimaced as the two gasped.
(Luke, I can guarantee you, that those eggs are not at ALL yucky. Do you know how hard it is to get one? Mudhorn's live on Arvala-7, and the chance of getting our hands on just one egg is something that's like hitting the jackpot for bounty hunters. We're lucky to see just one in our whole life times due to how far it is from Tatooine.)
"Oh, ok…" He said as they reached the mess hall where the jawas were chanting the word egg over and over again. They were crowded around the head jawa who held up a wooly covered egg with both hands making them cheer. "Why is it so hairy?" He asked in confusion.
(Mudhorn eggs are laid like that to help keep them warm.)
"Oh...ok, I guess?" He said as another jawa approached the one holding the egg with a machete in hand.
(Be careful, don't break it.)
(Relax, I've been practicing for a moment just like this.) she said before swinging at the egg, and easily taking off the top without cracking the rest. (Yes, let the feast begin!)
The others cheered before the head jawa stuck her hand in and brought some yolk out to her mouth while the rest did the same. They all mobbed towards the egg, pushing Luke towards the back in their desire to get the yellow liquid.
'Wow, they sure are hungry.' He thought as within minutes they had picked the egg clean, all were humming happily from their meal.
(I feel like I died and met my maker…) Sighed Angie said as she rubbed her belly. (Luke...take me to bed, please.)
(No...I can't feel my legs, carry me…) Mythra groaned as the rest of the jawas began to groan as well.
(Works cancelled today….) The boss called, the empty egg husk now on her head.
Luke looked around while feeling his own stomach growl. 'I never got any breakfast though.'
(Luke...please… help us.)
"I don't know if I can." He said as he looked at Mythra. "Do you want me to bring you all back to your rooms?"
(Ugh, just...lend a little help. I need to get up to work this off.) Groaned one of the other jawas, another female who tried rocking on her sides. (Enjoying the egg...doesn't mean I can't get a little work done.)
(Liar...we can hardly move, that's the payment for enjoying the egg…)
Luke walked over to the jawa and started to help pull her up as she groaned and had to push herself up while letting out a sigh.
(Thanks kid, I appreciate it.)
"No problem… can I have some breakfast after I've helped everyone?"
(Huh? Oh shit… did you not get any of the egg?)
He shook his head making her sigh.
(Damn, sorry about that, but it's kinda a delicacy around here. Follow me, I'll get you something. It'd be stupid to have you learn the ins and outs of this place on an empty stomach.) She said as she led him towards a room in the back. (I hope you like standard rations.)
"Like what?"
(Let's see, there is this one thing that turns into a biscuit when you add water that's full of nutrients, an instant hot dish, all kinds of stuff.) she replied while the room showed various containers as she grabbed one. (What do you usually eat for breakfast?)
"Well, I usually have blue milk, skycakes, and wampa fruit."
(Oh! We do have some blue milk in storage, we get some from the tusken raiders who trade it for some parts.) She said as she scratched her chin. (As for the rest? I'm afraid we don't have anything like that.)
"Well blue milk is ok with me." He said as the jawa nodded. She went over to a door in the wall and pulled it open before pulling out a bottle and handed it to him.
(There you go, now drink up.)
"Thank you." He opened the bottle and took a swig while finding it nice and cold, just the way he liked it. 'Ah, that's the stuff.' He thought as he kept drinking.
(When you're done with breakfast, we'll get to work on showing you how we do things.) The Jawa said as she looked at the group of incapacitated Jawas. (It looks like it will just be you and me for a bit too.)
(Later)
(Ok, you ready to learn?)
"Yep, let's do this!" Luke said as he stood in front of a broken droid.
(Ok, so one thing you'll need to learn is that when we repair droids, we don't fix them one hundred percent. I'll show you what TO and what NOT to fix. That way it'll help get the droid up and moving, but it won't operate at one hundred efficiency.)
"Huh? Why wouldn't I want to fix them completely?"
