(The promised missing scene from Post Traumatic Love. Hope you like it @frunbuns!)
Greez isn’t surprised when BD eventually takes off. Cal’s been gone for hours, and even though he told the kid not to hurry, he’s getting a little antsy himself. Not that he follows BD – mostly because he’s terrified of getting lost and stumbling upon an Imperial patrol. Nah, he’ll stick with Sister Taske. The two of them are making dinner and sharing tea, and she’s a good listener.
And a surprisingly wicked storyteller.
To Greez’s surprise, BD returns quickly. He bounces and beeps and twirls for attention.
“My, my little one,” Sister Taske says. “Whatever is the matter?”
Greez puts down his tea and hurries over. “Is it Cal? Is something wrong? Does he need me?”
BD doesn’t waste time with explanations. He takes off with a whistle and a thruster blast, leaving Greez to hurry after him. They approach Cere’s room. Greez can’t hear anything – no smashing like he expected, or loud crying, which he also expected. No, there’s complete silence, aside from the distant howl of the wind.
“BD, maybe we shouldn’t – ”
BD opens the door and waits for Greez. Nervous now, Greez slides inside. The room is in one piece and so full of Cere he nearly loses it right there.
And then he sees Cal.
BD hurries to him, sitting protectively at Cal’s side. Cal is flat out on his stomach on Cere’s meditation cushions, fast, fast asleep. Head turned to one side, his face is splotchy, damp eyelashes clumped together. He’s not moving or talking. The sound of his breathing is slow and steady. He’s in the kind of sleep Greez knows is a sign he is completely exhausted. Like, within an inch of his life exhausted.
It’s the most beautiful thing Greez has seen in too long, and he lets out a breath he forgot he was holding.
“Thank the stars,” he murmurs.
BD rushes over to him, nudges his leg and pushes him toward Cere’s bed… or, more precisely, a blanket on her bed. Now he gets what BD’s telling him, and why he brought him here. Jedha is cold, and Cal will be chilly if he’s not under a blanket. He doesn’t need anything disturbing his rest.
“Okay, BD, I got him,” Greez says, keeping his voice low even though he knows nothing can wake Cal right now. He’s in that ‘dead to the galaxy’ sleep of his that always catches him in the end. Greez grabs the blanket and places it over Cal, tucking him in. Cal doesn’t so much as twitch.
BD lets out a very quiet victory song. Greez gives him a gentle pet with one hand, while running another through Cal’s hair. “There you go, kid,” he says. “This is what you needed.”
Cal takes a deep, shuddering breath, but doesn’t awaken. In fact, Greez is pretty sure he relaxes further into his pillow-and-blanket cocoon.
Greez pulls back and holds out an arm for BD. “You can check on him later. I’m sure Sister Taske’s got something you can scan.”
BD presses his head to Cal’s before jumping onto Greez’s back. Together, they leave Cal to get all the sleep he needs.
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Did Lambchop genuinely start out as the sweet, innocent person that he initially appears to be? Did his proclivity towards violence and brutality develop over time as Stella kept undoing everything bad that happened in their town, or is it something that always existed dormant within him?
I think Lambchop genuinely started out as sweet as everyone else in the game is, and that his current feelings were something that developed over time. He became disillusioned, and meaner, and it slowly grew until it became who he is now.
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