Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi IV: Backlash by Aaron Allston

Author:Aaron Allston [Allston, Aaron]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: aby 85
ISBN: 9780345519535
Publisher: LucasBooks
Published: 2010-03-03T05:00:00+00:00

Ben showed it to his father. “Not too bad. No misspellings. I think they used a ruler to keep the lines straight, like a first-timer in school.”

Luke cast an eye up the hill. “How are they doing?”

“Lots of injuries, lots of deaths. I think we’re losing the morale war.”

“Do what you can to keep that from happening. As much as your fighting skills, that’s what they need you for.”

“I guess.” Ben rolled the hide around the spear butt, tied it fast with the leather thong that had held it originally, and gave his father a quick hug before ascending the slope again.

At its summit, he offered the note to Kaminne and Tasander. They and some of the subchiefs gathered around could read, and news of the note’s contents spread throughout the camp.

Kaminne pondered. “What’s an elegant way to say No, and we hope you die in misery?”

Tasander shrugged. “My father used to say, May the stinging insects of a thousand worlds seek out your moist places.”

Kaminne laughed. So did several of the subchiefs, both Raining Leaves and Broken Columns. “Yes, say that.”

Tasander lay the note facedown on the rock and, with Dyon’s paints, wrote that response in a beautiful, flowing calligraphic hand. Once the paint had dried to the point it would not smear, he tied the note to the spear and handed it to Drola.

The others opened up a lane for the warrior. He started well back along the hilltop, ran forward, and hurled the spear with an athlete’s skill. The gleaming shaft sailed out far past the hill, burying its head in the soft soil partway back to the tree line. A few moments later a silhouette emerged from the trees, retrieved the spear, and returned to the shadows.

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