[Hard Contact] Chapter 1: BEHOLD. A Jedi.

The field of barq flowed from silver to ruby as the wind from the southwest bent the ripening grain in waves. It could have been a perfect late-summer day; instead it was turning into one of the worst days of Etain Tur-Mukan’s life.

Etain had run and run and she had nothing left in her. She flung herself flat between the furrows, not caring where she fell. Etain held her breath as something stinking and wet squelched under her.

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I adore that Etain's entry into the series isn't some high and all mighty, or disciplined and elegant like you would imagine the whole mystical vibe of a Jedi. No. She's literally knee deep in shit. 

[Hard Contact] Chapter 1: Jedi are mortal in this book

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“Hey girlie!” His boots crunched closer. He was panting. “Where you go? Don’t be shy.”

Don’t breathe. 
“I got bottle of urrqal. You want to have party?” He had a remarkably large vocabulary for a Weequay, all of it centered on his baser needs. “I fun when you get to know me.”
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Unless you search deep into their lore, you wouldn't know that Weequay's normally don't talk with spoken language outside of their peers. Weequays talking through emitting pheromones and normally they don't have names: they have signature scents. They use/choose names so outsiders can address them.

I love when aliens are actually aliens, you know? 

One of the other interesting things about Weequays that compared to other planets existing in Hutt Space, that they are not enslaved. They are clan based warriror society, and explicitly offer their services to the Hutts as free people, this is why you see them mostly associated with crime and gangs as paid enforcers, guards, mercenaries.

Anyway. Etain doesn't find the interaction with a Weequay up-close too pleasant, given the guy just wants to rape her. 

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“Come on, you scrag-end, where are you? I find you …”
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“Girlie …” Closer. He was going to step right on her. “Gir-leeeeee …”
She knew what he’d do when he found her. If she was lucky, he’d kill her afterward.
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I had to look up this expression, but scrag-end is a slur for girls who are too thin and veiny. 

Rape in most of the times is not about attraction. It's a one-sided powerplay. It's about control. It's about humiliation and breaking the victim's body and mind. I mentioned in the previous post that Etain is hiding, covered in manure, and how this is not a very majestic way to introduce a Jedi. But I think it's more disturbing that seeing her, a JEDI, in this vulnerable state, being afraid of getting raped. This shows that the Jedi are not omnipotent, not untouchable, and pretty much can get hurt. Like a mortal.