(Because when the droids break, it means people will want to buy new ones, and that's how we make a mint. We just come back with a new droid, ready and waiting to help them, and when that breaks down, we do it again.)
"Huh? But isn't that lying? Why would we sell them something that we know is going to break?"
(It's how we operate. If we sold them droids that worked just fine, we couldn't make money off selling others. It's a repeating cycle that helps us stay in business.) The Jawa explained as Luke felt hesitant about it. (Look, I know you may not like it but this is just life for us, it's how it's always been.)
"But my uncle and aunt always told me it's wrong to lie."
(Well, don't think of it so much as lying, but more like ...running a different sort of business. Like, has your uncle ever told you about places little kids should never go to?)
"I think he told me not to go to the big slug guys castle once, and to not mess around Kryat dragon dens?"
(Well, some businesses are a bit more mature, but they're legal and alright to still run. Our business is like that, perfectly legal and it helps us put food on the table. If we didn't do this, we'd go cold and hungry.) She said as she patted his head. (You wouldn't want that, now would you?)
"No." He admitted shaking his head.
(Great! And don't worry, sometimes we'll receive special orders where they'll pay more if we fix everything, like one time we found an old sepratist dropship full of nearly new battle droids that we sold for a mint to the hutts!) She smiled with a chuckle. (That's the kind of find we always hope to find more of. Now watch which circuitry I fix and then I'll let you do the same with another droid.)
"Ok." He said as he watched intently, soaking up all the new information like a sponge. He memorized which pieces she touched and which ones she ignored while watching out for any sparks.
(Be warned, if it starts to spark or make a beeping sound, run. We can afford to lose a droid or two, but not have ourselves lose a head from an exploding piece of wreck.)
"Wait, what? Why would it explode?"
(Sometimes a wire or two will be too damaged for us to repair in time and it'll cause it to go boom.) She said with a shrug. (Don't worry about it, it rarely happens most of the time, the only real problem is the intentional bombs.)
"Bombs?" He let out in worry.
(Yeah, sometimes people are less than happy when they find out their droid breaks, so they'll load them up with explosives and leave them in the desert where we'll find them and bring them aboard, then when we open them up, boom!) she remarked while seeing Luke step away from the droid. (Relax, when you hear the beeping, just turn and get as far away as you can.)
"O-Ok." He said nervously, now looking around at all the broken droids like he was in a powder keg just waiting to go off.
(Alright, this one should be good.) She slid the head back on before it let out a few sounds and powered back up while letting out a few clicks which the droid head Luke was carrying understood.
"Hello, welcome to hell." The head said plainly.
(Alright Luke, let's see how you try.)
"O-Ok." He said nervously as he carefully began to open up the droid to work on it. He grabbed one of the tools and gulped while trying to find the right parts.
(Just remain calm, it doesn't help anyone if you get all stressed about this.)
"I'm not stressed, I'm calm."
(Liar, you're stressed.)
"O-Of course I'm stressed!" He spoke gulping while feeling a little sweat on his brow.
(Then take a deep breath and do what I did.) She said as she rested her hand on his shoulder. (Just relax, I picked out an easy droid for you.)
"I believe this droid is a former CIS battle droid from the former clone wars." remarked the droid's head. "Known to be quite deadly on various worlds."
(Shut up you stupid head! Yes, it is, but it is also very easy to rewire, I've taken away it's gun and it's a standard battle droid, they're pretty weak and stupid.)
He gulped and looked inside the body and began to work on the wiring and soldering as best as possible. Soon the droid began to hum to life as Luke kept working.
'Huh, he's doing pretty good, the kid has a gift for droids.' Thought the jawa as Luke carefully put the head back on and stepped back. The droid whirred to life before it shakily stood up. It looked around before focusing on Luke who held his hand up.
"Uh...hi."
"Roger Roger." It said, it's head slightly twitching.
(Ah, ok, right off the bat we can see the harddrive is already corrupted, not a deal breaker but something to note.) Spoke the head jawa. (Our goal is to at least make them look decent otherwise people won't buy them. That's a big thing to remember.)
