[Solved] (Ep. I - Cat C) Catch a Ride

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On route to the Summit, two ambassadors hitch a ride with a smuggler on her Corellian freighter, the Flying Fox. They share the cargo hold with the smuggler's Tarsunt right-hand man, and a Flulian Ambassador from a poor system, who had spent most of the trip watching the others in silence, their long-stalked eyes swiveling slowly towards each.

"Are you alright, Ambassador?"

The Bith, Roo Baarlb, watched his young mentor, Jalus Quinn, pace the cargo hold, hands clasped behind his back, boots ringing on the durasteel.

"What? Oh, I'm fine, just fine."

"You seem . . . Not well. We are prepared for the summit, are we not? We have worked hard to be ready."

"You're right about that. Yeah, we nailed this one, man. All that front-end effort you did is gonna pay off, big time. But nah, I'm not thinking about the preparation."

Roo tilted his bulbous head. 

Quinn chuckled, and finally stood still. "Don't worry about me, man. I'll be fit to fight, if you know what I mean."

"I am not worried about your competency. I have total faith in your abilities. I am just concerned, for my friend."

Quinn raised an eyebrow. "Just...thinking about the talks with the Empire. Like, we're just talking to them.  Part of me hates to waste an opportunity to push them off a sky-liner."

"Would this not cause a diplomatic incident?"

"Sure would. I'll hold back. Don't worry about me, Barlb."

"We Bith are not a violent species. I do not experience these compulsions. But I do understand that humans like yourself have a very powerful sense of justice. Pardon me if I am wrong, but I believe this to be the source of much of your activism. I admire this in you, Ambassador, and in your species as a whole."

"Hey, thanks. Sorry, wish I knew a bit more about Bith."

"We have time before landing for me to begin a brief explanation of Bith history, if you would like."

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