Etta Tenau has a black-and-chocolate-brown colored strill named Drasha that’s actually older than her aunt, but still thinks it’s a pup.
Given strill life-spans,it might actually still be a pup.
It’s one of Mird’s descendants, so it’s wickedly smart and pretty well bonded to the family. It bonded with Etta when she was still an infant. Jateka, Etta’s mother, was beyond exasperated, as was Kad’s eventual husband, Sivvar, but Kad is delighted because he remembers, hazily, Mird’s visits during his own childhood, and this is exactly what he was hoping for.
He will never confess to that aloud, lest his husband or best friend strangle him.
Somehow Drasha always finds its way into Etta and Sivvar’s paints. Koa thinks this is hilarious, even more so once Drasha accidentally painted a NEw Republic diplomat green with its tail.
It thinks it’s more dignified than it is.
It’s very good at scouting and guarding, less so in outright attacking, which suits Etta perfectly well. Given its origin, it’s remarkably well adapted to work with Force-users, not that Etta would ever admit that to anyone but her family. It also comes at a disadvantage when whatever flavor of hostile Force-user shows up, because Drasha is so used to obeying Etta’s Force-suggestions and relying on Etta’s senses.
Drasha is mostly of even temperament, but it’s very eager that everyone, including Etta, know that it’s the boss. Mird and Ordo are both unamused.