"Ok, I think I understand, so how do we fix it?"
(Well I'll take over and make it seem like it's head on straight, while you watch. You're still new, you don't gotta get everything down in the first go.)
"Ok." He said as the jawa approached the watched her remove the head and started tinkering around inside it before putting it back as the droid's head stopped twitching.
(See? Now it moves and walks like any normal droid.)
"If it doesn't collapse on itself." Muttered the droid head.
(Hey, keep it up and I'll melt you down!)
"Shutting up."
(Damn smartass droid…) She muttered in annoyance. (Alright Luke, let's try another droid.)
(Later)
(Ok Luke, that's enough for today.)
Said boy panted and sighed with relief while wiping sweat from his forehead. "Phew, it's warm in here."
(Yeah, it can get a bit stuffy, if you want you can rest in my room, there's an air conditioner in there.)
"Really? That sounds great!" He said as she chuckled.
(Good, now let's go, the others should be heading to bed by now.)
(Luke! Where are you?)
"Oh, that sounds like them." Luke said as he turned to see Mythra and Angie appear from behind a corner.
(There you are! We were worried you already went to sleep.)
(Yeah! Oh, hey boss, sorry if he was bugging you, we'll take him from here.)
(Fine, but make sure he gets plenty of rest, he's got more stuff to learn about tomorrow.)
(Yes ma'am!) They called before moving away with Luke.
The head jawa shook her head. 'I hope it's just those two spending extra time with him.' She thought as she headed towards her private quarters.
(Alright Luke, it's my turn to share my bed with you.)
(Hey, if he wants to sleep with me that's his decision!)
(You had a turn already!)
(Yeah, but it's Luke decision, not yours!)
"Well I did sleep in your bed before, so doesn't it make it fair if I sleep in hers?" He asked as Angie grinned victoriously at Mythra.
(Yes, exactly, it wouldn't be fair so he'll sleep with me!)
Mythra growled while Angie lead Luke to her bed. 'Damn smug bitch, just wait until tomorrow!'
(Later)
(Alright Luke, today you'll be learning how to do business with Cassy and Sally today.)
"Really? Cool, where are they?"
(Here.) Spoke a voice right behind him, making him jump and turn around to see a jawa standing there still as a statue.
"Oh, h-hi, sorry I didn't see you there, I'm Luke."
(Cassy.)
"Oh, uh, hi Cassy… so, what are we going to be doing today?" Luke asked as she looked him over.
(Business.)
"Ok, what kind of business?"
(The kind where you learn how to sell droids and scrap to people and making sure they'll take any offer you give.)
"Ok, that sounds like fun!"
(It isn't, but it is necessary.) She remarked before Luke found himself grabbed on the shoulder by another jawa, making him jump since he didn't notice her move over.
(This is Sally.) Cassy said plainly. (She is my assistant.)
(Hello.) She said as she got closer to him so their faces were almost touching. (You aren't a jawa.)
"No...I'm not." He spoke while she moved back.
(Come, let's get the lesson started.) Cassy said as Sally grabbed him and began to drag him as Sally began to move away.
(Later)
'So ...boring…' Luke thought as he was surrounded by books, stacks of papers and flow charts as Cassy continued to lecture him on how to sell a protocol droids.
(And you help gesture to the stock to help add flare and put their attention on them.) She said as she turned to him. (I am amazed you are still awake, no one has ever paid this much attention to one of my lectures before.)
"Is it over yet?" He asked as she nodded.
(Yes, at least for today, in two days I expect you back here for the next lecture.)
Luke sighed in relief while standing up and stretched out his limbs. "Thanks for having me here, this was fun...kinda." He said, making her pause.
(What do you mean by that?)
"Well, I really appreciate you taking the time to teach me, I know you didn't have to, but thanks for that." He said with a big smile.
(Well ...it was no problem, really.) She said as her face began to heat up a bit. 'Why do I feel like this?'
(Hey, what about me?) asked Sally.
