"All right," Feeana agreed at last. "I'll do it."
She moved off to speak into her comlink. Anakin let go of the breath he didn't realize he was holding. "One down," he murmured to Obi-Wan.
Obi-Wan gazed after Feeana. "Maybe. We'll have to move fast to keep her loyalty. If she feels we might lose control of Naatan, she'll go back on the deal. We have to neutralize Decca and Striker, and fast."
Chapter Five
Swanny and Rorq rushed across the hall. "My friend, that was a sweet thing to watch," Swanny congratulated him. "You stared down Feeana and won.
If I had a hat, it would be off to you."
"Excellent diplomacy," Rorq echoed in a gush of obvious flattery. "I learned a lot just watching you."
"Thanks," Obi-Wan said dryly. "Your support means a lot."
"Anytime," Swanny assured him.
"Particularly for the part where you pretended not to know us," Obi- Wan added.
"What can I say?" Swanny said. "My survival mechanism just kicked in.
I run on instinct. Can't control it. I want to be brave, but something happens, and I open my mouth and a womp weasel starts talking. Nothing personal."
"Sure," Obi-Wan said. "But you owe me one." Swanny and Rorq looked nervous. "And what would that 'one' be?" Swanny asked cautiously.
"Help us infiltrate Decca's camp," Obi-Wan said. "That means you come, too. If I know Hutts, we won't be able to bargain the way we did with Feeana. Decca won't willingly agree to vacate the planet. We'll have to find the flaw in her organization, some way to smash it, or at least make things too difficult for her to stick around. That means we have to get right in the middle of things and see how they're done."
"We can certainly give you the location of Decca's camp," Swanny said.