CAUR Part five

It was a rare thing to see Mace Windu in a panic, but then again, it was rare to find him being accosted by a seven-foot furball.

Well, perhaps accosted wasn't the right word, but certainly fawned over.

Nevertheless, it was highly amusing to watch, but Obi-Wan didn't dare mention that to the man who had invented the most aggressive form of lightsaber combat.

The Wookiee, he had heard, was a famous concert miniature kloo-player, but you would have never guessed it.

As it was, she seemed to be quite taken with Master Windu, but he looked as though he were being asked to do the breaststroke through a cesspit. Not that he wasn't being a gentleman--Master Windu was known for being quite personable when he made the effort--but he definitely was afraid of returning the aggressively affectionate advances of his date for the evening.

He had wanted to shrink into his seat to avoid being noticed by the happy couple--or rather the happy Wookiee and the terrified Korun--but Carmyn had chosen the exact moment when they had become engrossed (or grossed out) by the holopic to chuck a handful of tchak-nuts at Master Windu's head.

"Oi!" she bellowed. "Boloball!"

The worst thing was that Master Windu actually responded to the slur.

"Get your walking carpet to slouch a little, will you?"

Obi-Wan chose to stare straight at his popphraig bucket, apparently fascinated by a burnt one.

"This is a Galaxy-renowned musician, not a walking carpet," Mace said sternly. "If this is an inconvenience..."

"You're Sithin' right it's an inconvenience," Carmyn snorted. "Right, Obi-Wan?"

He mumbled something along the lines of "burbleburbleI'mnotgettinginvolvedinthisburbleburble" and took her hand.

"Carmyn," he said quietly, "there are plenty of other seats in the theater. We can certainly..."

"Expect these latecomers to occupy those," she finished. "Just whip out your lightsaber and scare them off if you have to..."

He had the feeling that there would be lightsabers involved in the near future, but not in their intended capacity.

"I'm sure that's not nec..."

And then the Wookiee threw herself across the seats at his date.

Too stunned to move, he was about to use the Force on both of them when they burst out laughing.

From his limited understanding of Wookiee, he guessed that Mace's date was saying something about the look on his face while Carmyn was choking on laughter about boloballs.

"I guess," she said at last, gasping for breath, "that I never introduced you to my mother's best friend..."