The Truce At Bakura by Kathy Tyers

Author:Kathy Tyers [Tyers, Kathy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-04-05T23:00:00+00:00

Captison added. "The web reconfigured to compensate. So much I hear from Commander Thanas, at any rate."

Leia caught Han's sidelong glance. "Does he report to you and Governor Nereus?" Han asked.

Captison shrugged. "I've asked him to. Seems the least he could do."

Leia puffed out a breath. "Maybe you don't know how unusual it is for an Imperial officer to pay the slightest attention to the people he's allegedly defending."

"Really."

Maybe Captison did know. Maybe he'd cultivated Commander Pter Thanas.

"At any rate, here are the droids I offered. May we try translating whatever you have?"

"I'm not fond of droids," Captison said drily. "But at this point I'm willing to use them, if there's a chance they could help."

She shot at Threepio with the Owner. It whirred softly.

As if he'd never been silenced, Threepio chimed in. "I am fluent in over six million forms of communication, sir."

Leia had heard that sentence so many times she'd forgotten how impressive it was. Captison's sudden interest reminded her. "That's right, Your Highness said so over dinner." He touched a panel on his desktop console.

"Zilpha, key in those ship-to-ship recordings we picked up from the Fluties." He leaned back in his chair and explained, "We've got plenty of their chatter. Sounds like a flock of birds--great big ugly ones, with deep voices."

"Well, if anyone's good at talking, it's our Goldenrod." Han rapped Threepio's metal shoulder.

Threepio's head whipped toward him. "Thank you, General Soloffwas A light changed color beside Captison's elbow. "Here we go. Have your droid listen to this."

"You can talk to him directly," Leia put in. "His full designation is See-Three-Pee-Oh, and he answers to Threepio."

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