by Lyseil Panteer » Tue Jun 26, 2018 3:40 am
Lyseil leaned back slightly in response to Niall tilting his head back, so they could both see eachother's eyes.
"I sometimes wish I remembered him more, to be honest. I hardly knew him, we were both rookies and new assistants," she said with some embarrassement in her voice. "Well... I remembered that acklays, while being capable of seeing in the dark because they spend a lot of time underwater, actually are very near-sighted and don't really see very well. So I took a chance and fired a flare gun as close to its face as I could. Didn't hit it spot on, but close enough and I think that blinded it enough at least to not see us running."
She moved a hand up to his shoulder and let it rest there - there was some comfort in feeling him nearby like that.
"I kept us together when we ran, figuring it would be hard to find eachother again afterwards, and guided them to a low cave I had spotted earlier that day. Again, taking a chance that there wasn't anything bigger in there, but the cave-ceiling was pretty low, like, less than a meter, so the chances of the acklay finding us in there were pretty small. We stayed in there until the next day... I think it was maybe 10 hours? Camp was pretty busted, but some things still worked, like the emergency beacon - so as long as that was running, we just had to stay put until help came. A lot of the food had been taken by other animals while we were gone though - so I think everyone kind of had their mind blowns in surprise when the one they thought was the spoiled Alderaanian princess was the one who knew how to survive in the wilderness." Now she smiled with some pride. "People always underestimate us Alderaanians and forget that nature is such a central part of our life, history, and culture. You know, a lot of our society was built on preserving the nature and ecosystem of Alderaan," Lyseil snickered with a knowing glint in her eyes.
"So... keeping a cool head and thinking fast in the face of danger, and knowing how to survive in the wilderness. That's basically it in summarizing how we made it off Felucia after an encounter with an acklay."
Alderaanian Princess | Human | Sergeant | Archaeologist | Natural Scholar and Hunter | Enthusiastic | Heightened Awareness
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