"Ah! Sorry about that Sally, it was interesting to learn with you too, thanks for teaching me how to manage my money."
(Much better.) She said with a nod as she leaned against him with her arms wrapped around him.
Luke blushed, but didn't push her away with Cassy feeling irked.
(Sally, get off of him and go do some paperwork or something.)
(No, I'm off the clock for now.)
That irked her even more.
(I said get off him, I am your superior!)
(No.)
(I'm ordering you or else.)
(Ok, I quit, let's go Luke.) Remarked the jawa dragging Luke away with Cassy shaking in anger.
'What is happening?' Luke thought in shock before Cassy grabbed his arm.
(You're not quitting, or taking Luke away.)
(I already have and am, now please let go of him.)
(No.) She growled before trying to pull Luke away from her. (Where are you even trying to take him?)
(I'm just trying to take him out of here so he can relax from the lesson.)
(Well I was about to do the same thing.)
(Well that's not necessary.)
(Yes it is.)
(No it's not.)
(Is so.)
(Is not.)
"Um, I can walk myself back to my room…" He interjected while both jawas butted heads with growls.
(NO!) They both shouted as he nodded nervously.
"Ok."
(Later)
"Finally, I thought they were never going to stop arguing." Remarked Luke who was laying in one of the beds while feeling tired, mentally that is.
(Luke, are you here?) Mythra called as she entered the room.
"Hi Mythra." He groaned as she perked up. "You done for the day?"
(Yep, I managed to get a few gonk droids up and running.)
"I just got done learning how to sell them." He said as he let out a yawn.
(Ah, so you were almost bored to death, huh?)
"Uh huh." He said as she chuckled and shook her head.
(Heh, that's Cassy for you, so you came here to get some sleep?)
"Yeah, I feel sleepy." He said as the jawa began to climb into bed with him. "Goodnight Mythra."
(Goodnight Luke, I'll wake you when dinner's ready.) She said as she cuddled up next to him with a happy hum.
(Later)
(Alright Luke, make sure to keep that hood up.)
"Ok, I will, I will, but why do I have to wear these goggles and mask?"
(So you look like a jawa!)
(This way people will know you're with us.)
(Plus if it's any consolation you look cute as a jawa~)
Luke blushed hearing that while trying to work through the cloak and followed the girls as they were currently departing from the sandcrawler. They were slowly approaching a large collection of parked space crafts in the middle of the desert. "So… we're selling some of our droids?"
(That's right, so it's time for you to show off what you've learned.)
"Wait, me?!"
(Yep, this is your final test!)
(The test to see just how far you've come under our teachings.) Said the head Jawa as the others nodded. (If you do this I'll get you ice cream as a reward.)
"But...I've never done this before. I've never tried selling someone up to their faces."
(That's why you're trying it now, go on, we believe in you!) Mythra said as she patted him on the back.
(If you fail, we can get you out of there.) Spoke Sally. (But we will be disappointed in you failing.)
(Sally, not helping.) The head Jawa said as she shook her head. (Look, we chose some people off world who have never dealt with us before, so if you mess up no big deal, we'll never see them again.)
"Thanks girls." He said as they pushed him towards two aliens. 'Ok, I got this.'
"So, you're the tiny jawas I've heard so much about huh?"
(Y-Yes?) Luke said in his best Jawanese.
"You're tinier than I expected."
(Thanks. droids?) He said, trying to minimize how much he said. 'Those classes with Cassy are really paying off.'
"Yeah, we're looking for something fast and nimble. We always need a new target for blaster practice." Remarked the other patting his holstered weapon putting Luke unease.
(Tiny droid?) He said as he pointed at a patched together mouse droid.
The aliens looked at it with said droid letting out a few sounds and moved, but one blasted near it, making it jump and scurry back.
"I said nimble. That tiny thing wouldn't last five shots."
(Ok. big droid?) He asked as he pointed at an old battle droid who as missing both of it's arms.
"Hmm, not bad. Looks pretty sturdy." Said one of the aliens as he pulled out a blaster. "I'll give you ten credits for it."
