Crude Matter Rough Draft 09

[klcthebookworm]

So I cannot judged how fast I can write in fifteen minute sprints. Progress is progress; I don't hate that. But I can't help feeling that I would have double 376 words if I had worked on Lucinda's story Unexpected Consequences instead.

“It is a profound enough phenomena to start one.” Skywalker turned from the cooktop and grinned at Mara. “Now can I offer you a trade, Trader Jade?” Mara narrowed her green eyes at Skywalker, but that didn’t dint her grin. “Hot meal for a hot shower?”

Mara blinked. “Are you serious?”

“That water is cold!” She pointed to the creek beyond the tent wall. “And it’s not a ration bar.”

It did smell good. And she guessed that Skywalker had decontaminated enough to be trusted on the Jade’s Fire. But was a hot meal worth letting Skywalker into her cabin?