[Solved] A man and his gonk

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Previously: Tokkak's Homecoming

A man and his gonk

The funeral pyre for Wombo burned late into the night. Sparks drifted lazily upward among the towering trees seeming to move almost in time with slow beat of Ewok drums. Wombo had been a rascal, no one would ever dispute that, but he was well-loved both within the tribe and amongst its allies. 

Freshly returned to the moon of Endor, Tokkat joined in the vigil to ward off the Great Night spirit. Over copious cups of fermented berry juice, he caught up with Ewoks from neighbouring villages that he hadn’t spoken to in years. 

He took great delight entertaining many, especially the young woklings, with his tales of life in the stars - the liberation of Rishi, the battle of Ankus… Most popular was his story fighting alongside the towering Wookiees during the liberation of Kashyyyk - although he was continually asked about where the now legendary Chewbacca from the Deajstare assault was during those events.

Tokkat was frustrated, however, that few seemed to care for his questions about why the village wasn’t better equipped to defend against incursions like the gorax that killed Wombo. They seemed to take it as an insult to their warrior prowess.

There was one exception though, and sometimes one was enough. The mystic Grok, occasional adviser to Tokkat’s chief and member of the Treeta Dobra, listened closely to the returnee’s arguments and stories of liberation.

The next afternoon, still muddled by a hangover, Grok led Tokkat to an abandoned hut to stay at. 

“Yours if you want it. I’ll send my apprentice to help you clean it out…”

“Ee chee wa maa!”

Yes, the hut’s roof needed repairs, overtaken as it was with vines and weeds. Yes, the railings were broken, and yes, it smelled a bit like stale Ewok piss. But it was a start. And sometimes a start was all you needed! Nothing a gonk droid and a bit of hard work couldn’t fix!

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