(Not enough, one fifty.) He said as he shook his head.
"One fifty? Bah! That thing is close to falling to pieces." Growled one alien. "Fifty credits or nothing."
(Seventy, it very durable.)
"Augh, fine! But if it breaks in under ten blaster bolts you'll be the next target!"
Luke gulped and nodded before he was handed the credits. After getting them he quickly headed back to the other jawas. "S-So, how did I do?"
(Well it was a bit brief, but I'd say you passed. Especially since they were right about the mouse droid.) Said the head jawa as she patted his head. (Good job Luke, good job.)
"Thank you." He smiled with relief before finding himself pulled into a group hug by the other jawas.
(You did it Luke, that was amazing!)
(You were great!)
(You performed better than I expected.)
(You were adequate, now never leave my side.)
"What?" He said as he heard that last comment.
(Nothing, now hug me back.)
"Oh ok." He replied hugging back.
(Hey, I want a hug too!)
(Me too!)
(Don't forget me!)
(Girls, girls, calm down.)
(Sorry.) They said as Luke tried to give each of them a hug.
(Good, now let's get going, we've still got a day ahead of us to sell our wares.)
"Ok." he said as they began to get back to work. 'I wonder if they'll want me to try again.' He thought as a new ship began to land near the others, this one looking old and covered in blaster marks.
(Ah, we can try selling some droids to whoever has that ship. They could probably use the extra hands with repairing their ships.)
(Let's just hope it's not a crabby bounty hunter.)
(Yeah, but good thing none of us have a bounty.)
(That we know of, we did technically kidnap Luke.)
(Save, we SAVED him.) One frowned before the ramp of the ship lowered down with Luke's uncle stepping down.
"Uncle Owen? Hey! It's uncle Owen!" smiled Luke before running over before any of the jawas could stop him.
"Huh? Wait, LUKE?!" His uncle cried as Luke's hood fell down, showing the young human's face. He ran over and hugged his nephew who did the same with the jawas getting a cold chill. "Oh thank the stars you're alive! I was worried sick!"
"It's so good to see you!" Luke laughed as another figure exited the ship.
"Where on Tatooine have you been? And what's with that cloak?"
"I was with Mythra, Sally, and all the other Jawas." He said as his uncle narrowed his eyes.
"The jawas?" He turned to the group with the girls shivering. "Have you been with them this entire time?"
"Yeah, I ended up on their ship by accident and when they left they found me and we didn't know how to tell you."
(Uh, sir? I can tell you're upset.) Spoke the head jawa. (But you see, we had a good reason we couldn't return.)
"You think?! You kidnapped my nephew, I thought he had been taken by the pirates! I just spent two months with this crazy hermit dismantling an entire pirate empire to get him back!"
(Wait, what hermit?) Asked one as an old man in brown robes stepped down with an air of wisdom.
"Uncle Owen, who's that?" Asked Luke.
"This is Ben Kenobi, he is...an old friend, he helped me try to get you back." Groaned Owen.
"Greetings young one." Smiled Ben to Luke. "Me and your uncle have been through quite the journey in search of you. It warms my heart to know you are unharmed."
"Yeah, well it pisses me off, I got shot, and this whole time you were hiding him from us?!"
(If it's any consolation his time wasn't wasted, he taught him about how to fix and repair droids during his time with us.)
(Y-Yeah, we didn't want him getting bored, so if anything, it's like free school.)
"Ugh, fine, fine, let's go Luke, your aunt has been worried sick."
"Can I say goodbye to the girls first?"
"Sure, fine, just make it quick."
"Yes, besides your uncle and me need to talk about his end of the deal for my help." Obi-Wan said with a smile.
Luke walked over to the jawas who looked down sadly.
(So… you're leaving?) Mythra asked sadly.
"Yeah, I have to get back home." He said sheepishly. "I mean… we always knew this would happen sooner or later, right?"
(Yeah, it just feels so soon. I honestly thought we'd have more time together.)
