I got attacked by a plot bunny... kind of an AU surprise at the end of this.
Kind of...
"Daddy... help..." a little boy growled in a high-pitched
child's voice as he struggled with the restraints that were suited for a
much larger being.
"Here, just press and it rolls up tight." The traveller answered in the same
tongue, Rodian, and reached a long-fingered hand across his son's chest to
secure the restraints for takeoff. He then made sure his quieter daughter
was doing alright with her own seat.
Satisfied his children were safe, he leaned back against the conforming headrest,
put one hand on either of his kids' hands, and allowed himself to drift off
into a semi-sleep. All around him the low, bass thrums of the huge engines
prepping, and muffled chatter of his fellow passengers just served to lull
him deeper. He felt his children stir slightly to look down the corridor,
probably at one of the ship's crewmembers, whose company uniforms and duties
of making the flight safe interested and awed them. He was too tired to look
up, though...
"Excuse me, sir..."
He opened his eyes to see what was wanted, and saw an expectant-looking human
woman with a child in her arms. "Oh, sorry..." he said in Basic and
moved his legs around to the side so she could get at the other bench opposite
his.
She nodded gratefully and slipped past them, and they both relaxed in the
manner of travellers expecting a long journey.
"Daddy, my game is in our bag up there."
He turned to his son again. "You forgot to put in your belt pack again? Well,
looks like you're going to have to do without now. They're ready for takeoff."
"But daddy... I just got through the second level of TIE battler, and I've
gotta see if the new codes will work on the third!"
The older rodian shrugged. "That's just too bad! Be patient, Ehber."
"But daddy..." Ehber whined.
"No buts." his dad said in a serious tone. He was ready to sleep the flight
away.
"Oh..."
"No 'oh's either! They usually keep a couple of datapads aboard with reading
material, or you can watch some of the holonet... they have it on the screens
in all the compartments."
"There's never anythin' good on..." Ehber muttered, but shrank back in his
seat.
His dad shook his head. The little boy, although only 6 years old, was very
fond of electrogaming. Well, the toys were educational, so what could one
do?
The veiled lady across from him had finished strapping down her baby, and
leaned across and stretched out her hand with something in it to Ehber. "Here...
I found this, you might like it." she said and opened her hand, revealing
a toy that looked like it could change shape.
"Ooohh, thank you!" Ehber cried, reaching out to take the toy she offered.
The woman's smile was written all over her exposed eyes as she watched Ehber
start to play.
His daddy leaned forward and extended his hand. "Thanks for giving him that.
That was very kind. And since we're going to be spending quite a few hours
in each other's company, I thought we should probably be better intruduced."
She took his hand and shook it. "Good idea. My name's Moya."
"Mine's Greedo."
"Nice to meet you!"
"Likewise!"