Cradle to Grave

by Leah Naberrie

A biography of Obi Wan Kenobi in drabbles. My response to the 100 drabble challenge at TFN.

70. planet

Cradle to Grave

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70, planet

The quest to find the informer took us further down the city levels than I had ever been to. Further down that I'd ever wanted to be.

I felt voracious eyes follow us.

"Nervous, Padawan?" My master asked.

I started shaking my head – then nodded.

"Good. You should be. Take this excursion as a lesson in superficiality. There is more to Coruscant beneath the flashy, glittery sights and sounds of the upper levels. This is the planet at its core."

And what a rotten core, filthy beyond what could be seen or heard or smelt. Filthy to its very soul.

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