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  1. With silent disbelief, Xar stared into the abyss, watching the Zeltron’s heat signature dissapear beyond his sensors. Alone now, Xar couldn’t believe what had just happened. “Apparently, being organic does not indicate higher brain function” Xar said to no one in particular. “Has everyone lost their mental facilities? We truly are a king among fools” Xar sighed and looked around, hoping there was any other route he could take. But there was none. If he went back, he would most likely encounter whatever security and brimstone that the group had barely dodged. But to go forward in this madness… “It’s beyond reasoning.” Xar told himself as he took a step, now on the precipice of the abyss. Xar looked down, trying to calculate where the others may have fallen to, but that was impossible. All he could see below was darkness. Xar mused for a moment on an old saying the rodians took from the humans. If all of your friends jumped off a bridge…but then again, these people were not his friends. He had no friends. Well, maybe Krexel. Doubtfully, but maybe. Xar crouched and leaped forward, springing himself as far as he could go. As he descended, recognisable heat signatures came into view. With a loud squelch, Xar landed feet first in raw sewage, splashing fecal matter, dead fish, and old food everywhere. “Gah, this is completely degrading!” Xar moaned and complained as he looked over his chassis. What was once a dark but lovely shade of green had now been mucked to a disgusting brown. “Meer!” Xar shouted, not seeing the nemodian yet. “You better give us the best oil bath and paint job you can afford, cause no amount of credits…” Xar stopped, realizing that the neimoidian had somehow already moved on. Up ahead, his benefactor had somehow scaled a wall to a fissure in the wall. No doubt this was where the lethane gas was coming from. Xar looked at the group around him, covered in sewage as well. “You better hurry up. As your only source of light, you don’t want us to get too far ahead. And we don’t slow down for lesser creatures like you.” With that, Xar moved towards the wall and began to climb. For a droid of his caliber, this was easy. Once at the top, Xar got a good impression of what had happened. The corridor or tunnel or whatever was scorched. Loose rocks were everywhere. An explosion long ago. Xar smacked the wall once to test the integrity of the tunnel. Some of the rocks shook but it held firm. Still, it was nerve wracking at how close to a cave-in this place was. What’s more, the gas was actually visible here. Like a thin mist, Lethane traced the tunnel lightly, slowly emerging from further on. “This is completely asinine for someone like me.” Xar grumbled as he moved forward, not caring if the others were close behind or not. Up ahead he could see the nemodian making his own way. “Meer! When we offerred our help, we didn’t think you’d be doing suicidal commitments like that…”
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