The tale of the brotherhood
Interlude: Imprisoned
5 years after chapter six, 5 years to beginning of the Clone Wars
Raset groaned, as he yet again looked eagerly to the stars visible from his cell's window. It had been five years. That long? Only that long? It seemed like a lifetime. He still saw Karrk and Teela as they all were in the same shift. Oh yes, the council hadn't mentioned the fact that they were to mine a precious mineral too, and stay imprisoned. For the rest of our lives, he thought. He could only wish he'd die before that.
Teela shifted yet again in her sleep. In her nightmares she saw yet again the wise one die, she saw yet again the council say she was a partaker in the murder. She saw yet again the council decide their fate. She saw tonight something she hadn't noticed before. It was just the moment when the council declared their imprisonment and she this time saw also the diplomat. The diplomat smiled in victory, as if he had planned this to happen. Karrk and Raset must know. They will believe me, she thought. With this hope, she started to dig the nightmares for more pieces of information.
Karrk hit the rock again with the laser axe. Each time it grew harder to rise to bring down the heavy axe once more, each time it grew so much harder. He was barely during the night restored enough to mine again. He thought of his passed friends. Hyrsai died last year when the cave he was in broke down and collapsed on them. Nargati died two years ago when the guards were having 'fun' and shot him in the heart by mistake, he thought bitterly. I will avenge for you, my Barabel friends. I promise, he thought to himself. He pulled himself up for another axe strike.
Interlude: Imprisoned
5 years after chapter six, 5 years to beginning of the Clone Wars
Raset groaned, as he yet again looked eagerly to the stars visible from his cell's window. It had been five years. That long? Only that long? It seemed like a lifetime. He still saw Karrk and Teela as they all were in the same shift. Oh yes, the council hadn't mentioned the fact that they were to mine a precious mineral too, and stay imprisoned. For the rest of our lives, he thought. He could only wish he'd die before that.
Teela shifted yet again in her sleep. In her nightmares she saw yet again the wise one die, she saw yet again the council say she was a partaker in the murder. She saw yet again the council decide their fate. She saw tonight something she hadn't noticed before. It was just the moment when the council declared their imprisonment and she this time saw also the diplomat. The diplomat smiled in victory, as if he had planned this to happen. Karrk and Raset must know. They will believe me, she thought. With this hope, she started to dig the nightmares for more pieces of information.
Karrk hit the rock again with the laser axe. Each time it grew harder to rise to bring down the heavy axe once more, each time it grew so much harder. He was barely during the night restored enough to mine again. He thought of his passed friends. Hyrsai died last year when the cave he was in broke down and collapsed on them. Nargati died two years ago when the guards were having 'fun' and shot him in the heart by mistake, he thought bitterly. I will avenge for you, my Barabel friends. I promise, he thought to himself. He pulled himself up for another axe strike.