p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px auto 1.286em; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"A hunt, a hurt, a hit - sorry it got lengthy, got carried away/p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"Trigger warning! wounds, blood, PTSD (esp. at the end)/p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"She waited until everyone had retreated for the night, then she slipped out. She walked over to the fallen trunk, she just couldn't bear to stay in her quarters. When she had opened her locker to get a fresh set of clothing the green helmet had stared at her. She felt its accusation and she felt guilty rising in her./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"She needed the fresh air to sort her thoughts and feelings. The guilt of having survived where the others hadn't, she had failed them. The loss of those people she had loved dearly and trusted with her life, she had failed them utterly./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"More than once the thought what Denx would have done, how he would have reacted in her place crossed her mind. Would he have gone on, just as she was about to do. Was she disappointing him, betraying or deceiving him by allowing the spark of life to be re-ignited? Even worse thoughts tormented her and made her fear the next day. Had she been to rash in raising a hope in the Nevarro warrior?/p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"-*-*-*-/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"Ever since they had come back the evening before he had watched her closely, trying to see any differences. Somehow he thought it funny that he was left behind to watch over and entertain the younglings while the two couples were sent to do the exploring of the caves. With an impish grin he wondered if the used their private time./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"He had seen two sides of the warrior, one as a valued member of the tribe. Quick and certain in his decisions, reliable and honest, a good fighter who held true to the Creed. The other was a side the Nevarro warrior had only displayed when it came to interpersonal relations between him and his daughter./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"But he relished the spectacle when the brave behaved like a cat on hot bricks. He might not know what he was doing but he was relentless in his tries. As a father he wished that he could know what had happened between them the day before. But both were very silent about it and he would not pressure her about it. He would see the results unfold in due time./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"Before the others set off back to the caves other tasks had to be taken care of. Between seven adults and a dozen children, who were especially ravenous, the fresh meat had been depleted in no time. So new plans were made. A group should continue the exploring, another go hunting./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"The Nevarro couples would take the shuttle to the caves. His daughter had been furious and protective over her toy and the confrontation that enfolded due to his suggestion between and the span style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: oblique; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"al'verde /spanand her could only be stopped short of bloodshed./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"He didn't know if the huge warrior took her actually serious, but he better did or he would be up for a painful surprise. Only once he had fought in the sparring ring to let her get off steam. He had to treat a profound limping and a sprained wrist afterwards. It had taught him to let some time pass first before they sparred for such an occasion./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"Before she and Tharam could leave he made sure that they were equipped well enough. Although it had been his idea something itched at the back of his mind. The weapons were well maintained and reliable and they had plenty with them. Both were experienced hunters and would watch their six./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"He still didn't like her plans to bring a piece of their spoils to the settlers with another warrior in tow, they could react unkindly to it and neither did he like the idea of hunting in the forest just because it was closer to the settlement, not after what the maroon couple had told them./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"First he had been too agitated to find sleep, but as it had been an eventful day his body finally decided to give him the rest he needed. When he woke in the morning, he was one of the first to be up./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"He repacked his bag for another exploration, this time the caves the others of the tribe had explored the day before should inspected closer. Although it sounded adventurous he would have liked to spend more private time with her and without the other tribe members./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"When he listened to the changed plans he grinned. He was to spend more time with her alone and they could go hunting. Finally he could follow his purpose as provider for the tribe again. He picked his weapons carefully and made sure that they were working properly./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"When he stepped out of the ship something had caused a commotion. She was at least two heads smaller but unmistakably confronting Paz. Neither of the two stepped back and his sister was busy reasoning with both. He didn't know who he should actually worry about, but considering weight and height he decided it was her he worried for./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"Dargak had vanished in the ship, he had thought it strange, until he saw the Zabrak's face. The man had a hard time to keep his composure and the way his shoulders shook when he entered the ship left room for only one explanation. He was laughing, hard./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"But when the Zabrak came back he held one of the finest rifles he had ever seen in his hands. He stared in disbelief as he was handed the weapon, a modified DH-447 sniper rifle. Immediately he saw the adjustments that had been made. The supercollimator was much sleeker, the butt had been prolonged. It sat easily in the crook of his shoulder, the distance of the scope was as if made for him alone./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"Soon enough they had reached their hunting ground. The whole time she had been more than quiet, but he referred it to the troubles of the morning. Only when he brushed against her and she turned completely rigid his mind started working. Was she regretting what had happened in the crater, did she repent the words she had said?