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Ulric:
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How much farther is it to the spaceport?
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Chaar:
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Will you stop asking me that? I told you a few minutes ago we're almost there.
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Ulric:
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That's exactly my point. You said we were almost there ten blocks ago.
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Chev:
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Relax. We'll get there.
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Ulric:
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I can't relax. I keep thinking about all the people back at that hotel that saw us and might have
called the authorities.
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Chaar:
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That's why we're walking, remember? It would be too easy for the police to trace us if we
took public transportation. Besides, who's going to call the cops when some spice pushing
Twilek slaver gets a few limbs broken?
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Ulric:
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I'm sure that Twilek has friends. What about the slicer Alexis said he was going to refer us to?
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Chev:
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Ulric's right. The slicer was supposed to be a good source for the bootleg Astromech droids
we were sent here to get. If the Twilek managed to get a call out before we caught up with him…
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Ulric:
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…he could have people following us by now. (Looks behind him into the crowd.)
How much farther is it to the spaceport?
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Chaar:
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Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr…
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Chev:
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(quickly, to Ulric) On another subject, do you think you'll be able to wake Alexis up when we get
to the ship?
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Ulric:
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I'm not sure. Whatever the Twilek slipped in her drink was pretty powerful. I'm afraid to try
counteracting it with a medpac until I can find out more about it. Hopefully the ship's medical
bay will give me a better chance at figuring out what the drug is.
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Alexis:
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(moans in her sleep) Cro-mag.
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Chev:
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I hope so. She's the one who supposedly has contacts on this world. Without her we may have
a tough time buying those astromechs on the black market.
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Chaar:
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(Snorts.) Huh. Contacts. I wonder if all her so-called contacts will try to kidnap her and
sell her into slavery?
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Ulric:
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Probably not after word gets out about what you did to that Twilek. You could've at least
let me give him a painkiller.
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Chaar:
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Letting him live was charity enough.
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Ulric:
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You know, when I heard they were asking for volunteers to go pick up some DROIDS I thought it
was a pretty safe bet that there wouldn't be any unnecessary violence.
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Chaar:
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Oxymoron.
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Ulric:
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Be that as it may, I still think it was completely uncalled for to…(stops talking and
looks behind him again)…I'm telling you there's somebody following us.
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Chaar:
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Will you please just drop it? Look there's the spaceport at the end of the block.
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Chev:
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Actualy I'm afraid Ulric may be right…
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