.
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the boy's eyes widen hearing a voice in his head
telepathy used in this way is something new to Naruto
".. hello"
=Leeds= the old sullustran pointing to himself
=how=
=telepathy=
.
reaching deeply, Leeds tries to establish a link to the youngling
force senses focused and searching
supprisingly there was no link at all through the force
.
each word of the conversation was like screaming a conversation through water or stone
barely heard through barrriers, and finding passage only by secondary paths
.
focusing his efforts, Leeds continues the conversation
feeling as if he was screaming into a hurricane
barely communicating by the tactile link
.
=I= =am= =here= =to= =teach= =you= =Basic= =the= =standard= =language= =for= =communication= =with= =many= =races=
=while= I teach you the =information= =is= =pathed= =into= =you're= =mind=
.
=as= I teach, =each= =word= =links= =in= with =your= =own= language =linking= the =associational= =connections=
=needed= =that= =form= you're own language as each =locks= in, =it= =forms= =more= connections
=thanks= to the telepathy =linguistic= =training=
.
=please= =note= as =we= =talk= the =words= =will= =start= to form =patterns= we =can= =use= to =chat= =together=
=without= =having= to =fumble= =through= the associational connections you =are= =using= =making= =mistakes=
.
the old sullustran pauses to take a deep breath, dropping the connection to rest
drinking some water, while resting from the telepathic connection
a few minutes later holds out his hands to continue
.
you're =on= the =world= =of= =Makai= in the =largest= =city= =called= =Underworld=
=this= is the =lower= and =poorer= =section= =called= =Rewire= =near= the =pit=
.
we will be =resting= =soon= please =do= =not= =run= =off=
you are =currently= =a= =guest= of =Nameless=
are you still =hurt= =or= =injured= =from= the =fall= that =landed= you on this =tower?=
are you a =mature= =adult= of your =species= or =considered= a =young= =child= =still?=
.
heavily sweating and tired, Leeds breaks off to rest and gather his energy
drinking more water, the boy in a daze as his mind is linking the words used
to his language from home mumbling as he works through the patterns
"you are-you're"
"form-forms"
"word-words"
"use-using"
looking at his hosts looking somewhat warily
"I am not injured"
"I am young but considered an adult" pointing to his hyate and tapping it
"how did I get here?"
.
looking from the kid, Leeds looks at Nameless {you sure you want him able to chat?}
snacking on stick of fried spoo, he comes back to the table
finishes his food drinks some water settles down and continues the 'chat' session
.
=all= we =know= is you =fell= on namless's =roof= and =barfed= =vomit= into the =air= =system=
the system =sprayed= =over= the =main= =hall= and =splashed= =everyone=
the =smell= will =probably= =linger= for =days= or =weeks=
.
=what= do you =remember?=
.
"I don't remember much, everything is hazy"
"I think I heard someone say die to me, then a cold pain"
"falling, slaming into someone more pain, a major headache"
"falling, then lying on metal at the top of this place"
.
=now= =onto= the =important= =things=
gaining narutos attention, Leeds asks,
do you =prefer= your =food= =alive= =when= =eaten= like the =hutts= =eating= =gakk=?
naruto faceplants into the table as
images of gakk, hutts eating, cause nausea to feedback over the link to Leeds
do you =eat= your food =raw= or =cooked=?
.
=meat=, =vegtables= or =both?=
=sliced=, =mushed=, =intact?=
=separated= or =mixed?=
.
do you =drink= =water=, =fermented= =beverages= or =other= =liquids= with your food?
do you =sleep= in a =bed= to =rest= or a =mat= on the =floor=
following his facial expressions and feedback from the link
the two elders set up a eatable meal each could stand
.
later as the guest heads to bed
Nameless calls "goodnight brat"
.
returning to the main room, Nameless is surprised to see Leeds still waiting
{Nameless, I sensed something odd while linking the words to his language tree}
{there was something odd, a presence, it was faint but at the edges of detection}
Nameless looks at Leeds worn and fatigued form {is it bad?}
{it was like an echo, a shadow, a breeze. I have no idea what it was}
{mostly because it is hard linking to him, he has the lowest link to the force I have ever seen}
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holonet planet matrix
droid binary
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[droid net:anomaly]
[anomily in slum level, slag area, tier 0 genetic database]
[weekly update reported unknown geneline]
[tenative type human, further details masked and blocked]
[no matches or links in any database]
[detail: not force sensitive, metaclorian count zero]
[detail: sample decayed prior to full analysis]
[anomaly: existance of a zero count, wanted for analysis]
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money is paid on a little information
where information
is more valued than gold
.
.
silver ships arrive at the capital
shadows in holos
buying a death
on a distant world
.
.
omake
.
"you lost naruto?"
"hmm"
"a while back I found a whole supply of latex gloves"
"lets give a bunch of ninja silver shafts"
"thousand years of death"
"eternal pain"
"lets play doctor"
snap
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