๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ hit his jetpack, forcing the bounty hunter to abandon it to its fate or join it in the dozens of pieces scattered across the rocks. even grounded, boba fett was a threat. several rebel martyrs paid the price before the rest of the gaggle finally pinned him down.
ย ย ย ย ย ย this outpost was still in its construction phase and was ill-equipped to handle a prisoner of fettโs caliber. without a reinforced cage to stick him in, the rebels were forced to get creative. thick piping ran along the granite walls dripping with condensation. superheated water intended to keep the site from freezing gurgled within. it was underneath those metal tiers the rebels stuffed their prisoner; fett was forced onto his knees, wrists restrained above him, tethered to the pipes.
ย ย ย ย ย ย two brave souls managed to strip him of his major weapons and a few of the blades stashed across his person. they were not as lucky when it came to the armor. one rebel was left nursing a shattered nose for his troubles. but even with his second skin intact, if the hunter struggled enough to break the pipes, the cascade water would flash-fry whatever parts of him that were not encased in steel.
ย ย ย ย ย ย but defeat was negotiable for a man who tasted odds far more bitter than this. from his cloistered position, he studied the integrity of the pipes. the sensitive audio receptors clocked the differences in the water pressureโs tok-tok-tok as it flowed through different segments.
ย ย ย ย ย ย there had to be something, some misstep unseen by the fools who manned this place. at this stage in the war, the alliance was dangerously underfunded. corners needed to be cut for the good of the greater war. and where there was a fumble, there was an opportunity for โ
ย ย ย ย ย ย his helmet plucked a familiar sound between the intermittent gulps of high volume drudgery, one fett never expected in a hovel as far-flung as this. it was impossible to mistake it as the melodic tapping of water. this was a methodical approach that pulsed like thunder from within the earth and reverberated through the atoms of his beskar plates.
ย ย ย ย ย ย boba freed himself as best he could from his stifling position so that he might catch a glimpse of the truth and prove his outlandish theory wrong.
ย ย ย ย ย ย โ canโt be, โ he breathed into the corridors of his helmet, โ vader? โ the dark lord was too far away to hear the mercenaryโs disbelief but that gap was devoured by a long, long shadow.
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ย ย ย ย ย ย lenses that mocked the appearance of eyes met fettโs own opaque gaze. why are you here? the bounty hunter demanded in silence. instead, he welcomed the god-king with a growl, โ took you long enough. โ
