A hearty laugh barked from Yuri as he gave Baby's dashboard a light slap. "Alright, suit yourself, kitkat. I'll pass, though. Don't like other people messin' with my vehicles." He leaned over the edge of the cockpit to drive his point further. "Besides, you Alliance types don't got much on Mandalorian hands." He teased, before retreating back into the cockpit to start prepping Baby for departure.
He paused, however, to look back at Jonyna with a certain friendliness he hadn't been able to feel with anyone in literal years. "If you need help convincing 'em that it is, in fact, a suicide mission, just give me a shout. Your comms officer should have my details." He gave her a two-finger salute as he closed Baby's cockpit and fired up the engines. The low whine continued to build until a howl filled the hangar bay.
With a quick flick of the controls, the Basilisk spun around to send a blast of hot air around it before the war machine took off from the cruiser's hangar.
On his way back to Lothal, the Hound mulled over the day's happenings. He felt a degree of happiness brewing in his heart that hadn't been felt since before Onderon... or even before that, if he had to be honest with himself. He leaned back and released the controls to let Baby pilot them back to his freighter as he let his thoughts, voluntarily, wander for a change.
/End thread