The Lucky Penny

[Leo]

Juan always hated the trips to Tripoli. The combination of jet bursts always made him nautious. Once he landed he began to talk to people around the station, looking for his uncle. He eventually found him sitting in a lone part of the pub. Juan sat down across from him and waited a few minutes before talking.

"How's it going Uncle?"

"What the hell are you doing here?" his uncle said with a gruff voice. He was sluring his words and his eyes were bloodshot.

"I need a loan."

"F$#! off!"

He threw a bottle at him and he quickly caught it and slammed it down on the table.

"Listen you f%$#in' drunk. You said you would give me some money to get out of this god forsaken system. You're going to do it...and if you don't..." Juan placed a mini-blaster to his ribs and stared for a minute.

"Just like your father." his uncle said reaching for his credit chips. Juan pushed the gun into his ribs harder and he winced. He threw the chips out and Juan took them, placing them in his coat pocket.

"If you follow me, you're dead."

"Why are you so anxious to get out of here anyway?"

Juan turned and stared at his uncle.

"I'm going to find my cousin. You're neice, and maybe, just maybe a relative who isn't as worthless as you."

With that, Juan left the bar, and his uncle sitting there staring into the seat where his nephew had just been sitting.

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You fear oblivion. Yet you forget. The universe remembers every atom of your being. Even dust hums your name in the dark.
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