Chapter 4
"I got better than that" he said with hands splayed out in front of him.
One of those hands motioned to Geda. "This is my sister's daughter, Geda."
He took his other free hand and dipped it into a jacket pocket. He pulled out a datacube and held it up to Kaia until she nodded. "and this is my sister's daughter" he said as he placed the cube into the table's holoportal.
The vid of Geda flying through the forested coastline outside Coronet rose above the table. At the end of the lap Kaia motioned with her blaster for Cyrus to sit and a weequay got up.
As Cyrus sat down Kaia laid her blaster on the table. "She's good, I'll give her that…especially for a human. But…" she turned to indicate a Nosaurian standing with a handful of others by the bar, "if I was going to sponsor a pod racing team it would be driven by Garc. He's smaller, quicker, and with better eyes".
"Ahh" Cyrus wagged a finger. "But does Garc have the Force?"
Kaia's previous smile vanished and she put a hand over the blaster on the table in front of her. Cyrus quickly understood her apprehension. "Nooo, I don't mean she's a Jedi...but she has the Force with her. It guides her."
Kaia scoffed. "So does Garc if I understand your people down the block".
"Only if he lives in harmony with it" he answered like that should be obvious to everyone.
Geda could see Kaia's expression hardening again. She had to save this. Her uncle was coming from the only place he knew anymore. But it wasn't a place Kaia Foda was willing to follow.
"Let me race him" she said popping a pine nut from the holder on the table in front of her.
She looked at the teen admiringly for a moment. "She's cool Cy. Didn't know you had that in your blood."
Then she turned her attention back to Geda. "Honey did you see any pods sitting outside on the street?"
Geda, still leaning back, popped another pine nut. "No. But I saw a couple swoops".
That elicited a bark of laughter from the weequay who had given up his seat to Cyrus.
"Only about six hundred kilometers difference between the two honey".
Geda ate the last nut and then wiped her hands together over the floor. "A racer is a racer. If a racer is real they'll make a swoop look like a pod and a pod look like the Millenium Falcon. Ask Garc. If he says any different we'll go".
Kaia looked back to the Nosaurian who was now keenly paying attention. The dimunitive horned mammal shrugged. "Kid's gotta point" he croaked.
Kaia looked back to Geda. "Force you remind me of myself kid…you're on."
She turned to Cyrus. "Come to the quarry tonight. We'll have the swoops".
