Ymira responds, "Kyotopa che-fa. Stuka bunky-dunko ateema." The rodian scout did not have to return permanently, but rather immediately. The expected questions as to why that is so important are met with a morose and morbid response. "Geela is Roona's sister," she says in her rough Basic, tears forming in her large dark eyes. "Da wanga nee choo. Geela dead!"
Roona states that she must collect the body from Mos Zabu and return to Rodia for a proper internment. Roona explains that Geela was involved with her own group of ne'er-do-wells. Geela and a compatriot had concocted an elaborate scheme to defraud a 'new to Tatooine' Twi’lek businessman who had expressed interest in fine collectibles. The scheme was foolish and didn’t stand a chance of even getting started yet the Rhodian and her human companion had gone through with it. Geela was extremely resourceful and cunning. Her friend, Makara had a way of making people believe anything; she could sell bantha druk to a Tuscan Raider. They even thought they had actually succeeded. Geela had comlinked Roona just a few hours before, giddy with the haul of credits they had swindled from the alien.
But they had been ratted out and double-crossed. Corr Bona. Thief. Swindler. Con Artist. Sometime friend of the unnamed group that Geela and Makara had joined. Now, blood enemy. Another of the group had been killed as well. Roona had never been able to get Geela to switch to a less dangerous line of "work". She was too slick and conniving and didn't like getting her hands dirty. Joining Roona in her scouting endeavors was never going to satisfy the younger sibling.
The trip to Rodia could go one of two ways: following the Corellian Run super-hyperoute on a simpler 10 hour trip or navigating off the hyperspace lane and cutting the trip to a more difficult 8 hour jaunt. In either case, Rodia, part of the Savareen sector, was very close the the Arkanis sector that Tatooine occupied.
The trip would take them to Karsteeku, a medium-sized city on the swampy jungle planet. It was of course the home of the Rodian species. Rodia was mostly covered in water, including the vast Wesessa Sea. The majority of the planet's solid landmasses that were not submerged were covered in unworkable swamps, thick forests and jungles, with colder regions to the north and south of the planet. Rodia had a strong smell that was pungent to most visitors. Roona felt it fitting to bring her sister's body back to their home planet.
The Rodians built their cities on waterways and protected them with environmental shields, bubble domes that surrounded all habitation structures and allowed entry and exit for vehicles and vessels. These domes also protected from the extreme temperatures of the planet. Karsteeku was no different. This was where the Eskooru clan originated and this was where Geela would be laid to rest.
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