(We could take him and run, that is always an option.) Said Cassy as the others frowned at her.
(Do you want to see what that hermit can do? He just said they took an EMPIRE of pirates apart just to find Luke. Imagine what he could do to a small gaggle of jawas.)
(...fair point.) She said with a sigh.
"Thanks for taking care of me everyone. It was really fun. Especially letting me use this droid's head to understand you all." He said as he held up the droids head. "Do you want it back before I go?"
(No, you can keep it. Think of it as a souvenir from our time together.) Said the head jawa. (Besides, you'll need it for when we see each other again.)
(Yeah, we're bound to run across your farm again.)
(Yeah, and you better not forget us or else!)
"I could never forget you girls. You were awesome in teaching me so much cool stuff." He said as he gave them a hug.
(If I could cry I would!)
All of them hugged him tightly before letting go and watched him go back to Owen and Ben to the ship and waved as it flew away.
(Timeskip)
"Luke, the jawas are here!"
"Coming uncle Owen!" Called Luke, who was now a young adult. He headed up the stairs leading to the outside and walked to his uncle while spotting a sandcrawler coming to the farm.
"Wow, they're coming pretty close, they must have some good merchandise to sell." Owen muttered. 'Either or that they want to see Luke again.'
"It's gonna be great to see the girls again. Maybe they'll give us a discount like last time." Smiled Luke.
"Maybe… hey, don't hug them until they agree to give us one." Joked his uncle.
"Can do." Luke saw the sandcrawler come to a stop with the ramp coming down and seeing the whole group of jawas already waiting before they came down.
(Luke! It's great to see you again!)
(I demand a hug and a kiss immediately.)
(After he gives me one, or two, or five.)
"Hey, nice to see you too, but uncle Owen said no hugs or anything else until he gets a discount, sorry." He said as they moved over and turned to said uncle with annoyance.
(Oh come on, is that anyway to cut into our reunion?)
"Hey, business before pleasure." He said as he crossed his arms.
(Ugh, fine. We'll give you twenty percent off any droid you find to your liking.)
"Good, and if any break after a week you can't see Luke next time you visit."
(Hey! You can't suddenly do that.)
"Yes, I can." He said as he crossed his arms.
They frowned before grouping together and murmured together.
"Isn't that a bit harsh uncle Owen?" Whispered Luke.
"No, call it revenge for kidnapping you." He muttered with a frown.
(Alright, we'll bring out our more sturdy droids, but we don't want any excuse of them breaking down because we know which ones can hold up and which can't.)
"Fine, and once we're done you can hang out with Luke."
(Deal!) They said as they eagerly began to wheel out the droids. (Sally will sell you anything we need, now come on Luke, we have a lot of catching up to do!)
"Just make sure to keep out in the open." Spoke Owen.
(We will, we will.) They said before tackling Luke to the ground in a tidal wave of jawas.
"Well you girls sure are happy. It's only been a year since we last saw each other."
(A year is still too long!)
(We missed our little protege.)
"He, well I missed you guys too." He said as he sat up. "While you were gone I've been practicing some of the skills you taught me. I think I'm getting the hand in persuading people to buy for a higher price. I got to sell our old droid for half the price uncle Owen paid for."
(Really? That doesn't sound too good…)
"Well it was half broken too and he bought it twenty years ago."
(Very impressive. If you keep that up you might put us out of a job.) Sally jokes.
"Yeah, and my training with old Ben is going too, he thinks I might be ready to be a jedi night soon."
(Well that's good, but doesn't that mean you might be in more danger? What with the empire going on.)
(Yeah, aren't you worried about getting caught?)
"Well, that's the thing, Ben has been saying that I might be ready to go out and see the rest of the galaxy, and join the resistance, that while I've been safe due to tatooine being far from imperial rule the rest of the galaxy could use a jedi." He smiled while looking up at the sky. "And it sounds great. Going out into space, landing on other planets, meeting all sorts of new people, and getting a chance to save everyone."
(But… what about us? We can't leave the planet!)
