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Cady follows Nok's nametag through the crowd and when he glances back she quickly crouches down. The crowd fills in behind him and when Cady can finally see the Ithorian he's already walking through the doorway. She lunges between a dancing man and woman and slips through the doorway an instant before it slides closed with a loud clunk.
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That door wasn't going to stop for me!
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She glances up at the words in the corner of her vision.
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A storeroom? It can't be that big, right? Where did Nok go?
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Cady crouches down and waddles forward toward a stack of crates but then a buzzing noise behind her makes her shout and collide with the stack. As the crates tumble she looks behind her and sees a blocky green astromech droid with a single small optic staring at her.
Suddenly a shadow falls over her and Cady looks up and up at the enormous blue-green monster as his eye swivels down to meet her gaze.
"Isn't this a school night?" the monster rumbles. The nametag "SHEEGAN KLADD (Herglic) FP: 0" floats beneath his immense jaw.
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Aaaah! He's enormous! Herglics are designed to resemble whales, but isn't he way too big? How did he even fit in this room?!
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Cady looks down from Sheegan's glare and sees Nazar, Nok, and a tall spindly droid all gathered around a crate strewn with playing cards. She tries to back up but her legs bump against the green astromech behind her. The droid honks and buzzes and nudges her toward Sheegan and the others.
"Who let this kid in?" Sheegan's bulk completely blocks Cady's retreat. "She's interrupting my sabacc game."
Nazar's ears droop as he winces. "Sorry, boss. Koe said she was on the list. She came in with three other Human girls."
Sheegan's unblinking eye is still on Cady. "Fiver, is this kid on the list?"
The tall droid's head wobbles. "No."
Sheegan finally blinks. "Queasy, what's the penalty to Koe's contract for something like that?"
The green droid rotates its head toward Sheegan and burbles out a string of metallic tones.
"That much, huh?"
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He's just pretending to understand it!
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"You heard the droid." Sheegan's lower jaw unhinges into a grin as he leans over Cady. "Unless you're going to pay me the 4,000 credits instead."
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Yes! That's what I've been waiting for! I'm being threatened by the crimelord!
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Cady crosses her arms and looks up at them.
Fiver's head tilts and its optics settle into place. "Why does she look happy about this?"
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Because...
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(She really just looks smug.)
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This means I made it onto the pet acquisition storyline!
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Sheegan's teeth press into his lip. "What's it going to be, kid?"
>I'll have your credits within a week!
>How about a double-or-nothing sabacc game?
>Maybe I can buy a pet with your bounties...
