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Vader drew his own saber and batted her aside easily, immediately whipping around to try and put her in a saber lock. "You are being very foolish, young one," he growled, but the gears in his mind were whirling even as he spoke.
Rogers had a daughter? Well, wasn't that interesting? He wasn't the only one to break the Order's rules that way. He should have known, he supposed: if anyone was going to break that rule aside from him, it would be Rogers. He still didn't believe her entirely. He'd killed Rogers fifteen years ago. How old could she have possibly been when he killed him?
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Piett eyed her with a frown. "Hey, lay off, would you?" he snapped. "And enough with the honorifics already. We're not on the ship. I'm off the clock. I don't want to hear it."
Truth be told, the captain had taken only a few tentative sips from his mug, and he wasn't entirely keen to try any more. They could be doing this bit a lot, depending on their luck, and yes, keeping his wits about him would be a grand idea...and beyond that, tavern fare had never quite been a favorite of his. Now though, he had to play the character – there was nothing else to do...so for the sake of selling the moment, for those of them watching, he took a decent swallow.
He then proceeded to put all of his skills to the test by pushing down the grimace that was fighting very hard to take over his face. He looked back to his datapad, succeeding, if just barely. Outwardly, he offered, "Garrik, huh? Sounds familiar.... Wonder why...."
Inwardly, he had an entirely different set of questions. What did Termina think he was doing, exactly, spending Vader's money to get drunk? How stupid did she think he was!? Perhaps he should have explained his plan a bit better. He'd do that when they moved to get up...he paused at that thought though as a patron's words drifted into his ears.
"Who
in their sane mind would come here dressed like that? They're gonna get mugged the minute they step out. Caught a couple of thugs eyein' them already."
That caught his attention. He gave a few quick glances around the room. Sure enough, a few of the patrons around were casting them disconcerting looks. It took him a moment to realize why. The most expensive thing he was wearing was an old leather jacket. Sure, it didn't look old; he kept all of his things in good condition, but he'd purchased on
Axxila...years ago...before the Alderaan incident sent nerf-leather prices through the roof...Damn. That was going to be an issue.
Garrik, in the meantime, tossed Amida a very quick, pointed glance not at the new man, but at his data pad. That would answer both his questions if he caught it. He couldn't say anything for fear the newcomer would recognize his voice, but there was nothing he wanted more than to oblige the smuggler and head out into the rain...unfortunately the imperial pair (he was positive he'd seen that face in some kind of meeting) sat squarely between him and the door.
"Is...Is that him, sir?"
The captain looked up quickly, but the man had already turned his face away, showing nothing but the hood of his cloak. Thinking quickly, he set his sights on the man next to him, not realizing he was the one who'd predicted their imminent mugging. "You think they'll put a bounty on the poor b*****d?"