Slicer flopped back on his bunk. "I've got aches in places I didn't even know I had. What do they pack in those charges anyway?"

"Enough punch to make you not want to get hit by one again," Stealth said.

"That's for sure." Slicer rubbed his head and groaned. "I think it got through my helmet."

Lurk nudged Slicer. "Hey, I get top bunk."

Slicer groaned louder. "I'm too sore to move."

"I'll help, then," Lurk said, lifting Slicer out of the bunk and rolling him to the floor. Slicer landed with a thud, luckily on Stealth's spare pillow. The squad had a good laugh about that, but Slicer didn't find it too amusing.

"Lurk, I'd kill you if I could move."

Lurk laughed. "I'd like to see you try! You couldn't even beat a Kaminoan in an arm wrestling contest."

Prime grinned. "Alright, boys, that's enough. We've got a meal in just a bit, so don't get too comfortable. As soon as you're done eating, report back to the sims. We're going to go over that again until we get it right."

"Aw, Prime!" Slicer complained. "We just did a sim! I can't even get up, I'm so sore!"

Lurk leaned over the bunk. "So when we're in the middle of a battle, you think the droids are going to give you a break just because you're tired?"

Slicer grabbed the pillow out from underneath his head and threw it at Lurk, who caught it and propped it under his own head.

Stealth sat on the edge of his bunk and pulled off his boots. "Ugh. I hate standard issue. I've got blisters the size of Kashyyyk." Stealth pulled a pair of soft leather shoes out from under the bunk. He slipped one foot in... CRACK. Stealth made a face. "Oh, tell me you didn't..."

Lurk and Slicer roared with laughter. Stealth stuck his hand inside the shoe and pulled out pieces of broken shriek-hawk egg. The yolk was all over his foot. Prime tried to hold back his laughter. "Lurk, Slice, what did I tell you boys about pranks?"

"Make sure to get pictures!" Slicer said, pointing up at Lurk's bunk. There was a slim micro-cord camera aimed down at Stealth.

"Har har," Stealth said. "You guys owe me a new pair of shoes."

Slicer and Lurk were laughing too hard to argue.

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Note from Rio: 'kay, short chapter. The next one will be longer, I swear. This is where it gets fun