/p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"A herd of cloven hoofed animals had taken the small but well used path and he guessed that it was leading towards a source of water or food. He pointed it out to her and they followed the trails. Finally they neared a small clearing with a meadow. Several antlered animals were grazing there. A huge stag stood sentry over his hinds./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"It had been four shots, but only three could be heard to a trained ear. An untrained might have guessed that it had been only two shots. He was pleased with the outcome and nodded at her. It was a curt nod that he got back./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"This time they had been prepared to dress the carcasses properly. With that much weight, they would leave what wasn't needed, so deboning was the task that would have them preoccupied for the next hour at least./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"So far not a single word had passed between them and the silence became irksome. He watched her wrapping and storing away the first parts of meat they intended to take with them. In his mind he played through several approaches and possible retorts until he finally decided to not beat about the bush./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""You have been silent. What's wrong. Did I…" He didn't get as far as he had hoped./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""Nothing. All fine." She sounded so strained, even the modulator couldn't take the edge of the wild emotions that were flooding her./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""Nothing's wrong with you." Maybe making her feel better would somehow make her talk./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""What would you know!" She threw the knife with which she had been working blade first into the ground where is stuck quivering./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""And what am I to tell you? That living and enjoying it like it did yesterday feels like I'm betraying them? That talking to you like I did yesterday feels like I'm cheating on him?" She only paused for a second, eyed the knife, stepped over the exposed ribcage of the animal and took a wide step towards him./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""What would you like to hear? That I tried to never think about it the past decade? That since I set foot on Nevarro I have been confronted with the renewed pain?" Her voice had increased in volume until she was shouting at him./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""Would you really like to hear that I blame you for what is happening?" She had pushed him a step back, he allowed it./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""Would you really like to hear that I can't stop thinking about him?" Push, he took another step back./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"Her hands shot up to push him again, he had nowhere to go and caught her wrists, stilled for a moment and then placed her palms on his cuirass, on the place she had repeatedly pushed against. When her visor stared at him he slowly moved his hands to cover the dents of her helmet where her cheeks lay hidden./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"His mind was too much preoccupied with what she had said, with his answer and her complete silence again. She had shot the questions at him. One more agitated than the other. Each more and more stabbing./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"Had he not been that distracted he would have seen the lean creature cowering behind the piled carcasses. Had he paid more attention he would have noticed the ripples in the broad striped fur as the Boetay prepared for a leap./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"It was the loudly growled bark, the rattling of the bones as the heap of ribcages became undone and the following yelping howl that had him swirl around and activate his flamethrower. He didn't get far, the jaws filled with sharp teeth closed round his arm./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"He was clasping his arm. Steadying it to hold his blaster, steadying his aim and looked at the whimpering animal. Its snarling snout was red from where it had fed on the carcass, a few droplets of its blood ran from its nose where he had hit it and it mixed with his own blood on its fangs. Under the brown fur with its black stripes the ribs could be seen, hipbones and shoulder blades were easy to make out./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"He felt the blood seeping beneath his vambrace, drenching his sleeves down to his glove. It made an squelching noise when he tried to form a fist. He would give it a thorough look when back at the ship. If it could be helped he preferred not to ask the healer for help./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"They came towards them, as predicted, as cautious as the first time, but finally they seemed to recognize the bike and its owner. They had seen her already once, but him they eyed with suspicion. He nodded at the two men and let her do the talking./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"The bag with the flour almost slipped from his grasp, the wrapped up end which he had held with his right took on a reddish colour and he quickly tucked it away with his left. He let go of a deep inhale when they were finally on their way to the ship./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"The second time he hoisted the other bag with the meat she shouldered the flour. They were putting it in the storage. Her voice drew him from his mental ramblings what could be prepared with the fresh supplies./p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;""Dargak. span style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: oblique; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"Buir/span!" It had an uncertainty and urgency in it./p
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