Korn Kray'ac
Magnet
“Golden”, the words came in basic for the name of the cantina, with words spread apart.
Mixed bag of languages, fitting for a galaxy that was a mishmash of species and cultures.
It was a cantina, simply put, a drifting armpit, on Smuggler’s Moon, whose stench burned.
“I’ll have another,” called a patron toward the bartender. The latter nodded before the former.
Below dipped a hand and came up with a glass, showed a flask of sweet whiskey, amber nectar.
This would be the second after the first, if the math added up and no mistake, or so he reckoned.
Bartender gave him a wink across the counter, with him on his seat, her eyes with a bit of a beckon.
Eh, too early. The man agreed with himself. Def need a few more bottles from the shelf. He resolved.
She was fit, a Human like him, not that it made a difference. Then again, a man's here on business.
He had a mission, this man, despite his appearance as just another patron at a bar drinking his toll.
Drowning his soul in spirit and his spirit in soul, this man was yet no simpleton, if still with little wit.
Guitar strums from ceiling speakers amid drums, lyrics from a singer, from another man.
They taught me how to shoot with a steady hand. The listener echoed; an echo of his past.
I guess that’s something you don’t understand. Many wouldn’t, especially in this dying galaxy.
A man grew up on a prison farm, a Man, if you understand, with fists and feet in a bloody ring.
And I still fly that bloodied flag. The man sipped beneath the viewscreen of the music video.
Whistlin’ mhi loud enough to brag. Whiskey between his lips, he watches, listens—he knows.
Burning liquid down his throat, like hot blood, even if he’s a Mandalorian who has lost his bone.
He was here for a reason, in blue jeans, denim jacket, brown boots, at the counter, drinking alone.
