The smell of dry rain on the ground."What about the ship?’"Calabi? Pff - she can take care of herself; c’mon, it’ll only be a quick run, before Percy gets back."It had been a few cycles since Jetfire had spotted the Calabi make an impromptu ‘stop’ on some remote little planet on the fringes of space. Having stopped by to see how his old friends were managing, he’d been amused to find an unamused Perceptor demanding Drift stay on the ship.Make sure he doesn’t stray far, Jetfire. I’ll be back with supplies in no time.The tall grounder’s warning glare was fresh on his mind as he watched his red partner dig one of his swords into the ground, seemingly trying to unearth a large rock."Need help-""N-Noooo, I just wanna … ah-hah! Ok, pass me one of those smaller rocks over there!”Oh - it was supposed to be a catapult? With a playful grin the shuttle catches on to what the smaller mech was doing. Gathering a few of the indicated small rocks he sets them in a pile beside the other, who takes one and experimentally flings it across the horizon. When it lands some native creature flies out of the grassland some distance ahead, displeased at having been disturbed."Here, your turn - and don’t worry about Percy, he’s just moody today. I don’t think the crash helped-whoah did you see that one?""Yep - look, it’s attacking the rock, hah!"They spent a few kliks in this way, chucking rocks out into the distance while waiting for Perceptor’s return. Dust would fly, and the breeze blew it back their way, coating them in it and in its dank petrichor smell. It was Drift’s turn again, and with Jetfire’s help he intended to launch an entire volley of rocks out in a single attempt."Ready? When I say go, 1, 2, 3, GO!"On his signal the flier released his grip on the rocks, and he and Drift watched them fly, landing several yards away in a horizontal alignment. As expected critters fled, more than had been roused in prior attempts. While they laughed, Jetfire noticed a peculiar head poke out of the grass to stare right at them. Within moments Drift had also noticed it and soon, Jetfire was laughing alone as Drift screeched something or other about it ‘having to be petro-rabbits!’ in a hasty retreat back towards his ship, sword dragging behind him.::I heard that … I just can’t leave you two alone, can I …::