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the botswain is a tall, broad droid, slouching slightly to avoid hitting his head below decks. the hydraulics in his arms have a sheen of water on them from the rain, and his hair is curls of wet seaweed, wild across his shoulders.
"the captain wants his dinner in his quarters. he's asked *specifically* for you to fetch it for him. don't ask me why. just do it."
he turns to walk back up the stairs, then pauses. "o'course, if you *did* ask me why, i'd say he probably wants to... get to know you a little better. sniff out the fresh metal. he likes to know his ship and his crew inside and out, so to speak."
and then he was gone again, footsteps reabsorbed into the ambient clunking of the ship.
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