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Kai Verrum (Captain Kai Verrum, he would insist to anyone mistaking him for just your average spacer) stepped out of the airlock into his ship, closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
The Lodestar’s atmosphere seemed sweeter every time he came back, but this time it was like pure millaflower. It smelled like home…
“Uhh, Captain? You doin’ okay there?”
“Just basking in the moment, Corso. I’ve got my ship back, Skavak’s shipless, and once again all is right with the galaxy.”
Kai opened his eyes again, sidestepped the shiny new protocol droid that Skavak must’ve so graciously donated to the cause, and made a beeline for the cockpit, vaulting over the holotable in a move that he definitely hadn’t practiced in his spare time and was totally spur of the moment, spacer’s honor.
“Alright, first things first, let’s get my baby back in the big open black.”
The moment he sat down in the pilot’s chair, he felt it. His eyes widened, his field of vision slowly turning red as he realised what Skavak had done.
“That scum-sucking bantha-herding SON OF AN AKK-DOG!”
Corso, startled by the stream of invective spewing from a man who he had seen keep his cool even while under Imperial fire, rushed to the cockpit. “Captain, what happened?”
The numerous insults to Skavak’s parentage and assertions that he liked mynocks in that manner did not let up, and in Corso's experience, that meant the situation was best dealt with by stepping back and letting a guy just vent.
After a solid thirty seconds of very creative swearing, Kai visibly collected himself.
“He messed with all my settings, Corso! I had this seat set up just right, and he comes in here and screws everything up! Death’s too good for him, now, I’m gonna make him suffer.”
“Well, lotta that stuff we pulled on Coruscant’s a good start, I reckon.”
Kai smirked. “Heh, Bothan nether rot. Classic.” He sighed, and started the long and tedious process of setting everything back just so. “You don’t mess with a man’s ship, Corso. You just don’t. That’s like, number four of the ten worst things you can do to a spacer.”
“I feel ya on that one, Cap. Hey, I’m gonna go take a look around, maybe see if Skavak left Torchy lying around somewhere in here.”
“Go right ahead, buddy. I'll give you the grand tour once we're cruising safe. Just, uh, hold onto something while I take us up, Lodestar kicks a little when she leaves atmo.”
“Is that normal?”
Corso could swear that the smile on Kai’s face actually lit the room up.
“I wouldn’t have it any other way.”