"Are you low on med supplies as well?" Qui-Gon asked.


Wehutti nodded and pointed to his absent arm. "No plastoid limbs available, I'm afraid. Some were lucky to get them, but many were not. We ran through everything we had after the last battle of Zehava, and the government has no money to order more. But I do all right. The sacrifice of my people means more than my pain."


Qui-Gon touched the spot where Wehutti had hit him and winced. "You do just fine," he told his former attacker.


Wehutti led them back down the rocky slope and turned down a path that ran behind houses at the edge of a park. The park was filled with damaged and rusting starfighters and floaters.


"The Daan don't seem to have funds, either," Qui-Gon noted.


"The last war bankrupted both sides," Wehutti said cheerfully. "At least we're even." He handed the Jedi two yellow discs. "In case we're stopped, these are forged Daan identity cards. But let's hope we're not stopped."


Wehutti led them down twisting alleyways and through the rear gardens of grand houses, down tiny streets and over rooftops. If they saw people ahead, they ducked into the shadows of buildings, or simply turned in the opposite direction. A fine rain began to fall, keeping most people off the streets.


"You know the city well," Qui-Gon observed.


Wehutti's mouth twisted. "I lived in this area as a young man. Now I am forbidden to come here."


At last they reached a desolate area. The buildings were bombed out, the windows shattered.


"This used to be a Melida neighborhood," Wehutti explained. "Now the Daan control it, but no one will live here. Too close to Melida territory."



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