precious time

precious time
Nighthawks Hopper
Nude on the Beach
One Moment in Time Then, quite delicately for a creature of his size and strength, the giant Wookieeplaced the staring head atop the bronzed torso. Tentatively he began experimentingwith Threepio's tangle of wires and circuits. His mechanical skills had previouslyonly been tested in repairs on the Millennium Falcon, so he wasn't at all certain hecould complete the delicate task. Chewbacca juggled and fiddled with the wires,baffled by this intricate mechanism, when suddenly Threepio's eyes lit up. A whine came from inside the robot. It sounded vaguely like Threepio'snormal voice, but was so low and so slow that the words were unintelligible. "Imm-peeeeer-eee-all-storr-mmm-trppp…" bewildered, Chewbacca scratched his furry head and studied the broken robotintently. An idea came to him, and he tried switching one wire to another plug.Instantly Threepio began speaking in his normal voice. What he had to say soundedlike words from a bad dream. "Chewbacca!" the head of See-Threepio cried. "Watch out, there are Imperialstormtroopers hidden in—" He paused, as if reliving the whole traumatic experience,and then he cried, "Oh, no! I've been shot!"