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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dpdx" data-source="post: 796174" data-attributes="member: 188">Ryn remembered this office. A dingy, rusty closet near one of the freight spaceports in the seedier part of Coruscant, this is where it had all began, and now, as he knew, this is where it would end.His crewmates on the Starward Lean had said as much during the last bacta haul to Wayland, and even though they'd tried to let him down easy, he knew that as the last hired, he'd be the first to be let go.He tried not to dwell on this as he sat waiting for Rax to give him his walking papers. Instead, he tried to think about his next move.Honoghr was way too dangerous, not only because of increased Noghri sentiment (idiots!) toward the Empire, but also because it took him past Kessel, where his father was, and Ryn knew he'd get himself imprisoned, if not killed, going to look for him. There was nothing left on Honoghr but his mother, and he'd rather have taken her with him than the other way around, anyway.Ryn had crossed off Nal Hutta, Yavin, and Endor by the time Vesh'u Rax walked in. A fairly tall, strapping, yellow-mottled Twi'lek, the dental work was enough to scare off most sentients that didn't know him. But he'd been like a surrogate father to Ryn, and as the captain of the Lean, Ryn trusted no one else to deliver the bad news...The Twi'lek flashed him a sardonic grin as he crossed the room to sit on a hover chair at the desk. "It's not the end of the galaxy, boy..."Ryn matched his facial expression: "I know, sir. I was just trying to plan for this, um, eventuality? I don't figure I can go back to Honoghr...""No, that would be stupid, not to mention an appalling waste of such, um, talent. And I do, er, did not pay you to be stupid, or waste your talent, such as it is. I do not, therefore, expect you to start now...""So, is this where you tell me, 'I have no more work for you, you never served aboard the Lean, you don't know any of those people you didn't serve with, and if you breathe a word of this to the authorities I'll reach out from the grave to strangle you'?""Yes, that does about sum it up. The Duro has paid you the last of your shares, am I correct?""Yes, I think I saw that on my cred chip, sir. OH! The license for my blaster - can I keep that?""Can you think of another tow-headed human orphan from the Maw to whom it should belong?" Rax' lekku seemed to perk up at this statement, as if to indicate a question mark.Ryn smiled in response."Well okay, I guess this is goodbye, and thank you. It was an honor - um, that I won't remember."Rax shook his hand as Ryn left to gather his things. When Ryn hit the doorway, Rax' voice trailed after him..."Don't get shot!"</blockquote>

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