CORUSCANT, NEAR THE JEDI TEMPLE
Tannit's tummy growled. Frowning, he wriggled out of the top part of his bright orange jumpsuit for a closer inspection, and poked his bare, pudgy belly a couple of times. Passers-by gave him weird looks, but the little Ryn didn't notice. He was starving, as always, and when he was food was all that mattered. Big people were the least of his worries when he needed to strap the feed-bag on. Tannit continued staring at his belly, waiting for it to speak again, but it seemed to be done for now. Shrugging, he wriggled back into the top half of his jumpsuit and picked up his wooden staff ... just as his belly growled again. Tannit frowned instantly, knowing he'd have to do something about this before he started feeling sick. And in a concrete jungle like this huge planet that he'd found himself on, food was dang hard to come by without credits. Not that the boy had any experience with money. He didn't even have a bank account.
The little Ryn weaved his way through the crowd, whistling as he went. It was high up here. After a minute or two, Tannit made his way over to the side and climbed the railing to get a better view. Wooooow. His tongue started to hang out of his mouth as he sat still and took the sights in, his tail wagging back and forth behind him. Below him, the city stretched a loooooooong way, and in front of him it stretched a looooooong way ... Tannit wondered if the city ever stopped. Well, he was sure it did, but how could he know for sure? He didn't see an end, except for when he looked up. Up was home, somewhere ... he didn't exactly know where. And then that thought was gone. His tummy growled again. Tannit frowned again. He was doing that a lot.
He felt a bump, suddenly and out of nowhere, and suddenly he was falling into the abyss ... the gigantic maw of civilization. Instinct made him turn in the air, snagging the catwalk with his left hand and his falling staff with his right. Panting, the little Ryn looked down. Down and down the abyss went, with flashing lights spiraling as far as the eye could see. Tannit began to feel a little dizzy, and all he could think of was falling. He whimpered.
The little Ryn knew that he couldn't get back up himself. And it was a long, long way down.