“Sergeant Vau!” he barked. No Walon, then. “What in the name of the Force happened to Skirata? I’ve just passed him.” Vau was the only being Scorch had ever seen who could come to a halt grudgingly. “He’s fine.” “He is not fine. He’s badly injured. He can’t even stand up straight.” Vau inhaled slowly. “We were having a philosophical discussion, as Mandalorians often do, and I asserted that the only demonstrable reality was individual consciousness, but he insisted on the existence of a priori moral values that transcended free will. So I hit him.” Zey didn’t even blink. “You think you’re so
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