Star Wars - And Leebo Makes Three by Michael Reaves;Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff

Author:Michael Reaves;Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2011-10-10T03:14:26+00:00

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“He sold me. I still can’t believe it.”

“Yeah, yeah, we’ve established that. Moving on. Why would this Hox Bilan be looking for you? Seriously enough to send muscle and a cruiser?”

“Not a clue. I’ve done nothing to justify such action…that I recall.”

“What about Gareeda? He do anything?”

“Other than irritating audiences by being painfully unfunny?” The droid rattled its shoulders in a shrug. “Although probably he wasn’t bad enough to score a deathmark from a career criminal. Probably not.”

“I’m curious,” Eaden said. “Why are you so fond of him?”

Leebo hesitated. “He programmed me to like him.”

Dash laughed. “That’s funny.”

“Your face is funny.” Leebo’s tone was decidedly sulky.

Eaden had been studying the droid, intently. Now he said, “That restraining bolt’s pulling too much power.”

Dash looked at him. “And you know this how?”

“I once worked security in a droid factory on Coruscant. That is not a standard design.”

“Get a wrench and let’s have a look.”

Eaden removed the bolt. When he turned it over, a short, thin rod fell onto the table. “Hmm. That appears to be a micro-datastick.”

Dash picked up the tiny device, which was as long as his thumbnail and one-eighth as wide. He looked at Leebo. “Got a reader slot?”

“Of course.” Leebo took the proffered datastick and pressed it into the tip of one finger. There was a short pause. “It’s encrypted.”

Of course it is. “Can you break the code?” Dash asked.

“Eventually.”

Dash swore softly. He’d bet the Outrider and everything on her that the datastick belonged to Bilan and that the criminal wanted it back. A lot.

This was bad…but maybe not all bad. Maybe they could swing a deal. If they could convince Kravengash they neither knew nor cared what was on the datastick….

Hey, we acquired this by mistake, don’t know what it is, don’t care, happy to give it back, and if you want to, you know, give us a little something for our trouble, we’re okay with that, too.

That these crooks were more of the penny-ante nature could actually work in their favor. Most of them were little more sophisticated than space pirates. Surely he could smooth-talk his way out of their bad graces.

Could be worse…

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