‘ 𝐢 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 that i am completely fine, padawan tano – in fact, i am offended by your lack of faith in my ability to – ’ his rant is momentarily interrupted by a barrage of blaster fire from separatist droids and he is forced to dive for cover behind a large mound of boulders, releasing a grunt of exertion as he tumbles to the dirt. pressing back to the cold stone, tarkin wipes a bead of sweat from his temple with gloved digits and rolls his injured shoulder. perhaps the collarbone is broken, he muses.
‘ i can worry about finding a medical droid later, ’ he calls to her over his shoulder with blaster rifle in hand, peeking out from behind his cover to take down a couple of battle droids with precision, ‘ for now we have to focus on the task at hand ! ’
ᴡʜʏ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅɴ·ᴛ ʜᴇ ᴊᴜsᴛ ʟɪsᴛᴇɴ ᴛᴏ ʜᴇʀ﹖ just because she was a padawan. and she knew it was that. he’d made a point of referring to her as such. not commander, just padawan. “ IT’S COMMANDER TANO --- “ she shouted out over the blaster fire before she rolled her eyes, popping out from behind the boulder to deflect some of the fire, taking care of a small group of droids, bouncing the blaster shots back at them. diving back behind the boulder again, she glanced toward him, frowning at his words.
“ we need to get that seen to, as soon as we can, otherwise we’re not going to get through with the task at hand, captain tarkin! “ her voice carried over the blaster fire before she dived over to the same group of boulders he was hiding behind. “ if we can just get to the command room, we can try patch you up, but can you just FOLLOW MY LEAD? “ she was certain there’d some sort of struggle between the pair. a mental battle she was certain they’d never win.
