Captain Brutus was not one to take prisoners. Always left them for the be traded off or killed them if he was feeling thirsty for a duel.

But here you were, locked inside one of the prison cells on his ship. Just wasting away with nothing but the rats to keep you company. The keys were wrapped around the neck of one of the pirates, sent down here by Brutus to make sure you did not escape. Not until they reached the asteroid Borgo Prime where he'll decide your fate.

But for now, the snarled Shistavanen wanted to know what you know. He had seen you with those crisp, newly forged Repulic credits. And he had to know where you got them from. Credits were scarce these days.

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"I won't ask you again." Brutus gravelly voice rang in the cold damp air of the prison cell. "Where the hell did you get these credits from?"

You let out a shaky breath, chest heaving up and down as pain riddled your body. Electric currents made you twitch, hands shook hard as the metal cuffs shot another round of volts. Screams echoed through the prison cell as Brutus bared his teeth, amused at the sounds.

"There's more where that came from if you tell me where you got these. No way did a runt like you manage to just get this from a hoax of a planet."