(Yeah! Are you saying you're getting tired of us?)
"What? No, no no no, not at all! I love the time we spend together, but I can't spend my whole life here." He held his hands up. "I wanna go out and see the universe. Staying here my whole life just feels….smothering."
(So? Smothering is good, it's safe!)
(Yeah! And if you're gone, you might get killed! That Darth Vader is scary and could kill you if you go out and fight the empire face to face.)
"I know, but I've been training for this, I know I can do it." He smiled. "I know you girls are worried, but not doing anything is worse than failing. I wanna make the galaxy peaceful, and the only way to do that is to take action and fight. If I can help even a little bit by becoming a Jedi, then I'll do it."
(I...I understand, but if you get hurt you come home right away, you hear me?!)
(Yeah! Otherwise we'll overpriced our stuff for your uncle through the roof!)
"Hey, don't drag me into this!"
(We could always break his legs, then he can't keep training and stick here.) whispered Sally.
(No, if we do that he'll hate us, we should drug him.)
While they pondered on ideas, the head Jawa was trying to work out a deal.
(Look, I know you've said no before, but hear me out. I'm here willing to offer triple the amount I suggested last time, and I'll even toss in two recently repaired magnaguards on the house.)
"No, no, no for the last time no! You can not buy Luke!"
(Oh come on, work with me here! The girls keep getting restless without him around.)
"You're wanting me to sell my nephew like some common slave."
(Hey now, let's not use that word. If anything, this is more like a trade. I give you credits, and you trade us Luke to be our protege, who is free to learn, eat, and do anything else. A real slave would get a collar, but he wouldn't.)
"No! I hate slavery, my mother in law was a slave for most of her life and I'll be damned if I sell any of my family into bondage."
(Oh come now, do you have any idea what it's like living with them? They keep whining about having no one to cuddle, and a few even call him husband when they think no one is around. I've come very close to almost walking in on them and ...that's all I'm saying. It gets awkward, especially when they fuss over who is closer to him.)
"And you think the answer is for me to sell him to you?! That's insane." he said with a frown. "Look, I just want the droid, besides, I need Luke here for the harvest."
(Fine fine, but know this, don't get mad at me if one of them try sneaking here to find him. I've seen a few make droids try talking like him for some weird fantasy.)
"Ok, you do realise that none of that is going to make me think letting Luke be bought by you is a good idea, right?"
(True, but keep this in mind. When's the last time he got all close and feely with a girl that wasn't related to him?)
"I don't know, it's been over a year since I took him to mos eisley, maybe I should take him there so he can find a nice girl to settle down with. None live nearby and it's over a hundred miles to the town." Owen said as he rubbed his chin. "Thanks for the idea."
(Oh no, no no no! Do you have any idea how it'll be for a year with those girls? If they here he's got someone else in mind, they'll go ballistic!)
"Ah, it won't be so bad." He said as he shook his head. "Besides, you can't expect him to wait a whole year just to see a girl?"
(Look, I'll sweeten the deal. I'll make the discount go up to seventy-five percent, throw in the magnaguards, and even install sensors around the farm to warn you incase of any tusken raiders.)
"No, as nice as that is I'm not selling Luke. Luke! Get over here!"
(It wasn't to sell him, it was to keep him away from any other girl!)
"In the end that's his decision." He said as Luke approached them. "Luke, do you want to head to mos eisley later and find a nice girl to settle down with?"
"What?" he looked at his uncle surprised. "Uh...uncle Owen? I think I'm too young to do something like that, don't you think?"
"No, not at all, the sooner you do, the sooner the jawas will stop trying to buy you!"
(Apprenticeship!)
"You do not buy apprentices, and he is not becoming your apprentice either! Now stop asking that!"
Luke found the jawas crowding him in a tight hug while blushing feeling some of them kiss his cheeks.
"Look, this is not the time to discuss it, now just let me pay for the droid so Luke and I can go back to work."
(Fine fine.) Muttered the jawa as she took his credit. (But this isn't over!)